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Old 09-24-2008, 08:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I started this tank when i moved in July. It's now going on almost 3 months. I also started a thread about the tank called MY 90 ONLY 1 MONTH OLD but thought i should start new and update.

The dilema I have been facing the last 4 weeks is slow growth of most of my plants, especially my red plants. After researching and putsing around I raised my tek light 6 more inches away from the surface and am in the process of finding 2 10000k to replace 2 of the six 6500K T5 bulbs. Its almost as though my lights were burning my plants and in response they deviated away from the light by either growing downwards or staying as close the the gravel as possible. Pics followed to show the slow growth and deep red coloration of the plants affected. Whereas bacopa and sag. are not affected at all.










A sword that once grew leaves a foot out of the water!


















Excuse the fuzzy pictures as i have a bit of algae growing on the glass. Hopefully the UV that i just hooked up will help. It only took me 3 days to hook up due to the fact that Coralife UV sterilizers break and are a huge pain to find replacement parts at Home Depot.
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Old 09-24-2008, 08:49 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The update after moving my light and adding a few new plants...























ENJOY and comments always welcome.
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Old 09-24-2008, 02:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Your tank is looking good. I like the crypts in the foreground, they make a nice contrast. If you want the moss to attach to the wood it helps to tie it firmly to the wood.

Your discus are beautiful! How many do you have?
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Old 09-25-2008, 01:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I have 6 discus for now, always looking for healthy new ones to add. Right now one is a little sick which is why i spent all that time to hook up my UV. Hoping that will help and it gets its appetite back.
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Old 09-27-2008, 12:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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That looks really nice. I like the wisteria foreground
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Old 09-27-2008, 02:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
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How do you get the wisteria to stay so low? Was that because of the high-light issue you had before or do you trim it hard very often? I have some wisteria and I'd like to toy with it as a foreground.

Very nice scape, by the way! I recognized the "trees" right away from your other thread.

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Old 09-28-2008, 05:46 PM   #7 (permalink)
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The wisteria was originally planted in the middle next to a sword and yes with my hight light it grew to the front and formed the carpet. Never actually had to trim it but will trim any stems that try to grow upwards to keep the carpet look. If you try just planting the wisteria in front or in a open area with room to grow you might be able to form your carpet along with triming any stems growing upward. I originally tried HC about 4 times to grow where the wisteria is, but gave up since i couldnt get the HC to stay planted or spread and the wisteria looks great IMO.
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the wisteria looks great IMO.
I agree...and easier to deal with than tiny foreground plantlets.
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It's definately time for an update! I'm very fortunate to have a girlfriend that loves photograghy and has a Nikon D40. She even helps me with the settings. We set the ISO/sensitivity to HI and kept the shutter/flash off. The first tank pic was shot with 4 of 6 lights on and the rest were taken with 2of 6 lights on. Let me know ehat you think?

I'm surprised at how many changes I have made since the last update. Between moving and adding plants and switching to Flourish, tuning my photoperiod and of course adding 3 new adult discus that are EPIC. I think I caught a perfect time to take the pics. Enjoy!











I really like the mix between the 3 stems here. H. Sunset, H. Green and L. Peruensis

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its looking beautiful! a small amount of moss attached to the driftwood on the right would top it off i think!
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