"Berang" (berang)
02/14/2020 at 21:12 • Filed to: None
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"Berang" (berang)
02/14/2020 at 21:12 • Filed to: None | 1
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The aquarium has been set up for a year now. And still going.
I’ve more or less been just letting it go at this point, plant wise. I don’t think I’ll be introducing any more plant types, just maintaining and seeing how things go. I think I’ve reached the point where it’s actually overplanted.
So quick recap of the tank:
20 gallon long
two box filters
two goldfish
gravel substrate
many live plants
three pond snails
Plants in the tank:
Anubias
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Cryptocoryne Spiralis
Cryptocoryne Wendtii
Sagittaria (narrow leaf)
Ludwigia Repens
Vall isneria (jungle)
Plants that didn’t make it:
Heteranther a (fish ate it)
Elodea (fish ate it)
Amazon Sword (not enough/right subs trate)
Melon Sword (actually still alive in another tank, might replant)
Lagenandra (kind of just vanished without a trace?)
No CO2, no soil, just fish poo and root tabs. So I think the plants that have made it could probably make it in any tank . Of all of them, the various Cryptocoryne species seem to have done the best. In fact the Wendtii were doing well even before I started using root tabs. I thought the Vallisneria were going to RIP since all of the plants I put in melted, and the new leaves they grew were all severely stunted. But after a few months, nearly every single one in the tank sprouted runners and new plants grew that are going just fine -all over the tank.
I did have a brief issue with hair algae, but increasing water changes and reducing light killed it after a couple of weeks. Now having green algae, which I don’t mind too much, probably too much light again.
Fish are healthy and bigger (and fatter) and the snails all seem healthy and active too. They’re still pretty small so no real plans to set up a bigger tank yet.
MrDakka
> Berang
02/14/2020 at 23:09 |
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Needs more yellow submarine
https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Control-Submarine-Electric-Waterproof/dp/B01EJ1LMVQ?th=1&psc=1
ttyymmnn
> Berang
02/14/2020 at 23:25 |
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O/T: Found something you might be interested in.
https://www.vintag.es/2020/02/saab-99-test-mules.html
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Berang
02/14/2020 at 23:48 |
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How are pond snails not killing your plants? I only have exotic substrate-cleaning snails and a really mean bristlenose pleco.
I also have a plant ( can’t recall what it is) and my moss ball has grown/collapsed/split/taken over most of the tank.
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Berang
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 23:28 |
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Pond snails usually don’t eat plants if there’s something easier to eat (in this case green algae, there’s plenty of it for them).
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Berang
> ttyymmnn
02/16/2020 at 23:31 |
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Thanks. I’ve seen it before - I don’t think it’s actually a very good disguise since the car looks very obviously much wider.
BTW, are you planning on stopping by Radwood at the end of the month?
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ttyymmnn
> Berang
02/17/2020 at 00:20 |
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No plans for Radwood. Though I have been in your place of employ a few times lately.