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Melbourne · 04-28-2007, 04:54 PM

Tank Update: My Aquaspotworld order arrived

I basically pulled all the rocks and gave them a thorough cleaning using a bleach solution, plenty of water changes and prime over the period of a week or so. Hopefully the rocks are clean and safe for the tank.

About my Aquaspotworld order - everything was well packed and labeled. Out of all the plants I ordered only one batch was melted and may not recover. Everything else looks good.

Here is what I ordered - some of this will go in my 60-P once I get around the building the stand.
I have a lot of extras that I'm storing in 2.5g buckets of water next to one of my reef grow out tubs, 150 HQI Lumenmax system spillover light should be enough to keep them for a few weeks or more.

Bacopa Myriophylloides (not in the cube tank)
Cladophora Aegagropila (not in the cube tank - very nice size BTW)
Hemianthus callitrichoides (decent portions - a bit dry, I only used a small portion to plant the bare spots in the front)
Hydrotriche hottoniiflora (looks like all the leaves melted, stems still there - may pull through) - not in tank.
Myriophyllum mattogrossense (planted a small grouping in the bank right)
Myriophyllum tuberculatum (not in tank)
Rotala sp 'Nanjenshan' (planted a good 8-10 stems on the left side of tank)
Rotala rotundifolia 'Green' (planted 2-3 stems on right side)
Rotala wallichii (planted right side of tank 6-8 stems)

Basically I pulled all the dwarf hairgrass and the glosso since it was just there to grow out. I still have bits of gloss around the edges and some that grew into the HC mat that will be hard to remove. I leveled out the soil a bit and redid the rock formation to give a more standard layout as well as increasing the foreground a bit.

On to the pics

Tank was prepped for the stem order shipment for sometime. Basically a huge grouping of floaters for nutrient uptake. Rocks
removed to be bleached. Here is the tank before I started the replant.

Tank after dwarf hair grass and glosso and other misc. plants removed

Aquaspotworld order - everything well packed and labeled

Bleached rocks

New rock layout

Replanted front

Corner shot

I'm a bit concerned I did not have enough stems in this tank due to the large HC lawn. So I left in a few floaters and I'll see how things progress.

04-28-2007, 04:54 PM	#23 (permalink)
Melbourne Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 37 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 5600	Re: New tank journal ADA 30-C and 60-P Tank Update: My Aquaspotworld order arrived I basically pulled all the rocks and gave them a thorough cleaning using a bleach solution, plenty of water changes and prime over the period of a week or so. Hopefully the rocks are clean and safe for the tank. About my Aquaspotworld order - everything was well packed and labeled. Out of all the plants I ordered only one batch was melted and may not recover. Everything else looks good. Here is what I ordered - some of this will go in my 60-P once I get around the building the stand. I have a lot of extras that I'm storing in 2.5g buckets of water next to one of my reef grow out tubs, 150 HQI Lumenmax system spillover light should be enough to keep them for a few weeks or more. Bacopa Myriophylloides (not in the cube tank) Cladophora Aegagropila (not in the cube tank - very nice size BTW) Hemianthus callitrichoides (decent portions - a bit dry, I only used a small portion to plant the bare spots in the front) Hydrotriche hottoniiflora (looks like all the leaves melted, stems still there - may pull through) - not in tank. Myriophyllum mattogrossense (planted a small grouping in the bank right) Myriophyllum tuberculatum (not in tank) Rotala sp 'Nanjenshan' (planted a good 8-10 stems on the left side of tank) Rotala rotundifolia 'Green' (planted 2-3 stems on right side) Rotala wallichii (planted right side of tank 6-8 stems) Basically I pulled all the dwarf hairgrass and the glosso since it was just there to grow out. I still have bits of gloss around the edges and some that grew into the HC mat that will be hard to remove. I leveled out the soil a bit and redid the rock formation to give a more standard layout as well as increasing the foreground a bit. On to the pics Tank was prepped for the stem order shipment for sometime. Basically a huge grouping of floaters for nutrient uptake. Rocks removed to be bleached. Here is the tank before I started the replant. Tank after dwarf hair grass and glosso and other misc. plants removed Aquaspotworld order - everything well packed and labeled Bleached rocks New rock layout Replanted front Corner shot I'm a bit concerned I did not have enough stems in this tank due to the large HC lawn. So I left in a few floaters and I'll see how things progress.