[galettojm]

Some new photos:

Bye !

 

[Tex Gal]

Thanks for the new pxs. Are the sides of your tank green? The left side looks green. Is it a reflection?

 

[galettojm]

Thanks for the new pxs. Are the sides of your tank green? The left side looks green. Is it a reflection?

It is simply the effect of not washing the algae of the tank sides !!! jejeje

 

[hooha]

lol, wish I knew how to keep the algae only on one side of the glass myself! What's your secret?

 

[galettojm]

lol, wish I knew how to keep the algae only on one side of the glass myself! What's your secret?

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

 

[galettojm]

UPDATE:

Yesterday I removed almost all Echinodorus tenellus:

I introduced some Eleocharis minima and Bacopa sp."Paranai guazu":

Bye !

Juan

 

[galettojm]

Update:

Tank:

Blyxa japonica:

Just a test:

Eleocharis minima:

Anubia barteri var. nana:

Marsilea crenata:

Bye !

Juan

 

[galettojm]

UPDATE:

One month without prunning.....

Before:

What I took out:

After:

Bye !

Juan

 

[cs_gardener]

Your tank is looking really good and I like the new, smaller foreground. The E tenellus was a bit too much. I can't believe you took all those plants out of there, it still looks so full.

 

[Sunstar]

this is stunningly beautiful. What is your fertilising regime? I noticed you said you used calcium. HOw much?

 

[galettojm]

Your tank is looking really good and I like the new, smaller foreground. The E tenellus was a bit too much. I can't believe you took all those plants out of there, it still looks so full.

Yes, I was also surprised !!! jejeje. I have been giving trims to our club local members for weeks and I still have some !!! jejeje

The smaller foreground is Eleocharis minima and is growing really well.

Bye !

Juan

 

[galettojm]

this is stunningly beautiful. What is your fertilising regime? I noticed you said you used calcium. HOw much?

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

 

[galettojm]

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

 

[galettojm]

New photos:

Bye !

Juan

 

[galettojm]

Some new changes:

I removed this driftwood with some java moss ! je

I introduced a new driftwood (the water is still a little cloudy):

bye !

Juan

 

[galettojm]

New photos:

 

[cs_gardener]

I like the new driftwood and the plants are looking great.

 

[galettojm]

I like the new driftwood and the plants are looking great.

thank you !

 

[thief]

Hmm I wonder how the combination will look between the glosso and the Dwarf Hair grass will go.
The plants look very healthy. I would mind having a tank like this where I can experiment or even breed fish.

 

[galettojm]

Hmm I wonder how the combination will look between the glosso and the Dwarf Hair grass will go.
The plants look very healthy. I would mind having a tank like this where I can experiment or even breed fish.

I should have keep the eleocharis minima separated from the glossoestigma elationides. Now the glosso is growing up, and not to the sides.

I also love to experiment ! je