Diary of the 29G planted tank... New pics 4/28/07

[GlitcH]

Holy crap........it's so cramped for room it's jumping to the other tank!

 

[Glenc]

That is crazy growth, plants from one tank to the other! You will have enough stuff to plant ten tanks when you get a chance to trim! How are the fert levels, anything bottomed out? Have you been dosing?

 

[plecoperson]

Holy crap........

My thought exactly! 8O

I think you and Sparky have much to discuss, LWB....

 

[Lonewolfblue]

That is crazy growth, plants from one tank to the other! You will have enough stuff to plant ten tanks when you get a chance to trim! How are the fert levels, anything bottomed out? Have you been dosing?

Actually, I haven't been dosing much at all. It's been a week since I did any dosing. And my only algae is some green algae on the glass and the slower growing plants. But it isn't much.

 

[An t-iasg]

That's some crazy growth! The pic of the sword runner "jumping" to the other tank is priceless!

I love the thick group of Hydrocotyle verticillata. I have some too but I have only enough room for a single runner.

Did you ever get your Bacopa caroliniana to flower on the emersed growth? I've seen pictures of the flower. It's purple - my favorite color! I don't have the right light setup for emersed growth. Plus I keep my tank top closed, lol!

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Nope, the only thing that I've got to flower is the swords. Nothing else.

 

[Zagz]

8O 8O Holy crap is right! Are the fish able to move around anymore. Seriously, you need to mow that tank and send me the clippings.

Looks great!

 

[greenmaji]

LOL.. wow.. looking at the growth over time is 8O

shocking..

 

[Lonewolfblue]

More pics.....

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Updated pic......

 

[LandGhoti]

8O I'm surprised the sides of the tank aren't bulging out. What are you gonna do with all that??

 

[ryan]

your tank is out of control. maybe i should try your methods of neglect and see if my plants will grow lol. your fish must be lost in there.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Well, I just got done cleaning half the tank. I'm not making the same mistake I made a while back when I cleaned my 75G, and lost several fish due to doing too much at once. Since I had so much plants, I really didn't have much of a biofilter, and when I severely changed the number of plants, I had a major spike in water parameters. But anyways, here's a couple pics. Once I do the left side of the tank, I'm replanting a baby sword, as well as maybe 1 or 2 crypts. The rest of the crypts are being moved to my 55G.

And here's updated pics of my 10G. It was so full that the plants were stuck to the florescent bulbs. Took me a long time to get the bulbs clean, as the plants were caked onto the bulbs.

And my pearling java.....

 

[Glenc]

That's looking alot better, getting crazy before! Smart not to take to much out at once.

 

[rkilling1]

Much Much better. It's nice to be able to see some color!

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Now that things are looking better, any thoughts of adding a beta to my 10G? He'd be the only fish in the tank.....

 

[ryan]

let there be light. i can finally see everything in there and i think a betta would be nice in the 10g.good work.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

I got 2 betas today, lol. One for the 10G, and one for my 5.5G crypt/java fern tank. The one in the 5.5G is solid red, and the other is multi-colored. I believe both are crown betas, males. Will get pics when they become more comfy with their homes.

 

[dvanv]

I love your background idea with the Stone Creations. I now have an idea for my next tank. I used this spray on some lamp bases last year but never thought about it for my tank. Your tank set up is looking really great.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Even the light background is nice too. Check my 75G thread. Same stuff, just a light color.