evilknieval69 Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 YAY! my marbled sword has finally started sending them up and out of the water!!!! :lol: I took this pic just before. The closest leaf (the newest one) hit the surface 3 days ago, and since then hasn't stopped going up! The others just stick out of the water a little bit, then go back in again. This plant has a runner with 3 babys on it now, and you can see another runner just poking out of the water!! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 shot man, that looks cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 NIce bro, what lights you running? mh's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Well this is the amazing part. The tank is a 500 tall, 250L tank and i only run 2 36W tubes. Just your average 6500K bunnings ones..... No co2 injection either. I have just bought a tunze regulator though so once i get a bottle the plants will start going nuts.... 8) Oh and another two tubes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Good stuff man, full tank shot is necessary though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 :lol: Il go take one now sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Neat. Are you going to leave the cover glass off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Good stuff man, full tank shot is necessary though yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Luke, i havent had a cover on this tank since ive had it. Open topped mate 8) Heres a crap pic (i need more room and a tripod!!) and i need to photoshop it to get rid of the posters on the wall 8) :oops: The right hand side im happy with, but once i get two more tubes and the presurised co2 setup im going to rip the whole left hand side out and put a big osiris sword as the feature and re-plant some small stems off the tops of the stem plants to let them grow in properly... Im just holding out ATM. Oh and i need to rip my hairgrass lawn out an re-plant it so it will fill in and grow properly!! Rogan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Looking good Rogan. I like the "hill" with the sword and the hairgrass coming down from it, looks sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Wow I'm really impressed. Looks great and I agree with Ant I like the hill. I don't think you need to make any major changes just spread out the stems on the left a bit more. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Thanks guys, As i was just saying to ant just before, the picture actualy makes the LHS look better than it actually is.... Im not a HUGE fan of stem plants, just a few of them is good, but im a HUGE fan of swords (as you can probably tell (having 5 kinds in the tank, and another kind in a different tank 8) )) so yea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Well i got bored so did the LHS just before lol. Heres a pic of it just after i had topped the tank back up And i took this pic when the water level was 10cm below the top LHS has alot of growing in to do; good things take time Il try take a better pic once the water clears up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 LHS has alot of growing in to do It does now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 It does now lol LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Heres a little bit better pic. Not too bad for a $300 camera.... I decided to border it in photoshop as it makes it look better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Looking good Rogan Make sure you send us some updated pics down the track 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Thanks mekhaela. Il try keep it updated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 looking good! its come a wee way since the last photo i seen of it! youve got ground ferts ay? when you ganna get the new lights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 I use fert balls under the swords, and have aquatic mix all over the tank underneath the sand aswell yea. Um i need to start looking for another light now. I might get all the bits and wire it up myself though, depending on what i can get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 I can't understand why more people don't have plants coming out of the tanks. I would love to have a peice of driftwood bigenough to have moss growing on it out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Its awesome huh?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Looking good Evil, congrats. We had a huge piece in the old Aro tank that grew moss out of the water. At that stage, the lids were still on the tank, so I tried it wifout the lids, and found that the moss stopped growing as it was drying out too fast. (From the lites and heat of the room, and it was only normal temp room too) Not sure how well it would work again wif no lids on at all? We are going to try this again at some stage, wif no lids from the beginning, and see if it will work. Looks awesome I must say! Very good point, I guess with the heat from the lights it would need a regular watering to keep it moist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Many aquatic mosses will have minimal growth when emersed, and will likely die off. I would recommend acquiring some of the beautiful NZ native mosses and attaching them to the driftwood above the surface and see if they grow at all. I'm currently doing this with three types of moss on a chunk of driftwood (that comes out of the water in my 460L open topped tank), but the metal halide lights seem too harsh for even that. Indian fern grows quite well, tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 I like being able to look down into the tank and so i never have lids, anyway I'm sure my son would love watering the plants with my wifes help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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