Kubalik

That big rock is sitting on the glass - did my homework here...
the small ones tho are on the top of eco-complete but they very small and light so i am hoping it shouldnt be a problem

 

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Kubalik

Ok plants arrived !!!
They are actually different then stated in the first post . I changed my mind and ordered from another source .
here we can see them

left side close up :


right side :


added background and filter and couple of guppies



Didnt plant anything on the forground yet , partially because i like that red in the front and partially bacuase i dont have enough light yet . Just gonna wait few weeks see whats happening and then maaybe add babytears on the forground ...

cs_gardener

Nice setup! The stem plants will do better if you separate the bunches and plant each stem individually so the leaves just barely touch or slightly overlap the leaves of the stem next to it. As it is now, the stems in the middle of the bunch won't get enough light at the base and will lose leaves and possible the stem will rot. It helps to use tweezers when planting stems, I have 10" tweezers and I can't imagine trying to plant stems without them.

Kubalik

Hey cs_gaardener .
Thx for stopping by . I was actually thinking about it . What you say makes lots of sense . I dont have the tweezers that are that long but i am sure i can find smaller ones somewhere . I ll try later on tonight . Thx for the advice

Kubalik

Ok i replanted the stem plants into small groups 1-3 each :




and side view:

cs_gardener

Nicely done! That makes the tank look more heavily planted now.

Shurik

I am constantly getting lost in all the threads and finally! I made it here! Phew!..

Dear Kubalik,
I am totally in love with this tank and can’t wait to see further developments!
I like red eco complete because it is matching with your rock, and it looks like it is pretty challenging rock (to me).

Kubalik

Hello hello
Finally a day off from work after working 12-14 hrs shifts i am off!!!

Thanks for good words cs_gardener and Shurik

So far not much is going on in my 22 gallons . couple of smaller stems of ludwiga meleted , others have new branches , had to replant couple that came out , guppies look happy .
Original lights are on for up to 12 hrs now ( thats 38 watts ) made a new fixture(had some free time during those long days at work ) with additional 40 watts to come on for 4 hrs mid day.
In my 55 gallons mollies had babies - i saw one little one yesterday evening but looks like they all gone now . But i can see they are working hard to get more babies
Anyways i am off to clean the algees in my 55 now .
More updates will come when more will change.

Shurik

Hello hello hellooooh!

I just thought sometimes I think nothing really changed in the tank and everything looks the same day after day, but then I look at the two weeks old pictures, and see something totally different.

Waiting for the picture update!

Kubalik

Hey all !
Finally got to take some pictures of my tank which is now stocked with 2 pairs of guppies and 4 bolivian rams and just added 5 minutes ago 2 green cories I dont go with german rams yet because i read that they need to go into very well established tank. I got some hair algees growing and italian vals are growing nuts and spreading like crazy ludwigias are slowly growing and Echinodorus Indian Red is doing fine . Only one that isnt growing seems like is Rotala Najenshan , but it isnt dying neither so we will see. I think I am short of some nutrients cuz above mentioned Rotala Najenshan is gorwing lots of roots ... as u will see on the pics , here they go :


whole tank:


left side ( see the roots ? )


and right side :



I read on another thread that plants will grow roots when they short of nitrogen ... i kinds dont know what to do to increase that tho .... any suggestions pleeeaaase ....

Thanks

 

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