told ya

[babblefish1960]

Art, it may be you have a green thumb afterall.    Looks good!

I think it's called gangrene, but it will go away once the thumb falls off.

Actually Artibartfast, it looks pretty amazing, especially for a former rock hound, glad to see you've moved away from the dark side and into the light.

I couldn't help but notice that there is a perch lacking for the venerable Oscar, how does he watch his cat TV without a comfy spot right at the glass?

[artw]

I don't think you'll have to worry about surrendering the crown to me.

[artw]

Update
2 1/2 months after the first teeny tiny crypt went in.   the Estimate Index method seems to be reducing the green spot algae but its not gone yet.  I am also only running my light at half power, my replacement bulbs should be arriving next week.


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[Julie]

Art, very nice - what's your secrect 

Are you running actinics on that tank also?

[artw]

there is really no secret.  good substate + good lights + co2 + ferts =  good plants.   I sold the 2 actinics so currently I am running 2 dual daylights (6700k x 10000k)

[RoxyDog]

it's a jungle in there.   

[busdriver]

Hey Artw.

Nice tank.

I have a 150 you are more than welcome to try planting, the only fish in it are 9 tiger barbs and a bushynose pleco.
see pic, sorry about quality.

Busdriver

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[babblefish1960]

Hey there busdriver, right off the bat, you need good lighting, and a few more plants, I'm sure Artw or Bigdaddy could advise you once more details are provided, such as water parameters, substrate, willingness to add a few mods and of course, the desire to go beyond the starting out syndrome of a gazillion things going wrong all at once.

Good luck

By the way Art there old bean, your tank looks very nice, it has come along quite mightily.

[Underwater]

The tank's looking great, Art!

[Seanc]

art, nice tank.
get some altum angels!!! thay are the best!! so pritty, and i think zapisto has some right now.

[artw]

A few weeks later, since I have all of the lights now I figure I better give some of the bottom plants some of it, so I trimmed back the swords and moved the banana plant.  now you can actually see them, and the contest plant clipping I got from garnpet.   Everything looks a bit more refined now.  I am still playing with spraybar placement and how it will effect the limnophila aromatica.

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[PaleoFishGirl]

WOW 

Looks great, Art! It's come a long way

[RoxyDog]

puuuuurdy....now we need to get you to try your green thumb with more red coloured plants, aren't they hard to grow?   

[Julie]

Looks great, is that your angel on the right flashing before our eyes.

Red Wendti Crypts, shouldn't be hard to grow.

[artw]

Thanks guys.   I don't see an angel but I do see one of roxy's snail kids on the glass.

[Julie]

I magnified the image and it's a piece of driftwood with a gold fish of some kind beside it.  First sign of aging, loss of eyesight lol.
I thought you had a koi angel of some kind in there.

[zapisto]

art,

i check this tank, recheck it again , and then triple check it , and cannot found something .
you better address this problem soon
this tank have a serious lack of SA dwarf cichlid.......

i would propose Taeniacara candidi



and thanks god you leave the lake african fish where there have to stay in africa

[Julie]

Nice fish and pics, what camera?

[artw]

there will never be any cichlids in my tank.
Sorry.

[PaleoFishGirl]

Except the non-cichlid type of cichlids, right?