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Hi all. I recently purchased a fantastic portion of both java ferns and taiwan moss from Zapins. When the plants arrived, I was pleased to find both hygro sunset (awesome plant) and a bit of gorgeous glosso which was blooming little white flowers! Zapins has been kind enough to explain the process of emersed setups.
I originally set it up in a plastic shoe box at the end of December, but I was fighting fungus gnats, so I tore it down this week. Wish there were pictures, I was too annoyed with the bugs to think about it. Stupid little bugs like to fly up your nose. :rant: I then transfered everything to my 5 gallon critter keeper and new top soil with a layer of sand near the top. Here's some pictures. Everything is doing great.
There's a bit of glosso, a crypt lucen, lilaeopsis sp., mini rotala types I and II and java moss. The crypt was completely melted and there was no leaves. Now I see thirteen baby leaves in just a couple weeks! The rotala lost all of the submerged leaves, but tonight I noticed new stems sprouting with leaves! My camera sucks for close ups, so I will have to borrow a friend's to show the progress.
The liaeopsis is actually doing really well. The gloss is doing the best though, it is taking off.
Even talking, here's the pictures. Sorry I am still new at taking pictures, so they are very sad.
I originally set it up in a plastic shoe box at the end of December, but I was fighting fungus gnats, so I tore it down this week. Wish there were pictures, I was too annoyed with the bugs to think about it. Stupid little bugs like to fly up your nose. :rant: I then transfered everything to my 5 gallon critter keeper and new top soil with a layer of sand near the top. Here's some pictures. Everything is doing great.
There's a bit of glosso, a crypt lucen, lilaeopsis sp., mini rotala types I and II and java moss. The crypt was completely melted and there was no leaves. Now I see thirteen baby leaves in just a couple weeks! The rotala lost all of the submerged leaves, but tonight I noticed new stems sprouting with leaves! My camera sucks for close ups, so I will have to borrow a friend's to show the progress.
The liaeopsis is actually doing really well. The gloss is doing the best though, it is taking off.
Even talking, here's the pictures. Sorry I am still new at taking pictures, so they are very sad.



