BryceM

Looking good. It's amazing how fast blyxa grows once it gets going. I kind of like the effect of the downoi. Looking from far away it seems like the stem plants are shooting straight out of the top of the blyxa pile. If you trimmed them differently or re-arranged them to break it up a little it might help.

MatPat

The Downoi is nice but it is starting to get shaded and I don't want to loose it. The R. mac and L. aromatica were trimmed to the height of the Blyxa on Sunday...they grow fast! The L. nummularia on the left doesn't grow so fast and that is why I like it.

My plan was to either fill the center area that now looks blank with more Blyxa or bring some of the R. mac and L. aromatica up into those spots. I was short on time (as usual) during my last trim so I just plunked the plants into the substrate without giving it much thought. I am tempted to remove the R. mac and L. aromatica due to ther fast growth but I have to think about what to use to replace them.

Any ideas? What do you think about the Anubias nana and Marsilea sp. combo???

JRJ

Matt,

I am very envious of your very green Blyxa albertii thumb! You could start a world supply of the stuff.

Honestly, I like it and your tank. Put a very gentle flow on it, let it "blow in the flow" and the tank will be beautiful as is. That's my vote.

-Russ

MatPat

Thanks for the comments Russ. Everytime I look at the tank I feel that something is missing. I can't say what it is but the right side just doesn't look "right" to me and I can't put my finger on what it is

Maybe I need to go back to what Dennis said and try moving the whole composition more to the center of the tank and see how it looks. I'll wait to try that until we get the sand and I dismantle the tank.

molurus73

Looks nice. Makes me think about a mound of just blyxa and ferns in the middle. Would look real nice with some red melon discus swimming around in there.

ctmpwrdcamry

Matt how are you adding Co2 into this tank, are you using the air stones?

MatPat

Right now I am using an Azoo difuser undernaeath the intake of my Magnum 350. It seems to be working better than the DIY reactor I was using previously. I am using the airstones on my other tanks and "misting" the CO2 around them. I like the mist method but the Magnum works just as well as near as I can tell.

ctmpwrdcamry

Sounds like i may need to take a stone off your hand next time im down there, and fix my plumbing issues with this new way of thinking.