Rozski Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Shifted from Palmy Nth to Tokoroa in easter (feel free to laugh) and my tank was down in Palmy until last weekend. Fish got fed but that was it, so tank was looking pretty sad by the time I got to it. Heres what it was in its prime: You don't wanna see what it looked like last weekend haha... But here it is now. Wanted to use my black sand (pilfered from the beach) but found out the iron ends up killing fish, so got some substrate from Wonderworld (zomg that place is amazing). Not sure if im completely sold on it, but it does make the green look nice, and most of it will hopefully get covered in plants anyway. Managed to salvage some java ferns and my dwarf anubias, and bought 2 bunches of dwarf chain sword yesterday (went a long way didn't it). Would like some amazon swords in there, but any other suggestions for background plants? Fish currently jammed into 35 litre while this spends a day clearing and heating up (cardinals, hatchets and a dwaf flag) Oh, also a second set of T5s going in under the hood this week Rozski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 did those bags come in handy? :lol: The tanks are looking good as always. That sword you have is most likely novoe zealandae and not pygmy chain - like most NZ natives it needs an incredible amount of light - im trialling it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Welcome back! The black substrate looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Cheers neon did those bags come in handy? :lol: The tanks are looking good as always. That sword you have is most likely novoe zealandae and not pygmy chain - like most NZ natives it needs an incredible amount of light - im trialling it myself. Bags were handy phoenix, cheers ;-) You'll be going through the same thing soon! And eugh about the plant... I was eyeing up the dwaf sag and the dude said, or were you interested in this one? and I said, whats gonna grow faster, my dwarf sag was a slow grower, and he grabbed this out for me. They will have 4x 24 watt HO T5s over them though 8) Hopefully enough. They do look like the chain sword I had in my nano a while back though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 dwarf sag grow slow? really? (and its not very dwarf by the end of it under those lights) :lol: got a close up of that plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Thats dwarf sag in that first tank photo It did grow, but slowly, coz the tank was unfertilized, had only 2x 24watt T5s, no CO2... oh, and it often spent its time under a coat of green slime. Plus my tank is quite tall, 50cm I think Will get a photo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Time to play "Guess that Plant!" *waits for the "lulz, you have a plant which will die"* PS: you are right though, I'm busy googling and its NOT pygmy chain sword anyway... (maybe he said it was something else, I just wanted ground cover) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-253.htm http://www.freshwateraquariumplants.com ... mazon.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_lilaebras.php He musta said micro sword, rather than chain sword... (my memory stinks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 That will look good once it is established. You will have to change your location profile now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Not pygmy chain, But if any one has some eh ehmmm I wouldnt mind a bit. Micro maybe See what it does under your lights Nice tank tho Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Time to play "Guess that Plant!" Isn't that a Ranunculus limosella? I have some on my tank and they grow very fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 What type of gravel is that? did it have a name? looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 im agreeing with p44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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