then and now...........

[eklikewhoa]

just wanted to show some then and now comparison pictures of  my planted tank through all the trial and error and then the learning process.

then.......Jul 27


now.......Nov 15






i just noticed that it even shows the threadfin rainbows that i originally had in there as well, two have gone to a better place though one being an unknown death(possibly choking to death) and the other lost its life in a fight with the python.

[Mzungu]

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8O Wow, what a difference! It looks great!!

[guppymax]

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I like it too! Did you change the lighting or is that just the reflection off of the plants?

max

[eklikewhoa]

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thanks for the comments


the lighting on the first pic was 3-18w powerglo's to one 96w 6700k coralife pc.

[eklikewhoa]

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got a two new plants today

[gt3guru]

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have you had any problems with the black hair algae of death?

[eklikewhoa]

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Actually its very bright green and only a faint amount. Not even enough to form a marble sized hairball.

I'm pushing close to 30ppm of co2 and my photo period is 7-8hrs a day

[gt3guru]

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yea, i really need CO2, i'm going to order my regulator this week.

[eklikewhoa]

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me too, im using diy right now and need to upgrade to pressurized.

[gt3guru]

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http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/11380

found these just a min ago. i'm guessing it isn't worth 5 bucks a piece to do a group order.

55 bucks is a pretty good deal with solonoid and needle valve.

Now i just need to find the bottle for as good a deal

[Mzungu]

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:drool: Ooh...Madagascar Lace? And is that windelov? I've yet to try either. I'd love to have a huge tank with a madagascar lace and little else. Did you get those at Village, as well?

[eklikewhoa]

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yep, got them at village.

i stuffing plants into the tank so when i decide its too much it would warrant a bigger tank plus it will fill in the bigger tank better

[daisymac]

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Your plants are gorgeous. I wish I could get mine to look better. I think I need different bulbs or something. Also I think my clown and zebra loaches have been attacking the ludwigia, and the anacharis! I had java moss, but the common plecos must have gotten into that. Left town - moss was there, came back moss was gone! But the Vals are growing like crazy!  

[eklikewhoa]

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well daisymac i have some vals and im having a really hard time getting them to grow.

i got them from tim which i think he got from tiapan and they were nice and tall but now they are really short and dont grow.

:?

[daisymac]

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That's funny! I got mine from Mungzu and they were really short and not much, but now they are very tall and spreading across the back of the tank.