Chadley & Jeremy - Thanks!
Mellonman - I actually had quite a bit more slope in the sand, once upon a time! The shimp took care of that.
Little - I'm sorry I can't be more specific with respect to the species of bamboo. We decided that it was not likely
Polygonum because the leaves do not grow from the nodes in the characteristic way that the
Polygonum species leaves do. Am I willing to bet my life on it? Probably not, but we're pretty sure!
Well, there hasn't been too much going on with the tank. I've just been trying to focus on the trimming to get things to thicken up, and to stay low!
Here's a pictrure from right BEFORE the first trim after the redo:
And a few from right after:
And after things filled in a bit:
I've actually trimmed the tank back pretty hard since the last picture. I'm trying something a little different with the center stand of
R. rotundifolia. I'm trying to creat a concave slope, front to back. I just trimmed it the day before yesterday?
A few things possibly worth noting. I STOPPED dosing KNO3 for about a week and a half maybe? I was trying to see if I could get my R. macrandra and R. rotundifolia to color up a bit, as they always seem to lose their redness after they get trimmed. Well, it didn't really work! AND as you can see from some of the pictures above, the Anubias "petite" is beginning to show signs of nitrogen deficiency. SO, it seems that the color thing is a light issue. The plants would get a lot more color as they approached the surface with the old layout. Now, they're not really
allowed to approach the surface! I dosed KNO3 manually, plugged the pump on the autodoser back in, and I increased by lighting "burst" period from 3 to 4 hours. I may increase it more. We'll see what happens!