Finally; no more plastic!

[cJw]

Before (also before I upgraded my lighting)

After


This weekend was finally the time to get 'planted'. As you can see from the image ( 1024 wide image here ), I added lots of anacharis, a java fern (to eventually hide the intake - I think I lucked out on such a nice plant there) and a water sprite for variety.

Hopefully they'll all grow well enough that I can spread them around a little more; I'm looking forward to splitting that water sprite into another area, as well as adding a couple more anacharis groups along the back. While trying to avoid a 'plant wall' effect, I do want to conceal the intake and heater as much as possible.

I can't tell you how much more I like 'live' than the plastic I had in there; it's so much more of an attractive texture and color!

 

[rich311k]

Looks Great!! How many WPG do you have now.

 

[cJw]

1.0, and I'm still using the default bulb that came with the hood, for the moment.

 

[sherry]

well this looks great and that anacharis will get even nicer .. when mine grew out it was finer stemmed and leaved

it is a beautiful start!!

watch out tho, around here we may get you so addicted you will have a new light and injected co2. actually I did a low light tank for 2 years and you can do a lot. pm me so I have a memory jogger and next time I trim my ludwiga repens I'll send you some... it takes just a little to get started and it does really well in low light.

 

[AshleyXavier]

My water sprite grew tall and sparse quickly due to low light initially. After I increase to 3.6 WPG, they don't grow up so fast and spreads out more. If you want to grow and spread the water sprite fast and nice, I do suggest that you up your lights asap. =)

 

[Guest]

i started with anacharis in the back of my tank and found i hated it becuase it constantly gets uprooted and the leaves tear off so easy.. lol. I use cabomba in my background now in my lowlight 1.5 wpg 10 gallon planted tank.