Evolving Jungle - 157L Planted Tank

[pm]

Very nice! Now lean back, enjoy the tank  and let grow for a while, or at least for a week.

I haven't touched the tank since Sunday... This hobby is boring now... that's it, I am selling everything....



April fools (less 61 days) 

[Peekay]

Peter!  I love the changes.  The colours and the layout both feel better balanced.  And downoi is way cooler looking.

nice job.

[charlie]

Yeah, I am on the fence right now with the hairgrass.  I might keep it, or sell it, not sure yet.  

Yes, it is the downoi from a few weeks back, but it wasn't always in this tank since then (I have a 10 gal that I never bothered to get rid of and now I am so thankfull that I kept it.  It is a plant/shrimp holding and grow out tank).  So as of now the downoi isn't doing much, one completely melted in just a few days, not sure why, but the others are hanging in there.  Hopefully it is just acclimating itself to the setup.  

Hey Peter have a gander at this thread
http://ovas.ca/forum/index.php?topic=30074.0
BTW it is still grown in my tank @ PH 5.7 now & dosing as per EI.
Errol

[bettabreeder]

Here ya go... sorry about the window reflection, but this is the best shot I have.

Cheers!

Whoa. Nuff said.

[pm]

Hey Peter have a gander at this thread
http://ovas.ca/forum/index.php?topic=30074.0
BTW it is still grown in my tank @ PH 5.7 now & dosing as per EI.
Errol

Thanks Errol, yeah it is a strange plant.  Some appear to be doing fine (or at least nothing seems wrong), and a couple have holes in their leaves, or have melted (only 1 has melted, and 2 have holes in their leaves out of 10+, so a few losses is not an issue).

[pm]

Peter!  I love the changes.  The colours and the layout both feel better balanced.  And downoi is way cooler looking.

nice job.

Thanks, I think so as well, just hope there are no issues growing it.

[pm]

In honor of the upcoming plantoholics anonymous meeting, I figured it was time for an update. 
For the most part I have tried not to re-scape too much.
-   Took off the black background just to see how it looked now with no background... jury is still out on this one.
-   Had to remove most to the java moss from the wood as it wasn't letting enough light through to the other plants
-   The long crypts in the back will need to be pulled soon for exactly the same reason as the java moss
-   Snagged some plants from the auction that will fill in the vacated spaces nicely*

* I learned a lesson recently about quarantining plants.  So that is what I am doing now.  Good thing to, as I used a few cherry shrimp as canaries to test if the imported plants that were for sale at the auction were shrimp safe, i.e. no or washed away pesticides.  Well the shrimp did not make it... better a few now than a colony later.

[Peekay]

WOW!     This is beautiful... I can only imagine how good it looks in real life.

Those bronze crypts are amazing. 

Sorry about the dearly departed shrimp... glad you tested.  What's your quarantine process going to be?  I remember some of the pesticides deteriorate very quickly if you raise the ph, others it was just time.. unfortunately it's unlikely you'd know what was used on them. 

[touchofsky]

Gorgeous, it is really coming along 

[bettabreeder]

Whoa!!! :O


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[bizfromqc]

Sweet looking tank Peter, should have entered the POTM contest, you would have gotten my vote 

Do you keep both Neon and Cardinal Tetras or is it just a camera trick? LOL I can see some smaller/bigger ones and some with the full red belly and other partial red. Can both species have those fluctuations in red markings?

[charlie]

Amazing Peter, very well done, the downoi took off & is healthy, the upcoming plantoholics anonymous meeting received a great honor  .
Errol

[daworldisblack]

Wow very nicely done Peter! Looks very sweet! Very nicely composed! So you needle-leaf javafern is struggling too eh? Seems like the least prolific. Same thing in mine! I hope its only a matter of time! What are your new additions?

[Cheebs]

Very, very nice tank!! You've done an amazing job, I love it.

[pm]

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone 

What's your quarantine process going to be?

I have them in a rubbermaid container, and am running a filter with carbon and doing water changes... Hope this works.

Do you keep both Neon and Cardinal Tetras or is it just a camera trick?

I have both.  The neons are older (and fatter)

[pm]

Time for an update. 

It is definitely a jungle now, but I think the days of a few plant species are numbered.  Kinda regret getting rid of the long crypts, but c'est-la-vie.  Removing them, however, caused an explosion of growth.  The red ludwigia (behind the wood) doubled in size in the past 20 days and turned a bright red.

Re-attached the background (just with tape), and still not sure which I prefer (background or no). 

Comments?

[exv152]

Nice job, the tank looks amazing. Keep the udpates coming with some close ups too.

[daworldisblack]

Wow looks great! Red ludwiga really is making its presence known! I really like the overall composition too. As for the background, its a yeah for me (as opposed to a nay).

[sas]

Looking great, wonderful growth.
I'm for the black background as well .

[Peekay]

I love love this tank.  Abundant, but tidy.  Great use of textures/colours.

Background, yes.