GWU

Hi All, This is the layout that I make it at last summer, hope you would like it.
Tank Size 60 x 30 x 30 cm
Plants 1. Rotala sp. ''Green'' 2. Bacopa sp."long leaf form" 3. Rotala sp. ''Nanjenshan'' (''Mayaca sellowiana'') 4. Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata (''Cuba'') 5. Rotala sp. ''Vietnam''
Substrate: Seachem Fluorite
Lighting 4 x Philips 39W T5HO FL,10 hours per day with a break 2 hours in between
Fertilization: ADA step 2, Seachem Iron, CO2 non stop 3 bubbles per second
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DonaldmBoyer

Gorgeous, Gary!! Very nice hardscape down at the lower left side, and your plants are stunning. I would only suggest using a different type of fish (green killies would be nice) instead of the harlequins. I love the bacopa!!

jeffboyarrdee

where is the bacopa?

nellis

Immaculate plant health... they almost look plastic. Especially in the second pic. Well done once again.

GWU

thank you for your appreciation and comment.

Carlos1583

how do you do it? How long does something like that take? Wish I could be a pro like that. By the way, when you trim/replant rotala, do you keep the stem or discard it and plant the top shoot? I notice a lot of the leaves towards the lower stem have been melting/dying and so I went ahead and threw the stem away and kept the healthy top. I hope I did the right thing...

Mellonman

Nice work Gary...
... it requires high skills to keep plants healthy and tank free of algae with almost 3W/liter...

GWU

Hi Sylvain, In summer time, I almost change some water everyday instead of every week, The 39W T5HO actually share with another 14"tank parallel to this tank, that is for keeping the left over plant, and these two tank also share the same filtering system, so you can treat it is a 90L tank but with a partition in between.

GWU

From setup to mature take about 4-6 months, this one almost six month, because in summer time, plant grow very fast, it is very difficult to control their grow rate to bloom at the same time. Prune is a very interesting game, usually, I would only trim the top part and keep the stem to let it spread, the top part can be replant to the area that is not dense enough. Usually, it would prune four to five time during the period, but remember to supplement root fertilizer if you want them spread. You may also aware that the lower stem leaves melt, so after prune, sometimes may only remain the stem but no leaves, at that time plant are more rely on root to adsorb essential fertilizer for their grow.

EdTheEdge

Very nice. Very profeesional. Wish I could get results like that. Thanks for sharing!!!!