The Great 12 Gallon Long

I am totally smitten with your tank...what a great looking gathering of plants. Everything looks so healthy and happy. I'm in awe...truly

cichlid-gal wrote:I am totally smitten with your tank...what a great looking gathering of plants. Everything looks so healthy and happy. I'm in awe...truly

Thanks chichlid-gal

binbin9 wrote:Thats awesome. None of my friends are into the hobby so, when I get a chance to chat with other hobbyist, it annoys my wife bcuz I'll end up going for hrs.

Hopefully I'll see you guys at the next event.

I think I spent like.... 2 hours maybe more at PB's and Shawns' before lol.
Talking to fellow hobbyists can be fun, but it takes a toll on my wife, she was happy seeing PBmax's setup (she really liked seeing the baby panda cories).
lol My way of keeping my wife entertained while I become engrossed in the hobby, is to give her something to look at while I'm busy chatting with my fish people xD.

As long as I can keep her mind preoccupied, she's happy lol!
Like at the auction, we had a bunch of cool stuff to look at, and afterwards there were some cool people to talk to and we ended up going on a nice fish adventure, and even went to china town in Seattle (this was my first time in Seattle). I was like.... THE HILLS... NOOOOOOO.....

Btw, what's the BPM's on the Co2? And if you're ever looking to sell some of that riccia

I used to love going to the china pet stores. I used to buy a bunch of bettas and flower horns and a couple of aros.

Now Im more partial to the places like a the fish store and midway pets. Where there's a decent selection of plants and shrimps.

I haven't checked my BPM since I've gotten my drop checker in the tank. As long as it stays about a lime green color everyone in the tank is happy. I have gertrudaes, ottos, ghost shrimp to eat the left over flakes, neon tetras, CRS, Amanos, and cherries in the tank. They all seem to be doing good.

I also do the seachem dosing and surprisingly the cherries still managed to breed in there. I found a couple of little ones crawling through the HC the other day.

I've sold off the trimmings but still do have a small bit of riccia. about half a handful floating in my 35. I'll ship it to you at no cost for the riccia just pay the shipping. PM me if you are interested. I can probably throw in a couple nodes of pennywort too since I've got a good bit growing in my emersed setup.

As a side note I have a Utricularia graminifolia (UG) emersed project I just started. =) more to come on that in a separate thread.

here's a close up of the pennywort
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Nice Photo!

My pennywort growing in my 29g so it has an ugly layer of diatoms all over it. I need to reboot that tank... I had it in there for quarantine - if I don't see any hydra in the tank I'll divvy it up among my happier tanks and see how it does there. That's my general approach to plants - chances are they'll survive in at least one of my tanks

Good approach, sounds like the pt is never give up.

Since upping my doses to the correct amt and since making the shift over to IE. I've already noticed some of the plants showing a vast improvement.

The Alternanthera reineckii has sprouted some new super red leaves. Notice how the middle leaves are so much brighter compared to the lower ones.

I love the color of this plant.
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Since the big trim, the Rotala indica has also shown some beautiful new hues of purple that I havent seen it grow before. The leaves look almost like a field of purple flowers.
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Some star grass that hitch hiked from a shrimp shipment has also shown good growth and is splitting into new stems.
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Another plant that was a hitch hiker. (Water sprite) has begun to dance and it's trying to steal the show at the center of the tank.
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My newest plant! Some UG (Utricularia graminifolia). I actually have no room for this new plant so the majority of the plant is being grown emersed so it can spread. I'll eventually add it to another tank when I get a chance to do a larger planted tank with a bit more room to grow a wider array of species.
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Close up on the dwarf baby tears which are making a very nice recovery.
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And a bit of a preview on my emersed UG.
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Outstanding! It's good to see your plants on the upswing. I really need to start using my emersed tubs for something other than garden seed starts. The tomatoes are growing nicely....

Thanks pb. I've got some spinach I'm growing in another tub.organic spinach for the shrimps.lol

Haha, nice! My spinach is growing out in the garden That reminds me - I need to go pick a bunch more "organic" nettle leaves across the street.

quick update. everything is filling and now I feel like I need a bigger tank to accommodate for all these plants.
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Really nice tank!

wow binbin9! That is truly beautiful. Really great work!

Why TANKS. =)
This was suppose to be iwagumi, which is simplistic with only a few varieties but I've become a plant hoarder. And so the tank is stuffed to the brim. I've had to take out one of the larger stones to accommodate for the growth.

I'll have to do a larger holding tank in the future. Maybe call it the hoarders tank and then give the iwagumi one more try, but keep it true to the style.

That's definitely my style - the shotgun approach. Only it looks better than my tanks Nicely done!

This aquascape has been torn down. I got bored of it and really can't call it iwagumi anymore.

Time to start over! I do love a brand new tank.

HEHEHE you know it. The next setup is Mini Dutch

There are only two things I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the DUTCH

Nice

I've never attempted a "real" aquascape, so none of my tanks have ever failed at one!