An t-iasg
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I too wanted some Limnophila aromatica until I saw it outgrowing a 40 gallon tank!
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Well I think I'm starting to get a few more things figured out on my camera. Found the manual focus control and a couple of other handy settings. Managed to get a couple of nice shots of the inhabitants of this tank.
Not sure what type of Ramshorn snail it is, it's different than majority of the ones in my tanks. If it gets too big or starts eating the plants I'll remove it. I really like the shot of the Pygmy resting in amongst all the Anubias leaves. It's a typical resting spot for them.
Not sure what type of Ramshorn snail it is, it's different than majority of the ones in my tanks. If it gets too big or starts eating the plants I'll remove it. I really like the shot of the Pygmy resting in amongst all the Anubias leaves. It's a typical resting spot for them.
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Zezmo
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That pic really helped me out...I have been growing that "mystery plant" for a while. Now I know what is is
That looks like the rams i have. They breed at an insane rate. They will eat many plants.
newfound77951
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Yes, you are definitely doing a great job at the scaling....somethign I am still learning, mostly the hard way!
I would second the L aromatica as being too big...it quicky reaches the surface in my 55. Maybe some R wallichii for a similar look?? I'd be happy to give you a piece of L aromatica sometime if you still want to give it a try.
I would second the L aromatica as being too big...it quicky reaches the surface in my 55. Maybe some R wallichii for a similar look?? I'd be happy to give you a piece of L aromatica sometime if you still want to give it a try.
That's actually Rotala Wallichii in the back right. Not really working as nicely as I'd hoped. I've already decided against the Limnophila Aromatica. Travis suggested Didiplis Diandra for my 2.5 Gallon and I might try it in this tank as well.
rich311k
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Looks great Joy. Very healthy looking plants, they are growing wonderfully.
Glenc
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Very nice, love the Marsilea Minuta.
JRagg
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I agree, the marsilea minuta looks really cool. Looks like it is acting as a "snail speedbump" there to keep them from moving too quickly across the tank.
travis simonson
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Those cories are cute Joy. Your aquascape makes that tank look twice its size. Keep up with the carpet. I am VERY interested to see what you do with it 
Jchillin
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Travis (PTG) Simonson said:
I've told her that several times. Every time I see it, it looks more like a 20 gal.
Glenc
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Beautiful little tank, great scale work. Very cool foreground as well.
Very cool foreground as well.
rich311k
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Tank looks great. You do have a great eye for prospective.
With the switch to Pressurized CO2, the BBA finally disappeared only to be replaced by Green Hair Algae. In an effort to fight off the algae I've slacked off on trimming. It's now severely overgrown, but I think I'm making some progress. I plan on doing some major trimming this weekend to remove most of the remaining infected leaves and tame the aquascape into some semblance of presentable.
rich311k
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Wow, that is incredible.
Ever have one of those days where you start out intending to just do a waterchange and all of a sudden you find yourself pulling out all the plants to do a better job of trimming and such.
Well that happend with this tank yesterday. I was just going to take out the driftwood with moss to trim and re-tie it. Then I ended up pulling up a bunch of the overgrown clover in the front right. This led to pulling out the driftwood with the Anubias to do a bit of trimming to remove the worst of the algae covered leaves and ended up taking some cuttings for my emersed setup. Finally ended up pulling out all the Ranunculus papulentus, Hydrocotyle sibthropiodes, and Rotala indica (Ammania sp. 'Bonsai') since everthing else was so intertwined together. In the end the only plants that didn't get pulled were the Hemianthus micranthemoides and Marsilea minuta in the front left and the vals and crypts in the back right.
Needless to say, the water change took a bit longer than planned. Sure wish I had my camera so I could snap a few pics of how it turned out.
Well that happend with this tank yesterday. I was just going to take out the driftwood with moss to trim and re-tie it. Then I ended up pulling up a bunch of the overgrown clover in the front right. This led to pulling out the driftwood with the Anubias to do a bit of trimming to remove the worst of the algae covered leaves and ended up taking some cuttings for my emersed setup. Finally ended up pulling out all the Ranunculus papulentus, Hydrocotyle sibthropiodes, and Rotala indica (Ammania sp. 'Bonsai') since everthing else was so intertwined together. In the end the only plants that didn't get pulled were the Hemianthus micranthemoides and Marsilea minuta in the front left and the vals and crypts in the back right.
Needless to say, the water change took a bit longer than planned. Sure wish I had my camera so I could snap a few pics of how it turned out.
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