The Replacement

[ddavila06]

aha! i combined my most priced plants and decided upon the fish im keeping within the last few days and here it goes:

75 gal tank
Catalina T5 HO light, 3 54W
co2-empty right now-
fluval 405 filtration, no carbon
flora max mixed with eco complete substrate & bottom has iron rich red clay

Flora:
Cryptocoryne Balansae (the one with the red stem)
C. Balansae green
C. Cordata Var. Blassi
C. Cordata var. Rosainberg (white veins)
C. Cordata var. who knows...some cordata hybrid..
C. Nurii, descendents from Ghanzafar Ghori's Tissue Culture Effords! Big thanks to him!!
C. mohelmanii
C. Usteriana
C.Affinis
C. Dwarf-unidentified..
Anubias sp "Gasser"
Anubia Gigantea
Anubia Coffefolia
Nuphar Japonica, Thanks Eugene!
Trident Java Fern
Java fern
Echinodorus Aflame
Echinodorus spp
Hygrophila Corymbosa "Angustifolia"
Aponogeton Crispus


Fauna:
Unidentified Tetras
Bushy nose plecos
Clown plecos, panaque maccus, Thanks Michael!
Appistograma Borelli, Thanks Bree!!
Corydoras Paleatus
Corydoras aeneus
Appistograma Cacatuoides "Orange Flash"

and thats it for now =D enjoy the pics!!

oh and yesterday i saw a cluster of eggs inside one of the bushy nose caves with dad fanning them, kool uh? :jumpy:

 

[Leffler817]

Very nice setup!!! :happy0180:

 

[mscichlid]

nice crypts!

 

[Davey_8313]

Update?

 

[ddavila06]

well, tank is doing great! i added some plants:
*hygrophila Pinnatifida,
*Staurogyne 049 (rapens)

also added some aspidoras fish, cant remember the whole name off my head.

i had the second batch of baby bushy nose plecos just came out a few days ago. i about an hour ago i saw a few Apistogramma Cacatuoides "Orange Splash" babies yay!! so things are very well! i don't have a camera still, darn! will take photos soon though

 

[ddavila06]

got my camera back! thank you best buy for offering a warranty plan that will replace it with a newer version!!!

quick snapshops while i learn to use the camera

 

[mscichlid]

can't wait to see how the foreground grows in.

 

[ddavila06]

me too! that stuff is the staurogyne rapens (049) is like doubled the size since i got it!! and ths spaces that look sorta empty up front have other slower growing plants (hygrohila sp araguaia, crypts...)

 

[mscichlid]

I've been looking for staurogyne rapens (049) and UG on The Planted Tank. Hopefully, there will be some at GWAPA meeting.

 

[ddavila06]

check out aquatic plant central. i got mine from there =D

 

[ddavila06]

Mid September update!

New plants:
*Crypt nurii panghang "mutated"
*Hygrophila Corymbosa "siamesis"
*Ludwigia Arcuata

New fish:
*Apistogrammas-wild collected from Michael-Bateiana and Agazassi

my apistogramma borelii passed for some reason about 3 weeks ago..

you might notice a blue hue in the tank, one of the lights burned out and the only thing i had was an was actinic bulb. Actinic are not really used in planted tanks but i was asking around in APC (aquatic plant central) and i got an interesting answer. anyone interested in learning something can check it out here: http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/foru ... tinic.html and together with an 85k (plant grow) and 10k looks fine in my tank

what do you guys think? how is it looking??

 

[mscichlid]

Looking good. The pictures have improved. The actinic doesn't look to shabby. I have to get some of that nurii! Everyone wants too much for it though.

 

[Tony]

Tank looks awesome, Damian. It's really coming along well. I especially love the small foreground plants.

Keep the thread going as it fills in more.

 

[ddavila06]

[QUOTE

Keep the thread going as it fills in more. [/QUOTE]

i will, i gave it a heck of a trim yesterday! we shall see how long until the next one
thanks