majolo
Aquarium Advice Freak
Well, since I converted to planted, I thought I should post the results, such as they are. Apologies for some lousy photos...(Click for full-size)
First, from Oct 4, all plastic decor:
On Oct 13, all the plants are in, but some plastic decor is left in the middle:
On Oct 18, all plastic is gone, driftwood is in:
And how it looks today. Moved some stuff, took out L. repens that was dying, and trying to get some Java fern to root on some different driftwood:
And finally, semi-decent pics of a couple inhabitants.
Bamboo shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis) perching on some Anubias in bloom:
Albino BN pleco enjoying his driftwood cave:
Edit: for anyone interested, I suppose I should list plants and other stats.
Lighting: 2x65W 50/50 pc bulbs, current satellite fixture
Fertilizer: Flourish root tabs and liquid Flourish comprehensive
No CO2 supplementation
Plants currently:
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila salicifolia (I think)
Sagittaria subulata
Anubias nana
Anubias afzelli
Anubias coffeefolia
Cladophora spp.
Microsorum pteropus
Vallisneria americana
Ceratophyllum demersum
Marsilea quadrifolia
I think that's it.
First, from Oct 4, all plastic decor:
On Oct 13, all the plants are in, but some plastic decor is left in the middle:
On Oct 18, all plastic is gone, driftwood is in:
And how it looks today. Moved some stuff, took out L. repens that was dying, and trying to get some Java fern to root on some different driftwood:
And finally, semi-decent pics of a couple inhabitants.
Bamboo shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis) perching on some Anubias in bloom:
Albino BN pleco enjoying his driftwood cave:
Edit: for anyone interested, I suppose I should list plants and other stats.
Lighting: 2x65W 50/50 pc bulbs, current satellite fixture
Fertilizer: Flourish root tabs and liquid Flourish comprehensive
No CO2 supplementation
Plants currently:
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila salicifolia (I think)
Sagittaria subulata
Anubias nana
Anubias afzelli
Anubias coffeefolia
Cladophora spp.
Microsorum pteropus
Vallisneria americana
Ceratophyllum demersum
Marsilea quadrifolia
I think that's it.