[andreic]

With pleasure. Unfortunately I was forced to quit on Balansae due to her size. I donate them to a friend with a larger tank.

 

[fish dork]

Larger? Where are the picks of that one! Nice tank BTW. I like the crypts too. I have jungle vals that get to be 8 - 10 feet if I let them go. They grow down the tank and back again.

 

[andreic]

That aquarium for those crypto's has 3 feet tall.

I want to present you one of my newest 10 inhabitants: Microrasbora Naked

 

[andreic]

One new setup.
I have decided to drop Lilaeopsis Novaezelandiae and replace her with Utricularia Graminifolia. Also I have planted a lot of Crypts and I have changed my HQI bulbs from 6000k to Blau 6500k. This is the result:

 

[NowMed]

Wow!! love the tank!!

 

[Jessie]

*sigh* Beautiful, so lush and healthy. Thanks for posting!

 

[Tex Gal]

Great tank! That UG will look great in there once it fills in!

 

[andreic]

A new plant:
I never saw an Aponogeton like this with four separate flowers.

 

[DGalt]

how do you trim the grass without making a complete mess? I'm having this issue with the moss in my low-light because the moss isn't all that buoyant.

nice looking tank though!

 

[andreic]

From time to time, when necessary, I am taking out all foreground, trim outside the tank and replanting after. This operation is needed at about 5-6 months.
Unfortunately, it seems my substrate it became depleted, and a new setup will be required in the next month. I am looking now for Dennerle Deponit Mix as a fertilizing substrate.

 

[andreic]

After the new setup I added a new plant, Barclaya Longifolia. Unfortunately , due to my conditions in aquarium I had to remove it from tank due to the fact that she grew more than 4ft. It seems that the strong HQI 6000k lights made that plant an invasive one. Anyway, all that remain from that plant was maybe 200 new baby plants and this picture:

A picture 5 months old with actual setup:

 

[andreic]

New update of my tank.

 

[elchacal]

Wonderfull natural aquascape Andreic,
very healthy plants.

I see you are using Blau Aquaristic 6500K Metal Halide bulbs.
Which is your opinion about them? Are they too yellow??

Thanks and congratulations again.

 

[andreic]

Hello @Elchacal,
Thank you very much for your appreciation. The Blau bulbs are just fine and they aren't yellowish at all. At this moment I am using bulbs at 6000k.

 

[Phil Edwards]

Andreic,

That's the female flower; have you seen any tiny arrowhead shaped things near the base of some different plants? V. americana's dioecious; one sex per plant. Hopefully you've got some male plants in there as well! If you see little yellow-green balls the size of a shrimp egg floating on the water's surface you've got males in there too. Herd them into an area near the female flower and set up some sort of floating ring to keep the pollen from getting washed away and you should get viable seeds.

Best of luck sexually propagating your Val!

Vallisneria americana flower

 

[joshvito]

Your tank looks very healthy and enjoyable.
I'm jealous, cause your tank is cool, and I've always wanted to visit Bucharest!

 

[andreic]

Thank you very much for your appreciation. I try to keep an healthy and nice looking tank.

 

[asad_200113]

Amazing tank. Really like the jungle look and incorporation is several different species of plants.


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