wearsbunnyslippers

new pic. trim and shape, made some space for the alternanthera on the left, and removed a lot of the hygro. polysperma to let the sunset hygro grow in to replace it.

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wearsbunnyslippers

new pic, moved some plants around, comments welcome

wearsbunnyslippers

some pics i snapped today after being away for a week...

my wife did an awesome job with the dosing, it looks like my plants have almost doubled again from the last trim...

i need to give it another hard prune and shape, as well as trying to trim the tenellus...

still battling cyano



my oldest discus, he is almost three years old now



@equinox - there are three tubes on one side, and three tubes on the other...



pinholes in my old giant hygro leaves... the new growth looks fine



a lone stem of rotala rotundiflora that grew into the difformis



stellatus - doing nicely



thats about as pink as my sunset gets - algae wizard, you are doing something right



the tenellus is getting too thick, the lower growth is starting to die off, i will try trimming it this week, going to go the lawn mower route with some scissors...



full frontal - click for larger



some candid pics, to show that not everything is always perfect ;D

BenBOMB

Your tank looks pretty amazing for real.

How much did your discus cost you?

wearsbunnyslippers

the turquoise was about R200 - $17
the marlboro's and the blue diamond were R400 - $34

not sure what they cost in the states?

wearsbunnyslippers

some news pics, scape is still the same

front - click for larger...


left


middle


right


my view from the couch


looks a little pinkish coz only the arcadias are on, i like this look...

i will be breaking this tank down in less than two months coz i am relocating, not looking forward to that, it has only been running for 5 months or so...

Mikeracing77

Simply wow! Really love the rocks and foreground lawn. The plant variety is what really makes it, such color!

Fishtory

I just love this tank... makes mine look quite weak by comparison though

wearsbunnyslippers

this tank is empty now, i am moving at the end of the month, i will set it up again next month sometime hopefully...

i might try a different style too...

wearsbunnyslippers

@equinox - i did keep the original lighting...



from left to right:

1. arcadia plant pro 39w 7400k
2. juwel day 54w 9000k
3. juwel nature 54w 4100k
4. arcadia plant pro 39w 7400k

the two 39w are noticeably brighter than the 54w, i then switched the two 39w for four 54w still keeping the juwel tubes, so i had four arcadias and two juwels.

i have just got a new ballast and two more arcadias so when i re-setup my tank i will be using only the six arcadias..

my dosing regime was something like this:

sunday day1) prune, preen, clean glass inside, 50% or more water change, vac/sub, 1/2 tsp kno3, 1/8 ish tsp kh2po4, 1/2 tsp equilibrium, 1/2 tsp dolomite and clean glass on outside
monday day2) 5ml Trace
tuesday day3) 1/2 tsp kno3, 1/8 ish tsp kh2po4, 1/2 tsp equilibrium, 1/2 tsp dolomite
wednesday day4) 5ml Trace
thursday day5) 1/2 tsp kno3, 1/8 ish tsp kh2po4, 1/2 tsp equilibrium, 1/2 tsp dolomite
friday day6) 5ml Trace
saturday day7) 1/2 tsp kno3, 1/8 ish tsp kh2po4, 1/2 tsp equilibrium, 1/2 tsp dolomite