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Nelson's comeback low tech

Nelson

Nelson

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Hi all.
Have been away from the hobby for a while and only got back into it this year.
Trying to keep costs down so only using what I have.Though had to buy sand.
Could have done with bigger wood :eek:.
Will be Taiwan Bee shrimp only.

Tank-75x45x45cm optiwhite
Light-2x39w T5
Filter-JBL E1500
Soil-Colombo Flora-base,ADA Amazonia,EBI Gold shrimp
Unipac samoa sand,fine and coarse
Dragon stone
Manzanita

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Plants will be,

Bucephalandra,
Brownie Candy
Brownie Diamond
Brownie Rhyme
Brownie Ghost-upper stream
Brownie Fire Bird
Brownie Metallica
Brownie Purple
Alamandi
Theia Narrow Blue
Catherinae Mini
Catherinae Super Mini
Cherry Red
Black Centipede
Elegant Blue
Dark Achilles
Green Velvet-Aquafluer
Theia-Aquafluer
Velvet Leaf Entikong
Biblis
Pink Lady
Popcorn
Belindae
Sang Maestro

Microsorum,
sp. Lanjak Entimau
sp. Kapuas, narrow
sp. Three leaves
sp. Fork leaf
sp. Narrow K
sp. Papua new guinea
sp. Durin Besar''
sp. ''line leaf'' truth Needle leaves
sp. Minor
sp. Thunder leaf
sp. Thamarassery
pteropus 'Narrow'

Bolbitis
Heudelotii compact
sp. Guinea 2008

And moss,undecided which yet,
 
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tim said:
very impressive plant list.
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All quite small though.A lot of slow growing to do.

Now flooded.Have put the Microsorum in.I got these for my wife's little tank,but "borrowed" a little piece of each :sorry:.
Also the Theia-Aquafluer and some moss stones.Weeping I think :rolleyes:.Little bit of Frogbit and salvinia.
Probably won't put the Bucephalandra in until it's cycled and I move the shrimp over.

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Looks great ! Love to see these tanks progress! I'm amazed at how many plant species ye use in the scrapes ! I assumed that ye only use 5 or 6 different species!
Any way looks great look forward to following your progress!
 
Very nice intersting plantlist! :cool: definitely a stunning educative project, worth folowing... Tanks for sharing.. :)
 
Thanks people ;).
Changed the wood yesterday,with some from FreshWaterShrimp.
London Dragon helped pick it out,so if you don't like it blame him.If you do like it,was all my choice and he had nothing to do with it :lol:.
Also added a few small pieces of stone on the left.

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Also got 6 more Bucephalandra,
Velvet Leaf Entikong
Biblis
Pink Lady
Popcorn
Belindae
Sang Maestro
 
Nice! Is it ready like this? :) Low tech? Im curious.. :) What is your expectation in time period for that corner to mature? Fully growen in this will be a stunner, i kinda have the feeling this only will take very long.. no idea actualy, how fast java is in low tech and it's just that i see my buce still rather slow and close to the surface (light) and loads of co2.. :)
 
LondonDragon said:
That wood is much nicer mate :) should have taken a larger piece though ;) glad I made it easier for you :p
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Where would you have a larger piece ?.
zozo said:
Nice! Is it ready like this? :) Low tech? Im curious.. :) What is your expectation in time period for that corner to mature? Fully growen in this will be a stunner, i kinda have the feeling this only will take very long.. no idea actualy, how fast java is in low tech and it's just that i see my buce still rather slow and close to the surface (light) and loads of co2.. :)
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There's more Bucephalandra to go in yet.
I expect it to take a very,very long time to mature :lol:.
 
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