ferris89

very very nice!!! It has come along nicely!

Nexed

You did a great job, it looks very nice!

oregon aqua

thank you all, i have to say im really happy with it!!! A little scary for a bit but came around!

I have baby snails!!! I figure by Friday i should have 1 or 2 billion babies. LOL time for some snail control!

oregon aqua

Well time for a picture update.

Did my first ever trim of HC and......... I need practice! It's pretty messy to! in a couple of spots i went to deep.

My pellia is not doing well at all. Have to figure out why.That weird bladderwort has shown up again twice in same spot.Snails has babies but its not to bad yet.


Have some new erio. cinerium im trying to get the one in the middle fit in to the scape more.

Next week or so im adding some new shrimp! I hope i have this figured out and they don't die again. I want to get a good stock going for the 46 gallon. I believe the tank was just not ready for them before.

Sick Pellia

Whats left of the downoi

New erio

New erio

Recovering erio mini

healthy erio mini

the big mama Erio

Full shot

Top shot of fish

the rest are just shots of the same fish i am really trying to learn my camera and better my close up skills. I need lots more practice. I also need to learn how to edit my photos!

cs_gardener

Your poor downoi, at least you got it back to green. Hopefully if you try it again you'll have better success. I've been wanting to try downoi for a while now but I'm wondering if I really want to try such a persnickety plant. I probably will, but at least I'll go into knowing it's a risk.

The placement of the new erios should really help tie the main one into the scape.

Is it the stringy bladderwort that showed up again? If you miss one tiny piece of that it springs back with no problem. I can not see it in my tank for months and then suddenly there's a 6+ inch piece of the darn thing front and center. I always wonder where the heck it came from and why I didn't see it sooner.

oregon aqua

cs_gardener when you do try downoi at least your in the same city as Robert and can get your plants from him with out shipping. Its painful waiting the whole day or two it takes to get here!

Yes it was that stringy one in the same exact spot, that was the weird part.

I think when the erio bush out, i picked a good spot and it will pull the scape together. Putting that one in the middle was a mistake, but i did and do want it to be a focal point, its the first thing people talk about when they see my tank in person. Plus im not messing with it or its roots LOL.

jtburf

Stupid question maybe...

Is BGA, Bad Green Algae?


john

oregon aqua

BGA = blue green algae =0)

bpimm

Nice little tank.

I'll be bringing some Downoi to the Oregon plant swap meet. the stuff grows like a weed in my tanks.

Brian

oregon aqua

Ohhh i cant wait! I have converted my main tank in to a temporary grow out tank so i can have some nice plants to share with everyone!

How do you grow your Downoi? I have tried a couple times and it ends bad.