Sheesh... reminds me of why I live in the south. We had our first really good frost this morning. I'm outside with a t shirt on now.
You'd be surprised how resilient chaeto is... had some mailed to me last winter that arived in nothing more than a zip lock and a padded envelope that worked out okay. Still had pods crawling around after it floated for a half hour.
LoL, We had our first frost in September, snow in October. I just had my dog out in shorts
Oh yeah no doubt. I had 7 in a 75. Once they were all 6"-7" it was a little tight
LoL, We had our first frost in September, snow in October. I just had my dog out in shorts
Love the eco. Was pricey but works well. Only thing I didn't like about it is that it's tough to plant the plants in. Once they take hold its great. I've got about 120# of the black.What is this snow? Heat Miser, green christmas, remember?
Apistograma cacatuoides ;Drool
I was recommended it by a friend who dabbles more into the planted tanks than the salty ones. So far, seems good. I was expecting something softer like potting soil, but it's closer to Hawaiian sand.
I looked at that but the color was off from what I wanted. WAY too bright. Im happy with how the eco complete looks.
Nice. I am a huge anubias fan. My favorite was the coffeefolia becuasr of the texture of the leaves and a little deeper green.Ok, this is Reef 2 Reef not that planted tank forum... bedtime FTS ;Snaphappy... it's bluuueeee! (Sing it like Leann Rimes) ( also ides the little tufts of GHA ;Facepalm;Woot)
Shhh... I won't tell if you don't.
Still a bit cloudy, but that should be gone in the morning. Especially with the sponge filter in there, just for now. After the tank clears I'll remove it to reduce surface agitation. Yep, opposite of a reef tank, we want CO2.
Plants!
Anubias nana? I think that is right. In any case, it's definitely an anubias. Absorbs nutrients thru that thick stem that the leaves and roots grow from. That needs to stay unburried or the plant could die off.
Microsorum pteropus, java fern. It's Asian, I know. But it just looks like it would fit and actually grows very well in black water. Absorbs a crap ton of nitrates thru the leaves, likes low light, and doesn't like it's roots buried. It's actually heavy enough to sink. I think it will grow a few roots into the substrate. It did in the little 10g at least. I've had this plant going for around 8 years, now in its third tank. It's been propagated countless times so I can't tell you what generation it is. It grows little babies on the ends of the leaves, and you can pull them off and just let them float which I find usually ends up clogging the filter,(kinda neutrally buoyant) or lightly root them until they are heavy enough to sink.
Unknown. I asked my FW friend, and she asked a FW plant guru and he didn't know. It's not hard to keep or I would have killed it by now. Serious, I haven't taken care of these plants in 3 years. Dwarf hair grass melted. These just take care of themselves.
Oh, and yes. Those are magnolia leaves and one seed pod, still floating. They will sink eventually.
Nice. I am a huge anubias fan. My favorite was the coffeefolia becuasr of the texture of the leaves and a little deeper green.
A must for me in any planted tank are oto cats. They are like the lawnmower blenny of the FW world.
Unfortunately in the last planter I couldn't have any because my son was dead set on a bichir.
I happened to stumble across a couple of the zebra variety at the lfs one day but have never seen them again.
Ah gotcha. Themed tanks are cool. Doing any Amazon swords?
cmon every Amazon tank needs an angelfish (I got fancies like pears scale Golden’s and a wild type) I’m trying to breed these atm and only had one successful batch. And like a loser I sold off the parents. But I’ve got another breeding pair so prospects are up! I really like apistos too. I just wish I could bring myself spend more than 10 bucks on a fw fish. Oh pro broke person tip. You can collect your own driftwood and it will release more tannins and you get free wood
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love hearing overstocked tank stories lol. The only thing my tank is good at growing is hornwort. 4 of my angels are around that massive size but the 5 I kept are about quarter to silver dollar size. I also am trying to breed Bn plecos.I used to have a 30g hexagon tank. Horrible for fish swimming room, but GREAT for growing plants. I think each pane of glass was 10" wide, but about 25" tall. Put that in a hexagon shape and you couldn't set a 10g down in it unless it was on its side. I had a marbled angel in there that got ginormous. 6-8" from top fin to bottom fin. Absolutely ruled the tank.
I'm still not 100% on rams or apistos. My reefing friend is setting up a planted tank in a biocube 29. Still trying to find a 6700K compact florescent for it. She's decided on Bolivian rams. So I may do apistos if I can find them locally. I'm pretty sure the big fresh and salt water LFS across town can order them if they don't have any. Harlequin rasboros are some of my favorites as well as rummy nose tetras. Those will likely get added too.
I also used to have a pleco in that 30 hex. Thing was over 12" long. He would hang out on the bottom most of the time, but shocked people when he emerged from the plants to hang on the glass. He was absolutely too big for that tank.
I ended up selling the whole thing short of my cory cats and a few plants to help fund my first saltwater tank. Oh, and because the ex girlfriend was only ok with one large tank in the house. Notice the ex part
BNPs are great for smaller tanks. I love this one
Love corys. sterbai and emeralds were always my go to. Mostly because I started with them in my discus tank and they could handle the high temps. Large group of pygmy corys make a really nice effect also
