csaxe21

Nice, I like it. As Tex Gal said, the white rocks to the dark gravel is still a bit too stark IMO, though.

chagovatoloco

I like that pice of drift wood.

fish dork

There is microsword growing around the rocks that is sending out shoots already... it should fill in and soften the rocks in time. I want to use glosso as well, it could be awhile before I can get any. Nobody wants to ship it up here in these months! Although I may make a trip to Vancouver soon and might be able to get some there. Thanks for looking!

fish dork

The more I think of it, the more I really want to plant glosso in this tank! There is a nice valley that runs under the DW as well that is not defined well and doesn't show in the pics. I think a nice carpet is in order. BTW thank you for the suggestions!

derekp

I like the natural wild look. Im glad the rotala macandra is doing well for you, it took a while for it to do okay in my tank.

fish dork

The macrandra does great for me. For some reason I seem to have trouble with Hygro Polysperma. Weird.

fish dork

An update! The tank needs a trim, the macrandra and the wisteria (CRAZY weed!) need a trim very badly. I've added glosso and blyxa and wanted to take some pics of the glosso starting out. I just came back from 2 weeks out of town and now I'm also battling BBA GSA and BGA (it was there before, but now it's getting out of hand!). I think it's under control though, anyway... here's some new pics

















And I bought a canopy, now it looks even better!

Tex Gal

It's looking good! Your rocks have tamed down a bit. What do you think about moving your red plant to the right of the wisteria. Keep in trimmed going down at an angle as it gets to the point of your driftwood? Can you see it? It might be nice. Just an idea...

fish dork

I like your ideas so far! The macrandra may look better where you mentioned it. Both it and the wisteria are in serious need of a trim... I ran out of ambition after planting the glosso

fish dork

Here's a new pic. I've had a few rounds with various algae, BGA, BBA and GDA. The blackout method I used for the BGA worked and killed the bacteria as well as the second round of glosso. I may need to try a new foreground plant. I think the algae may be coming from old light bulbs. I will be picking up some new ones tomorrow. The CO2 levels and nutrients are right where they should be and I get lots of pearling in the midday and afternoon. The plants are growing well, but I now seem to be having issues with the macrandra.

Here's a new shot:



You guys are right one with those rocks, I think I need to try to blend them in more. Maybe they'll get some moss or something.