Oohitsae
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I started this tank quite a while ago, but just got into the planted side of things last winter, and wanted to show it's transformation over the past almost year.
It's taken a lot of work, but is well worth it in my opinion.
When I first started, it had hideous clown puke gravel and an aqueon t8 light fixture, and little to no fertilizers - maybe once a week with flourish comprehensive. I could hardly grow anything in it so over time I have done a few different upgrades. It is now a dirted tank with a black diamond blasting sand, no need for root tabs yet because of the soil. I have a finnex ray 2 as the lighting, and run a paintball co2 set up. I also dose PPS pro ferts once a week for the stems - was dosing it more often but had a lot of issues with black algea - it's gone for the most part now, some of my crypts still have it a bit but I'm working on cutting it out.
Current flora is - crypt balansae, crypt parva, crypt petchii, crypt lutea, crypt wendtii, vallisneria gigante, jungle val, ludwigia repens, ludwigia ovalis, cabomba palaeformis, myrio green, dwarf saggitaria, Pygmy chain sword, rotala indica, java moss, java fern, Mayaca fluviatillis, HM, potomageton ( gayi, dwarf water Lilly, apongenton, ludwigia Cuba, hygrophilia corymbosa compact, and I'm sure I'm still missing a few.
I just ordered some more plants to add a bit of color to the tank and they are - red tiger lotus, ludwigia broad leaf "dark", and Kliener bar sword. am also thinking of adding some myrio red to it as well.
Current fauna is- a couple juvenile calico BN plecos (growing out), 4 red tux swordtails, quite a few mystery and Malaysian trumpet snails, a trio of Apistogramma Trifasciata, and 5 corydora metae, and a baby convict. I think I'm probably missing a fish or few out of the list, but you get the idea - mixed "community."
Now for the fun stuff - pictures!
It's taken a lot of work, but is well worth it in my opinion.
When I first started, it had hideous clown puke gravel and an aqueon t8 light fixture, and little to no fertilizers - maybe once a week with flourish comprehensive. I could hardly grow anything in it so over time I have done a few different upgrades. It is now a dirted tank with a black diamond blasting sand, no need for root tabs yet because of the soil. I have a finnex ray 2 as the lighting, and run a paintball co2 set up. I also dose PPS pro ferts once a week for the stems - was dosing it more often but had a lot of issues with black algea - it's gone for the most part now, some of my crypts still have it a bit but I'm working on cutting it out.
Current flora is - crypt balansae, crypt parva, crypt petchii, crypt lutea, crypt wendtii, vallisneria gigante, jungle val, ludwigia repens, ludwigia ovalis, cabomba palaeformis, myrio green, dwarf saggitaria, Pygmy chain sword, rotala indica, java moss, java fern, Mayaca fluviatillis, HM, potomageton ( gayi, dwarf water Lilly, apongenton, ludwigia Cuba, hygrophilia corymbosa compact, and I'm sure I'm still missing a few.
I just ordered some more plants to add a bit of color to the tank and they are - red tiger lotus, ludwigia broad leaf "dark", and Kliener bar sword. am also thinking of adding some myrio red to it as well.
Current fauna is- a couple juvenile calico BN plecos (growing out), 4 red tux swordtails, quite a few mystery and Malaysian trumpet snails, a trio of Apistogramma Trifasciata, and 5 corydora metae, and a baby convict. I think I'm probably missing a fish or few out of the list, but you get the idea - mixed "community."
Now for the fun stuff - pictures!
