uttoshii

Hi everybody ,

here is a new lay-out started last week , the tank is 65Liters , 60*30*36cm , 2*18W , co2 1b/2s , ferts step1 brightyK , eheim 2213 .

the stem plants in the center of the back ground (hygrophila sp , ludvigia arcuata needle leaf) are only here to prevent algae , i will remove them once the tank is better balanced , i'll also put some more moss on the stones ....but not too much ...
plants are moss in the midground , tenellus , crypto wendtii green , vallisneria nana in the background (+hygrophila sp , ludvigia arcuata narrow leaf , for the start only)



hope you like it

Knotty Bitz

I like the hardscape. That looks really cool!

Asgard

very nice tank!
I like the layout, and the gravel/rocks are also very nice (color)
maybe you 'd concentrate the vals? in the right corner to hide the filter intake a little.
looks like a perfect home for a couple of goby's, or stiphodons

Coralite

I like the use of hard-broken stone with softer rounded woods. Lookin forward to seeing how the plant growth is allowed to develop.

cs_gardener

The hardscape is quite interestering. It'll be interesting to see how the tank matures.

ando2005wow29@yahoo.com

What lighting are you using?

bratyboy2

ooooooooooo nice scape

uttoshii

Asgard i am not sure of what population i will use there but maybe some Aplocheilichthys normani (lampeye) , i think that they would fit well in the scape

Ando2005wow29@yahoo.co , i use ada na-lamp , it is T8 bulbs 18W .


some news of that tank , it is not growing so fast as it is running nearly low-tech now , because of the small amount of plants i use only 18W of lights (ratio 0.3W/L) , and co2 1b/3sec ferts also very very lightly .
all the plants are in now in the background there is vallisneria nana mixed with a bit of vivipara , vivipara will be controled not to densify i only want a small touch of it . in the center the hygrophila sp will be removed as soon as the over plants will have grown enough only the arcuata needle leaf should stay , for the rest it is tenellus that must densify and a bit of crytos wendtii on the left .
here is how the tank looks today



i still have to add some moss in the foreground , here is how i want it to be ....no time to do it yet ...quite lazy to attach the moss on small stones .....



hope you like it

hooha

lol, I just tied a bunch of moss stones together this weekend. It is time consuming for sure! I did it while watching a football game, so maybe turning on the TV will help pass the time

uttoshii

Hooha , i finally did it ...i had to do it listening to my wife complaining about ...not sure about what , i wasn't really listening ...anyways tying the moss helped going through that painful moment ...

here are some new pics of this tank , moss has been freshly added , the stem part is too bushy but i keep it that way to avoid algaes , i'll trim it clean later , i also added some fishes , those are lampeye , hope you like it