AaronT

I haven't been around the forums much lately except to sell off a few plants from my latest project. I've built an all new rack for my tanks in our apartment and this is one of the additions.

Tank:
90 cm x 45 cm x 45 cm

Lighting:
DIY IceCap SLR reflectors w/ 4 39 watt Giessemann Midday T5HO bulbs
10 hours total lighting, only 6 hours with all 4 bulbs.

Substrate:
Mineralized topsoil covered by 3M Colorquartz Aggregate T-Grade Black Sand
See this thread for full details regarding the topsoil.
I did 4 good wet/dry cycles with the soil this time and haven't had the algae issues I did before.

Filter:
Rena XP3

Plants:
Rotala sp. 'green'
Rotala sp. 'colorata'
Rotala sp. 'Vietnam'
Rotala sp. 'Nanjenshan'
Rotala sp. 'Araguaia'
Rotala sp. 'Goias'
Rotala sp. 'Mini'
Rotala macrandra 'green'
Rotala pusilla
Rotala hippuris
Rotala sp. 'Ceylon'
Hemianthus callitrichoides (HC)
Fissidens fontanus
Pogostemon helferi (Downoi)
Bacopa sp. 'Araguaia'
Hygrophila sp. 'Bold'
Hygrophila sp. 'Araguaia'
Ludwigia sp. 'Guinea'
Anubias minima
Anubias barteri var. nana 'Gold'

Fauna:
Pseudomogil furcatus
Hysonotis leucofrinatus
Caridina japonica
Olive Nerites

Here's the original setup date picture on 5/25/07


Here's an update today on 6/3


I haven't chosen a backround color yet, hence no backround. I'm trying to decide between white, black, or light blue.

Comments and criticisms are welcome.

orlando

Nice selection of plants, grow out will be nice. I dig it A.T
The rocks look very nice as well. Thanks for sharing. Rotala city.

stepheus

Really nice. I clicked into this thread hoping to see a new species of rotala. haha! Rotala var. Rainbow. I ll be interested in how this one will turn out as btw really nice growth on the HC. Its already spreading on the 9th day? Wow... did you get it in submersed form?

AaronT

Thanks for the nice comments. The HC was already submersed from another two tanks that I took down to setup this one.

snickle

Aaron,

Looking nice. Hopefully it will grow in a little more by the meeting. Which I assume is at your house.

Genin

that tank will look awesome when those plants grow in some.

Bert H

Great start Aaron! We're going to have to start calling you the 'Rotala king'!

Alex Ribeiro

Rotala kingdom!
Nice start, seems very promising.

houseofcards

Nice idea and layout. Looking forward to it maturing. Can I ask what your dosing on this one?

UG Dude!

This will look simply excellent when the plants begin to fill out...