ADG Raffle Tank - Finally!

[Mzungu]

Not sure what that means...

[jeebus]

WOW. I can't wait to see this all filled in! That wood you have is freaking amazing too!

[Mzungu]

Thanks! :) I think it's pretty freaking amazing, too. I love it!

As for the background, I bought a piece of posterboard in a color I liked, but haven't tried it out yet. To my surprise, Michael's doesn't sell fabric... :? So I'm going to have to look elsewhere for a better selection.

Algae's kinda taking off, and I'm planning on throwing in some nerites and maybe a BN or two that Geoff and I got from the HAS auction. I need to test the water first, though. I'm being lazy. )

Here's a picture I took last night. It's not the best, I was tired. But like I said, I've been sure to take pictures every day, so I wanted to get one in for Day 21. You can definitely see the algae. :)



As I feared, the Bolbitis isn't taking off like I'd hoped. It's grown a few new leaves, but nothing like I've seen it do in lower light tanks. I am probably going to have to choose another plant for the driftwood. :( But the Madagascar Lace is doing great! Here's the latest picture I took of the newest leaf:



And I'm confused about what the plants in the back are doing. They seem torn whether to grow or stay where they are. I've noticed lots of new roots growing from the nodes just above the substrate, which is good. And some really compact growth seems to be coming from the tops, but I'm still not sure if it's because I previously had it in a tank with lower lighting, and it's figuring out what to do, or if I'm giving it too much light.

[cichlid1409]

looks good MB. that ground cover looks like its taking off. as for the background plants....im sure you know this but higher lighting will cause shorter. thicker more compact growth since they don't need to grow up as much to 'reach' the light

[Mzungu]

as for the background plants....im sure you know this but higher lighting will cause shorter. thicker more compact growth since they don't need to grow up as much to 'reach' the light

Yes, I do. But it was weird because for a few weeks in there in looked really undecided. I snapped a few shots tonight that I'll post up in a but, but you can really see the "hesitation" period in its growth! It's strange. But now I think it's figured out where it is (I know, I'm anthropomorphizing a friggin' plant, LOL) and it's started growing again. Like, within a day it's started growing and putting out new shoots. Strange. But at least it's growing!

Thanks, Mike! :)

[myjohnson]

Very nice scape MB!

I see you have a green thumb!

[Mzungu]

Okay, took some more shots. Here is that strange growth I was talking about:





Another FTS:



A view from the top:



The first inhabitant!!

[Mzungu]

BTW, on that second pick it kinda looks like cyano growing on the AS. But it's not, it's just algae. Next time Geoff cleans out a filter in one of his "snail tanks," he's promised to donate the MTS to this tank so someone other than I can turn the substrate over.

[wesleydnunder]

Lookin good MB. Can't wait to see the tank in person.

Mark

[cichlid1409]

growth doesn't look weird to me.


'snail tanks'

[Mzungu]

Thanks, Mark!

growth doesn't look weird to me.

Really?

I circled in orange the weird stage of growth below. Everything below that was grown in a lower light tank. Then, ever since this tank has been set up, the circled region was all I got. Now, within the last couple of days, all the stems of this plant have grown like crazy, and you can see that above the circled area.



Just weird, I thought. Like I said, maybe it was getting used to the new conditions.

[wesleydnunder]

Previous low light growth looks a little pale and the lower leaves self pruned as the stem got longer?

The new groth looks dark and tight, like it's getting plenty of light and food. The bolbitis didn't do well for me in the hi tech tank. I moved it to a low light shrimp tank and it's got all kinds of new growth on it. Still a slow grower, but seems happier.

Mark

[myjohnson]

+1.

I had some rotala that grew like that when I transferred them to a higher light tank. Nothing to worry. Trim and replant will take care of it.

[Mzungu]

Not too worried about it any more, as it's shot up in the past day or two. But before that, all I had was that dark green compact growth on every stem. Now they're all shooting up like crazy. Guess they got over whatever it was! :)

[geoff_tropheus]

I really like this tank. I was hoping to populate it with Troph fry, but... she is going to let me put all my MTS in there....