May I see your low light planted tank please :)

[joannde]

GlenC - are some of your plants in pots ? I have a (pretty much) barebottom tank and my plants will be in pots since I love the barebottom look. If they are in pots I'll probably be asking you more questions

Ice - thanks for the photo of your tank - I'm loving the look of it, esp the wide open spaces in the center and front. I think I'll incorporate that look into my tank. Thanks so much.

 

[Glenc]

The plants are not in pots, surprisingly they are growing pretty well in really bad gravel. The particle size is way to big. My 6 year old picked out the lovely blue gravel as this tank is in his room and really is his. It wasn't supposed to be a planted tank, I just kinda took it over! If I had known how addicted to planted tanks I would become I would have made this my main tank. I had to go out and buy another one for myself! Welcome to the addiction! I have read that some hard to grow plants do well in pots but I have yet to try it.

 

[joannde]

addiction is right ! I thought just the fish part was addictive - the plant bit is going to be even worse, I can tell LOL. Would you believe I take bi-weekly trips to the LFS and to Petsmart just to see what's going on !
I'm afraid to look beyond a few mile range for LFS' - gas prices are too high ! LOL

 

[SCFatz]

A closer more current look (today) at the "trees".....

 

[joannde]

Wow - that's beautiful. If anyone knows what that plants name in plese let me know

 

[SCFatz]

Yeah..me too lol.

 

[rich311k]

http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=139

I beleive this is what it is. Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig'

 

[crazyred]

Yep, that's what I was going to say! It looks just like my sunset hygro that I got from newfound.

 

[Purrbox]

Looks like Rotala Rotundifolia to me. It's also commonly mislabeled Rotala Indica at the LFS.

 

[czcz]

Looks like H. polysperma "Rosanervig" here too.

Man IceH2O, nice tank. 1.75wpg CF?

Great tanks all.

 

[IceH2O]

Yep, 1.75 wpg Compact Flourescents.

Its a coralife single 48" with 2- 65 watt Sunpak 6700/10000 k bulbs. The Coralife comes with reflectors.


joannde, I didn't really plan on the open spaces. Well I did in the front because its low growing grass plants but the middle just hasn't gotten plants in it yet. Have some coming next week to help fill it in.

 

[newfound77951]

Here's my low light 5 gallon at work. 10 watt PC bulb. Crypts and dwarf sag and a java fern floating around until I can find a piece of driftwood for it. I just set it up so it hasn't had a chance to fill in yet.

 

[LittleNami]

Ooooh, wow o_o I never thought you could do so much with a 5 gal tank before. Man, everyone here has such amazing ideas for aquascaping

 

[mooncat99]

Just wanted to say that your tank looks stunning IceH2O. top job, it has given me some great ideas.