5.5G planted nano

[rocketlily]

Very nice. After watching this thread I'm looking forward to trying one.

[reefy]

Originally Posted by bignose

Looking good Rbacchiega. Did you wrap that material around the wood to hold that plant on? I tried stapling the plant with horrible results. I really like the baby tears too. I think those are what I planted in in my gravel.
What kind of fish is that?

I put some kind of plant on the wood hoping it will root to it. My tank has stabalized and no more casualites since the one shrimp.
I dosed .1ml of iron and flourish a couple of times and I'm happy to see that my plants aren't degrading. I think I may be doing something right this time!

Actually the pics above is mine "reefy" not "Rbacchiega''. I wraped riccia(floating rootless plant), those fishes are cardinal tetras, I made a mistake of putting them in such a small tank. I will post some upgrade later.

[bignose]

Sorry for the mix up reefy, your tank is looking great. Can't wait to see it when everything is planted and the wood is in place. I should have used that substrate under my gravel, oh well next time. What kind of filter is that?

If you need some insperation for your tank check out this link I found. ADA International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2008: Top 10 Tanks. Perhaps I will make one of these tank some day.

[reefy]

Originally Posted by bignose

Sorry for the mix up reefy, your tank is looking great. Can't wait to see it when everything is planted and the wood is in place. I should have used that substrate under my gravel, oh well next time. What kind of filter is that?

If you need some insperation for your tank check out this link I found. ADA International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2008: Top 10 Tanks. Perhaps I will make one of these tank some day.

holy crap are those things real?
any suggestion of what kinda moss i can get to tie it on my new branching log?
here is my update:

[bignose]

I was amazed at those tanks. I wish I seen them before I started my tank just for some ideas. The only thing I can think of for your branch is Java Moss. but here is a link I found in that web site containing ground covering plants(near top of page).

[reefy]

great link, I will go for the willow moss probably

[mixixe]

fissiden would be nice

[bignose]

I picked up some red crystal shrimp from someone on AA. They seem to be more active than the other shrimp I have. I think there are 8 shrimp in the tank now.

I trimed the taller plants in the back and replanted them. I got a new plant that came with the shrimp. I have no idea what they are. They are planted on the left side of the tank near the powerhead.


FTS


Some shrimp

[bignose]

One of my plants flowered over night and I thought to myself... I should post this. Anyways it looks like a lily or something alse(I'll leave that to your imagination).

[bignose]

Hi it's been over a month so here is a update.
The red crystal shrimp I bought awhile back have spawned a couple times or more now. I have lots of little shrimp of different sizes. My girlfriend counted over 30 a couple of weeks back! The plants are growing and spreading well.