On the left side of the tank (about the middle of the left) , coming up through a sideways "Y" in the driftwood, very long strap-like leaves with crinkled margins....what plant is that? Is that an Apon or a Crypt? It looks awesome!
On the left side of the tank (about the middle of the left) , coming up through a sideways "Y" in the driftwood, very long strap-like leaves with crinkled margins....what plant is that? Is that an Apon or a Crypt? It looks awesome!
Thanks Jessie, you also have a nice tank.... I have been following your thread for awhile now...
I try to keep things different in my tank... I have a lot of friends into the hobby and it is a little difficult not to have all of our tanks looking the same....if ya know what I mean
THe plants are comming in nice.... when I set up this tank I forgot to mix florite in with my regular gravel. So I have been dosing heavy on the liquid firts and using root tabs.... it seems to be working well for me...
I have added two new plants. The first is Potamogeton praelongus and the seccond is Hetcrantha dubia. They are pretty amazing hope you enjoy them as much as I do.....
Thank you for your comments.... the substrate is called Razor Back Red.... it is a bulk gravel..... I was going to mix it with the regular seachem flourite but forgot too......grrrr....so straight gravel will have to do.....
Well it has been awhile since I have posted any pics....So here are some pics taken a few weeks ago.....I have added yellow perch, pumpkin seed, bull head, and a bluegill pumpkinseed hybrid....
Thanks for the pics. I was just given a 125 (72x18x22) gallon from an aunt who just couldn't maintain it any longer and am looking for ideas as I prep the tank for its new home in my living room. I like the idea of native species. I think this would make a nice father-son project, catching our fish and plants in local waterbodies. Looking at your pics I can think of several places to get many species of plants, sunfish, and snails.
Thanks for the pics. I was just given a 125 (72x18x22) gallon from an aunt who just couldn't maintain it any longer and am looking for ideas as I prep the tank for its new home in my living room. I like the idea of native species. I think this would make a nice father-son project, catching our fish and plants in local waterbodies. Looking at your pics I can think of several places to get many species of plants, sunfish, and snails. Where do you get you driftwood?
I would recommend a species tank with Longear Sunfish or Orangespotted Sunfish. Both are usually a little smaller & more colorful that most other sunfish, and I think both might be available in your area of the Lone Star State or a nice road trip away. The breeding color of the males of both species are just amazing
A native tank would be an awsome father son project....I have to say my intrest in native fish has spawned from fishing trips with my father.....
I picked up my driftwood from a Preuss Pets in Lansing MI. They have a person who travels all over the globe picking up wood and rocks......I have three peices of Malaysian Driftwood and one african log....it is rather expensive but well worth it since it is so hard and dose not decompose like many of our native trees do.....I have about $400 into the driftwood....It has taken my a little over three years to find just the right size and shape to work for me......It was a long expensive process but I am very happy with the outcome.......
my dad would agree with yoou joshua. however, i want to do discus cause its harder...makes sence huh? but the real reason why i want to do dicus is because i have a more wide verity of plants that i can keep and i think it would be an intresting tank to be on miapg...i dont think anyone on that site has a planted discus tank set up...do they? but hey, if i fail with the discus, (doubt it cause of the amount of trouble ive put in to it,) ill definetly pull out my fishing pole, wake u at 6 am , go out on the lake, and bring back some pan-fish. but i think the disus wil be a great learning experience.
I am sad to report that I lost the Bluegill/Pumpkin\Seed Hybrid and the Pumpkin Seed to a strange chemical explosion....I am not sure what chemical got into the tank but within 4 hours the tank was so cloudy I could hardly see through it....I did a 50% water change when I returned home and a double dose of Prime. I have also been pounding the tank with my hurricane air pump....the tank is now crystal clear and I have lost no other fish.....I am wondering if someone in the house was using air freshner or something......I am planning on collecting more sunfish after I return from my China trip......I will keep you all posted......
Sorry to hear about the loss of your natives. When you get back, I highly recommend the native Blue-Spotted Sunfish. They stay much smaller than bluegills or pumpkinseeds (about 2-4"), and color up a really nice cobalt with iridescent spots. I haven't kept the bluegills myself, but I suspect that the bluespots don't disrupt the plants in the tank as much, either. Here are some pics of mine:
They're about the size of a bolivian ram, full grown. About 2-4", usually closer to the 3-4" range. You're probably right that the larger sunfish would pick on them.
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