bharada

I started this tank last March (I have a journal on it on my web site--link is in my sig). Initial stocking consisted of wendtii 'bronze' (left back), lutea (left mid), willisii (left front), parva (center foreground), nurii, pygmaea and undulata (right center), petchii (right front), balansae and spiralis (right back). Here it is at its inception...


Here it is today. Over the past year I added some moehlmannii (center), pontertoriifolia (right side), wendtii 'Green Gecko' (right foreground), and a cordata 'Rosanervig'.

Over the year the nurii got lost amongst the moehlmannii and petchii. I haven't seen the undulata and pygmaea in a long time, too.


Here's the 'Rosanervig', which after four months still shows no sign of any veining let alone pink ones (although another one I have in a 20g tank with AquaSoil is developing muted veining).


This tank has turned into another example of how spending a lot of time planning your hardscape is futile, as only the underside of the plants ever see it.

hooha

lol, true dat. I like the look though, looks very 'low maintenance'

What is your fert schedule? Any CO2?

bharada

I have a dosing solution I mix up for the dosing pumps on my 125g tank. I pour 90ml in 2x a week...I think it ends up being about 50ppm of NO3 and 5ppm of PO4...but I don't bother checking. lol I also add about 75ml of Flourish 2x a week.

The tank does have pressurized CO2 and the T-5 lights run 2 bulbs for 10 hours and all four for 4 hours mid-day.

So the hardware is high tech, but the tank maintenance consists of weekly removal of dead/dying leaves and bi-weekly 50% water changes. Oh, and the occasional removal of excess Crypts. haha

HeyPK

This is a good opportunity to compare pontederiifolia and moehlmannii, since you have both of them growing in the same tank under similar conditions. What differences do you see between the two species?

Kai Witte

That pretty much looks like the opposite of a 'Rosanervig'...

However, it doesn't seem happy and changing some factors may turn it into a nice cordata. Have you tried any root feeding?

AaronT

That's a sweet tank Bill. How soft is the water in there? I wonder if that's the issue with the cordata 'Rosanervig'?

LindaC

Your tank looks very nice, I like the looks of all your crypts! I had a crypt petchi that died on me and now I must get another one. I find that your bronze wendtii looks a lot like my petchi did.

Xema

Really nice!!!

bharada

Thanks, everyone.

Paul, here are the moehlmannii and ponterderifolia side-by-side...


The pontederifolia is a darker green and is more bullated (is that the proper term?).

I got this as a runner off of IanIwane's 'Rosanervig' and for a while none of us had any veining. But here's a pic of another runner from Ian, planted in my 20g tank with AquaSoil...


So it is the right plant, just not the right conditions in the 120.

My water is hard, KH14+ and GH18+. So the fact that the 'Rosanervig' veined in the AquaSoil (as it did for Ian) may indicate that it prefers softer water to exhibit this characteristic.

Linda, shoot me a PM and I'll pull some of the petchii for you.

ed seeley

That's an awesome tank.

I find it interesting that you have C.x willisi and C.parva side by side too! I'd love to see some close ups of those if you have them? It will help me definitely decide that I've got C.x willisi, not C.parva!!!

The lawn in the front looks great too. What species make it up?