saintly

plants ordered today from aquafleur....

all in pots...

HC x 3
diplis diandra x 4
r rotundifolia x 6
ludwigia arcuata x 3
m umbrosum x 3
juncus repens x 2
Alternanthera reineckii x 2
e acicularis x 2
anubias bonsai x 4
tenellus x 4
crypt wendetii green x 2

i'll also add riccia stones

as you can see this is a stem heavy scape, but it gives me a chance to stretch my stem trimming fingers

saintly

well i received my plants today and planting has begun.

here's some of the plants. it was nice to have the option of taking loads of plants and returning what i didn't use.



HC foreground and anubias bonsai around the wood...



trimming e acicularis before planting...

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planting



fully planted...



directly after filling with water...oliver knott substarte is so clean...





i just now need to let it grow and groom it

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and today...

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after a full 24 hours things have settled down. this is the last shot for a while with no kit, the addition of ripples and clear water. i'll report back in a few weeks.





many many thnaks for taking the time to read

hooha

dude, that looks great already, can't wait to see it grow in!

saintly

thanks hooha,
well, i've added the shrimp. there are 10 in all. one is huge and i found that the others like to take a ride. they also clean him/her. see the pic.

also the other pic is of the pearling amd the Marsilea hirsuta. the shoot you see has grown in 4 days.

thanks for at least looking no flash just yet.

Mikeracing77

Love the tank and the light stand. Great job.

saintly

5 days in and things are good. everything is growing brilliantly.

this Marsilea hirsuta is a lovely plant. kinda like a butterfly ?.....

it's sprouting real well now.



the crypts are pearling too...

saintly

1 week old. the addition of 10 shrimp 6 neons 10 ottos and 3 pencil fish, bring about a sense of life within.

plant growth has been 100% positive. everything doing what it should

a few pics.