Mellonman

I was more talking about a slope in the sand, especially in the path


Thanks... but too bad... I'm afraid this plant can't be found here in Europe...

 

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Little

Hello,
Do we have an idea of what specie of Poaceae it is? the Poaceae genus is quite big...
The Polygonum specie is also similar... How could we be sure?

However "this" plant is beautiful. Has it ever flowered?

jeremy1

Wooooow. You da man

SuRje1976

Chadley & Jeremy - Thanks!

Mellonman - I actually had quite a bit more slope in the sand, once upon a time! The shimp took care of that.

Little - I'm sorry I can't be more specific with respect to the species of bamboo. We decided that it was not likely Polygonum because the leaves do not grow from the nodes in the characteristic way that the Polygonum species leaves do. Am I willing to bet my life on it? Probably not, but we're pretty sure!



Well, there hasn't been too much going on with the tank. I've just been trying to focus on the trimming to get things to thicken up, and to stay low!

Here's a pictrure from right BEFORE the first trim after the redo:



And a few from right after:








And after things filled in a bit:




I've actually trimmed the tank back pretty hard since the last picture. I'm trying something a little different with the center stand of R. rotundifolia. I'm trying to creat a concave slope, front to back. I just trimmed it the day before yesterday?




A few things possibly worth noting. I STOPPED dosing KNO3 for about a week and a half maybe? I was trying to see if I could get my R. macrandra and R. rotundifolia to color up a bit, as they always seem to lose their redness after they get trimmed. Well, it didn't really work! AND as you can see from some of the pictures above, the Anubias "petite" is beginning to show signs of nitrogen deficiency. SO, it seems that the color thing is a light issue. The plants would get a lot more color as they approached the surface with the old layout. Now, they're not really allowed to approach the surface! I dosed KNO3 manually, plugged the pump on the autodoser back in, and I increased by lighting "burst" period from 3 to 4 hours. I may increase it more. We'll see what happens!

Little

Thank you. That's quite specific! Now I know the difference between Polygonum & Poaceae.
However I was wondering how you do get these plants?
This tank is really wonderful! fantastic pictures!

AQUAMX

Hi Sergio

Very beautiful and neat aquascapes.

I am suffering with my shrimp spreading aquasoil onto my bright sand. Can you please share your method of removing the soil from the sand?

Well done

Brad

SuRje1976

Little - I was very fortunate to have a local hobbyist growing them. I have no idea where I would have gotten the plant otherwise!

AQUAMX - Cursed shrimp! They certainly do make maintaining a separate substrate challenging. To clean the soil from the sand, I just siphon off the top layer and siphon out everything right at the glass. Then I just "top-dress" with fresh sand. The broader your physical barrier (I'm using rock), the less mixing you'll get. I've got spots where there's about an inch between the Aqua soil and the sand where I get a lot of mixing, and I have areas of about 3 inches where I get none at all! Hope this is helpful!

SuRje1976

Just a quick update. The tank is in another transition phase at the moment. Here are some recent pictures:













I removed the Rotala macrandra and replaced it with Rotala sp. 'Colorata'. As can be seen, the colorata looks too similar to the R. rotundifolia, and in person actually makes the rotundifolia look washed out. So the rotundifolia will be coming out. I'm trying to figure out what to replace it with at this point. As always, suggestions are welcome!

I've got to get more wood too. What I have in there - all 30lbs or more of it have been swallowed up by the plants. Thinking ADA Blackwood. A few large and a few smaller pieces. Will place an order soon!

Tex Gal

Beautiful tank. I liked it with a little more of the bamboo on the right. It gives it a little more interest.

I have also found that the reds depend on the light and a little more iron. It doesn't seem to matter what I do with the nitrogen.

Mark1

I´m glad to find your thread again, your tank is great is and has been a great inspiration, although I find it in a difficult stage of change...you´ve come far from what you started off.

Where might it end ?

Regards,
Mark.

 

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