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#29 ·
New Update:



I am making a sequence of photos to compete in a photographic contest call "evolution". Something like this:



The objective of the contest is to show one of the most amazing things about the planted tanks , how they change over time.

Bye !

Juan
 
#33 · (Edited)
Update after some changes:



I removed almost all Sagitaria subulata and I moved back the Rotala macrandra.

The water was a little cloudy because of the movements.

I still want to do more changes. Recommendations are going to be well received.

Bye !
 
#38 ·
Yes, you are absolutely right.

My tank has these parameters:

PH 6,5
KH 1
Temp 27 C

These are the inhabitants:

1 Crossocheilus siamensis
6 Epalzeorhynchus sp. or Garra taeniata
23 Paracheirodon axelrodi
10 Hemigrammus erythrozonus
5 Trigonostigma heteromorpha
2 Male poecilia reticulata

I think the only ones how out of place are the guppies.

Bye !

Juan
 
#37 ·
Love your color! You have achieved what many long for with those intense reds! :D What's your lighting?

Do you think you still might have a few too many grassy looking plants. What about downoi? How about something with a round leaf, like lobelia cardinalis, anubias. I'm talking mid and foreground here. You have a lot of interest in leaf shape and size in the background but as you come forward it's not there. Just an idea.
 
#45 ·
No secret at all !!! jejeje. I have to wash the tank glasses all the time to remove the algae. I simply decided not to remove the tank sides. I only clean the front. I think I read this recommendation in the book "Planted Aquariums Creation and Maintanance, Chirstel Kasselman".

Bye !

Juan
 
#52 ·
I have not been very rigorous, but I usually use two local liquid fertilizer called FERTIBON and FERTIBON Calcio. These are the compositions:

Composition %p/v

FERTIBON:
Fe 0,08
K 1
Mg 0,5
Mn 0,04
Mo 0,03
Zn 0,02
Cu 0,0025
B 0,0075
S 1,2
Co 0,0003
I 0,0005

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

FERTIBON Calcio:
Ca 5

In every water change I use more or less 15 cc of FERTIBON Calcio. And the next day I apply 15 cc of FERTIBON.

I am also using a DIY table fertilizer made out of bonsai fertilizer. I apply these tables when I notice some deficiencys in a particular plant.

Bye !

Juan
 
#53 ·
Well, I did AGAIN some mayor changes !!! jejeje



I removed also all the H. difformis and the Ceratopteris thalictroides (Sumatra Ferm). I introduced Rotala sp Viertnam, Proserpinaca Palustris, Crytocoryne wentdii brown, Cryptcoryne ponterderifolia and some others.

Now the tank is a mess !!! jejeje. And the water is really cloudy.

I have these plants in the tank (some are a little hided):

Ammannia gracilis
Anubias barteri var. nana
Aponogeton cryspus
Aponogeton undulatus
Bacopa sp "Paranai Guazú"
Blyxa japónica
Cabomba furcata
Cryptocoryne wendtii "brown"
Cryptocoryne wendtii "green"
Cryptocoryne ponterderifolia
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus tennellus "Amano"
Echinodorus uruguayensis
Eleocharis minima
Glossostigma elatinoides
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila polysperma rosanervig.
Limnophyla armomatica
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia glandulosa
Ludwigia repens
Marsilea crenata
Microsorum pteropus (Helecho de Java)
Myriophyllum matogrossense
Nymphoides sp. taiwan
Proserpinaca palustris
Riccia fluitans
Rotala macrandra
Rotala rotundifolia
Rotala wallichii
Sagitaria subulata
Vesicularia dubyana

Bye !

Juan
 
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