Planted 5 Gallon Video/Picture Diary.

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Well I redid my 5 gallon and i'm going to have it be heavily planted with no fertz, 20W 6500K Spiral flurecent bulb, Co2 DIY Ladder Hagen thing. (Co2 thing is in my 10 gallon for now until I switch it over to this tank.)

Plants:
JavaMoss
Corkscrew Val
Hornwort

Plants being moved from 10 gallon to this tank:
C. Wendtii
Java Fern
More Corkscrew Val
More JavaMoss


Fish:
Nimbochromis Venustus "Giraffe Hap."
Pseudotropheus Lombardoi "Kenyi Cichlid" (Female)
***Both cichlids are very small and are just in there temp. so they can get big enough for my 60 gallon cichlid setup.

This is a video and picture log so I will have pictures and videos ofcourse ha.


Well have fun viewing. It would be great if you posted some comments you have or any suggestions, I will do anything to make this better.


Well here a video!


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[elwaine]

Sweet tank, Ben! That's going to be a killer when it grows out. You might want something tall on the right - but not anything that will take the focal point away from your main tree thing (which I like a lot). Actually, the Java moss grown large and full on the right would do the trick beautifully.

In a week or so I'll send you some Java fern - Microsorum Pteropus 'Wendilov.' I think it will look good tied to the tree. Anyway, if you don't like the looks of it, you can use it elsewhere... or in another tank... or, I hear it tastes pretty good with a little salad dressing.

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Thanks man, oh and thanks for sending the java fern. If you do send it this wekk I would try to send it friday so it gets here on monday or tuesday since christmas is on thrusday and christmas eve is on wensday, but whatever works for you .

Yeah i'm ordering all my new 200 bucks worth of stuff tmorrow so i'm excited, most of it is for breeding my shrimp. All this stuff your sending me I might have to send you some shrimp once my business gets going sometime in may-june a.k.a. this summer.


Yeah I love that tree thing as well, i've had it since I started aquariums hardcore like lol. It's awesome. This is like one of my only tanks I actually like just because it looks so natural. Plus those cichlids just pull it together especially that giraffe hap.

[czcz]

Neat video! It looks like some of your Java Moss Experiment -- the one with the rubber bands -- got a little loose? Or just moving them around? It'll be neat to compare when the moss is attached.

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Originally Posted by czcz

Neat video! It looks like some of your Java Moss Experiment -- the one with the rubber bands -- got a little loose? Or just moving them around? It'll be neat to compare when the moss is attached.

Yeah I moved stuff around so I could if that tree thing in there. I removed the rubberbands since most of it was rooted, i'll prob. just trim the lose stuff off and let the moss grow nice and dense.


Oh and the thing I did when I put the javamoss on a round rock and put the neat around it, made it flat on the rock, rooted down in only 4 days. I think it worked great

Yeah thanks, I think this is one of my favorite tanks now, might just be because I love the fish in it but still omg I love the tank now Lol.

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

I recently found out that I don't think that my one "giraffe cichlid" is actually a "giraffe cichlid". I think I might have mixed it up with this cichlid Haplochromis Livingstong. They are very much the same, that might be. I don't know i'm confused lol.

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

I did some new scaping of things, moved some rocks around, took some out, added some more corkscrew val. I removed the hood from the light so my plants get more light to it. I tied some java fern onto the tree thing, looks cool. I removed the hornwort because I didn't really like it. I added some C. wendtii from the 10G. I added a little piece of driftwood cover in javamoss. I also took out that ugly intake filter and replaced it with my HOB whisper 20 Power filter with adjustable flow rate.

Read the red below please.


Please give me some suggestions on aquascaping this, I don't honestly like it much at all.


Heres the vid.

[elwaine]

Even better.

BTW, how long did it take for the moss to adhere to the rocks and/or driftwood? And how often do you have to trim back the moss?

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Originally Posted by elwaine

Even better.

BTW, how long did it take for the moss to adhere to the rocks and/or driftwood? And how often do you have to trim back the moss?

Some of my moss took 3 days to root down, some took 2 weeks, I don't know why the difference but yeah.

I like to keep mine thick and dense so once I see it growing up to around 2-3in I trim it down to anywhere from 1/4'' to 3/4''. It grows back pretty fast.


You have any suggestions for aquascaping at this point for me?

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Did some scaping of my tank since I didn't really like how it use to be setup.

Tell me what you think of it now, also if you have any suggestions please tell me, I want this to look as good as possible.