cousinkenni

So here it is......My first tank post on APC so go easy on me. Actually this tank was set up in Dec. 2003. The photo was taken in early Oct. 2004 for a local Honolulu Aquarium Society annual tank contest. I hadn't done any trimming on the tank until about a week before the contest and the plants never got a chance to grow in before this photo was taken. I didn't have a camera to photograph it at it's peak and thought there was no photo documentation of the tank for it was torn down after the competition. This past month's HAS meeting was in prep of this years upcoming HAS tank contest and low and behold in the powerpoint presentation there was a photo of my tank from last year. I asked for a copy and now I am posting the pic.

Tanks stats:

10 gal
36 watts CF 10,000K
DIY CO2 (hagen ladder)
Fluval 104
Flourish 2X weekly
Flourish trace 2X weekly
W/C once weekly
No macros at the time but heavy fish feeding


Plants:

Glossostigma elatinoides
Echinodorus tenellus
Crytocoryne Beckettii "petchii"
Cryptecoryne wendtii red
Microsorum pteropus windelov
Vesicularia sp.
Spiral Vallisneria
Rotala macrandra
Ludwigia glandulosa
Ludwigia repens



So now to the comments:

I was thinking about setting up the same hardscape so my question to all of you is what do you think I should do in terms of plants? Instead of the Windelov I was thinking of using nana or petite. I think I like the foreground especially when it grows in (sorry you guys can't see it in this picture).

Any suggestions for the next go-around would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ken T