Yukilovesfish

Hi Jason,

Sorry I didn't get to comment on your tank before it was taken apart it really was nicely scaped and I especially love the moss on your driftwood. What kind did you use? I recently tied some to my drfitwood and I'm waiting for it to grow out. I wish you the best with your new tank it's fun putting together a new layout. I'm working on my first scape for a low light shrimp tank. I understand what you mean about not worrying about composition, enjoy the break!

Cheers

Julie

Jason Baliban

Hey Julie,

Thanks for the kind words.

I used two mosses in this tank, weeping moss and taiwan. The weeping is on the wood. It grows down and looks cool on wood. The taiwan tends to grow up, so i used this on the rocks right behind the sand.

The break has been cool. With the help of Max, i have been learning a lot about growing some more difficult species. It has been very challanging and i still have a long way to go. Hopefully by the time i do the next layout in a few months, i should have some more knowlege to apply.

Good luck on your shrimp tank. I have seen some really cool low tech layouts. IMO, anubias and moss always look good, and then can be used for low tech.

Thanks again

jason

Jason Baliban

Featured on page 71 of this months That Pet Place catalog(the one with the sea horse)

Pretty cool

jB

Desert_Damsel

djlen

At the risk of being redundant, I have to agree with the posts above.
Very well thought out and planted. Very clean looking.
You really used the wood to good effect. I'm sorry I won't get to see it live.
Are there any fish besides the Rasboras in the tank?

Len

Jason Baliban

Dennis - Thanks for the kind words. I really like coffefolia, but you are right, it is difficult to use sometimes.

Len - I'm a little late here, as you were already over at my house to see the tank, but there is also a ton of amano shrimp in there.....and i think there are 5 oto's also

jB

Jason Baliban

More images from this tank.....





jB

Jason Baliban

Here are a few more of the first few days.

Just as I am filling....


Probly the next day after I put the fish in...


It took almost exactly 4 months from these pics, to this pic.....


You can see how sparcely the tank was planted to start. To avoid algae, I had to run the lights for only 6 hours a day for the first month.

jB

Jason Baliban

Higher Resolution Picture.....



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Emc2

Yeah Jason. Show us some pics of your 75 now.