After waiting for my 220g to finally grow in, it did, and it still wasn't what I envisioned SO I did some serious rescaping and this time thought I'd show how the tank transitions. First off the tank is now 100% planted. I removed alittle over half of the Rotala Macrandra in the front center of the tank, about two thirds of the Limnophila hippuroides from the center and right size of the tank and about half of the corkscrew val. One big change is I removed the huge crypt in the very front of the tank that blocked part of the DW with the fissidens fontanus on it. What a change! The tank just openned up with it's removal and so for the second time I am trying to do a HC carpet. Last time I planted big chunks of HC which grew but were also too much of a temptation for my yo-yo loaches not to want to dig up while they were just starting to root to get to the goodies they knew must be hiding under them. This time I have planted very small pieces that hold no lure for the loaches to dig under (not yet at least). I will be taking pic's later to show how the tank is starting off this time and to show how the plants grow, some changing from emmersed to immersed growth, and how they need to be trimmed to shape them properly.
I have always loved the Dutch style so I am pushing alot more into stem plants. This is a list of plants I have added:
Baby Tears (Hemianthus micranthemoides)
Dwarf Baby Tears-HC ((Hemianthus callitrichoides)
Dwarf Four Leaf Clover (Marsilea hirsuta)
Didiplis diandra
Heteranthera Stargrass (Heteranthera zosterfolia)
Hydrotriche hottoniiflora
Ludwigia peruensis aka Ludwigia glandulosa
Rotala Magenta
Pogostemon Erectus
Hygrophila Pinnatifida
After doing all this serious changing I have decided all the Corkscrew Val is going but will have to get more plants to finish filling in that area. Plants I'm considering are:
Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Cuba'
Ammannia Senegalensis
Hygrophila balsamica
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
If anyone has any other interesting suggestions for stem plants, ones that aren't commonly seen or used please post your ideas.
I have also changed my T5HO bulbs to Geisemann 6000K Midday bulbs and am seeing much better color in my plants in the short time I've had them.
Hope you come along for the journey!
I have always loved the Dutch style so I am pushing alot more into stem plants. This is a list of plants I have added:
Baby Tears (Hemianthus micranthemoides)
Dwarf Baby Tears-HC ((Hemianthus callitrichoides)
Dwarf Four Leaf Clover (Marsilea hirsuta)
Didiplis diandra
Heteranthera Stargrass (Heteranthera zosterfolia)
Hydrotriche hottoniiflora
Ludwigia peruensis aka Ludwigia glandulosa
Rotala Magenta
Pogostemon Erectus
Hygrophila Pinnatifida
After doing all this serious changing I have decided all the Corkscrew Val is going but will have to get more plants to finish filling in that area. Plants I'm considering are:
Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Cuba'
Ammannia Senegalensis
Hygrophila balsamica
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
If anyone has any other interesting suggestions for stem plants, ones that aren't commonly seen or used please post your ideas.
I have also changed my T5HO bulbs to Geisemann 6000K Midday bulbs and am seeing much better color in my plants in the short time I've had them.
Hope you come along for the journey!