10g planted series

[treehuggingfishlover]

After looking through the Tikashi Amano book I got Spyke for Christmas, I was inspired to do a planted 10g. So far so good. This is what I have so far:

flora::
ricchia
baby tears
Vals
Glossotigma (Dan at HAW has a BUNCH of this, and he has the rare dwarf glossotigma, too!)
(and I'm not sure what the pink plant is in the middle)

fauna:
5 Emerald Rasboras (wild caught)
2 Zebra Loaches
2 Rainbow Gungeons
3 Nerites

Substrate:
Aqua Soil mixed with a little Flora Base

I started a DIY Co2 system tonight with jello and yeast- it should be ready to go tomorrow and I think it should make a big difference in the plants.

I still need a better light and a smaller heater (see the big one leaning in the back). Oh, there always SOMETHING I need for my tanks- LOL.

[Tiapan]

pretty

[djmatthewblack]

Does jello work better than sugar water?

[treehuggingfishlover]

It just lasts longer.

[manifresh006]

Nice

[mahoro]

you should paint the bg black or something it will help hide the tubes, outtake/intake from the 501 better...

[treehuggingfishlover]

Right now it just has some fabric along the back- and that might change. Right now I'm looking for a smaller heater, clear suction cups, and a glass intake. So, once I get all that it may change the look enough where I won't need to paint it black.... It's always a process :)

[eklikewhoa]

Looks promising... should look good once the glosso and riccia grow together.

[treehuggingfishlover]

ek- good eye (as always). I didn't know how to spell the "gloss---" so I left it out of my list of plants :)

I love that plant, it looks great as a ground cover and when it gets tall I'll just take the top and push it back into the dirt....

[eklikewhoa]

oopss missed the o on the end... glossostigma

[wesleydnunder]

The glosso is looking "leggy", which usually points to insufficient light. It should hug the substrate ideally, and spread horizontally over the substrate.

Mark

[eklikewhoa]

Man, from the looks of it the tank was newly planted.... normally when you buy glosso it's leggy like that.

[manifresh006]

Did you get your glosso in a pot?

[treehuggingfishlover]

Nope, he just pulled it out of the substrate and put it in a bag for me. When I got home, I separated it into smaller pieces and planted them individially with long tweezers.

[treehuggingfishlover]

Man, from the looks of it the tank was newly planted.... normally when you buy glosso it's leggy like that.

Right again, EK. I just planted the tank last week....