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I would love to put Pogostemon Helferi in but it is unavailable here so I have been considering using Heteranthera zosterifolia (Stargrass) instead and keep it low. For the long term, once I am tired of the Iwagumi I will convert this tank into one with a lot of background and midground plants...

Another update. Not a lot to report but a few photos anyway. The threadfins are continuing to breed very well and are too many to count now. I estimate at least 50-60. :clap: The shrimp are 7 weeks in and are still carrying berries so I can only assume that they are breeding, time will tell. I...

Looks good mate. You have the right idea heavily planting with that much light. It really is too much, I suggest raising it about 2 feet above the rim of your tank. Good luck!

There are not a lot of tadpoles in the breeding tank now but I should be able to find at least a few I'd say. Another funny note though... There are millions of bugs living inside the emersed tank at the moment which does not concern me a lot because they would be encouraging a healthy...

Since it has been over a month since the last update I thought I had better tell of the progress so far. The breeding tank is still going very well with many many fish in there. I will need a few hundred because I intend to have most of the 200 or so Threadfins to be males. The shrimp are going...

It will eventually be about 200 Threadfins and a ton of shrimp. I bought 37 shrimp which are from that same region as the Threadfins. I put them in the same breeding tank. This is what they look like. The one that I have pictured on the first page are not available at the moment as my...

Yes, the slime is a nasty reminder to not get too excited about humidity LOL. It does not appear to be leaving any time soon. But is not spreading which is a relief. Thanks for your kind words. I am very excited about this scape coming together in time. This is the first time I have...

It has been one month now since the planting and things have been a bit up and down. I had some trouble with some fungus which is under control now. It was too humid in the tank. DAY 1 WEEK 4 As you can see in the foreground that the excess water led to a green slime outbreak which looks...

Your rocks look amazing. Such an awesome texture to them. It's great to see a journal with such beautiful pictures and detailed updates. Love your work!

A quick update guys. I have had some fungi trouble which I believe is due to having too much water inside the tank and misting every day. Where the water level was above the substrate the HC has melted. I decreased the water level to below the substrate and stopped misting. I have phoenix moss...

I added the Phoenix moss today and I am finding that the sandstone hardscape is absorbing alot of water which is drying out the moss on it. I had no idea that it would be so absorbent. Anyways, I have the missus on spray duty regularly to make sure that the moss does not dry out too much. I am...

Everything is going well so far. My HC has been planted and on day 3 it is already creeping. My Iriatherina Wermeri breeding tank is off to a good start. The freshwater plankton are starting to grow via a pond fertilization schedule used in the ponds where I bought my breeding stock from and...

Lovely, can't wait to see it grow in.

I have capped with Amazonia 2 now and I am finding that because of the steep angle of the substrate from front to back that it looks a bit dry at the back. Because this will be a dry start tank, I am wondering how you guys found growing emersed with such a steep incline on the substrate? How...

am going all out this time round and making my own substrate and using very strong light. The plan is to cap with some old Amazonia 2 and do a dry start with light set to 3000 lux. I will lower it to 2000 when I eventually add water. Thread on how I made my substrate can be found here: Started...

thanks again guys. It has been a very slow journey up until now. My tank is not deep like the other good setups that I have liked over the years so this time around I decided to squeeze it all together as though it is a deeper tank and use the glosso to add depth. I will take a few decent...

Thanks Mark, I appretiate your input. I look forward to seeing your layout. I am pretty happy with this setup. I have learned alot that I will take into my next tank when the day comes.

Thanks guys. How long would the liquid carb overdose take to do the job? I have enough for 20 days at 4x strength. I have about 150 shrimp in there although about 3/4 of them prefer to stay under the shade of the mosses. At present I think I prefer to get a few algae eaters and harass the moss...

I finished my blackout but everything seems to be the same as it was before I did the blackout. The glosso has faded slightly and the threqad algae is slightly faded aswell.. All in all I would say that it was failure. My next plan is to get 4 or so Siamese Algae Eaters

I have gone ahead with the blackout and have finished day 1. I intend to do a 5 day blackout. I have complete, uninterupted, darkness. I did a 60% water change and removed the hose leading from my co2 regulator and plugged it into an air pump which leads into one of my filters. I removed as...

Just a quick update and a few questions regarding algae treatment. I was away for a week and had the mother in law dosing my dry salts and all went well except I ran out of co2 sometime during the week. I am going to do a light black out to deal with the green thread algae which is now getting...

Thankyou. I am rather proud of myself as it has made working with moss so much easier.

Thankyou for your kind words Gill and Tom. I look forward to the day!

A quick update on the progress so far. I have sorted out the growth trouble with the glosso. I needed to put all 312w T5 light on to make it creep properly. I have had a bit of algae trouble stemming from the Java moss which I have been buying from my LFS. It has been comming with thread algae...

It is so refreshing to see how you achieved this kind of look. I would have been scratching my head wondering how you did it.

wow, thanks for that info. It happened to die yesterday so I wont need to worry about that anymore.

A small update: I have sorted out some problems with the stability of my setup and the moss is recovering from the algae bloom. Once it gets some healthy growth back I will trim it heavily and continue to add more until I have a full "forest". I beleive that one of my extended maintenance...

Interesting, thankyou.

Here is an update guys. I am having some major trouble with algae at the moment. I think that it is due to a few reasons. I tried to introduce alot of shrimp and they just about all died (about 100 or so) which I think led to an ammonia spike. Also at the same time I ran out of co2 for a few...

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - Zebra otos I am sorry to hear about your daughter. Its great to see your tank getting back on track. It would be great to see this tank become a great success story!

Did you make a plasta base for your wood? Love it.

Just a quick update. The ammonia spike has gone and I added about 80 shrimp. I also added the remaining rainbows a few days later. Within one day they ate all of the glosso and most of the shrimp. I gave them away and am now planning to go down the HC route again... Fingers crossed. I have a...

I think that you are right and thanks for the advice. They are growing very fast and I am now starting to see small shoots comming from the lower nodes. They are experiencing no die back from going to emmersed. I have switched the light back to 156w from 312w. Alot of algae has came in with the...

Re: FishBeasts 500 Ltr "Forests Edge" (Blood, sweat & tears) Added HD video of tank at:

Re: FishBeasts 500 Ltr "Forests Edge" (Blood, sweat & tears) I have increased the light so I will see how it goes.

Re: FishBeasts 500 Ltr "Forests Edge" (Blood, sweat & tears) Thanks B7fec. I am going to take strands which I snip off or which dissconnect from the wood and zip tie them in bare places and over time I am hoping that they grow in well. I think it will require alot of maintanence :D Thanks...

Re: FishBeasts 500 Ltr "Forests Edge" (Blood, sweat & tears) I have a question. When I planted the Glosso I cut the stems into 1-2 inch lengths and dragged them horizonally into the substrate. From what I understand I have plenty of light for it but they are reaching up and growth vertically...

Re: FishBeasts 500 Ltr "Forests Edge" (Blood, sweat & tears) I use seachem prime. It claims to fix ammonia in the water but it didn't. I don't beleive that it is because it is buried within the kitty litter and hasn't been exposed to the water outside of itself. That is my oppinion but time...

Re: FishBeasts 500 Ltr "Forests Edge" (Blood, sweat & tears) I feel fairly confident that the pine should be ok. It has been dead and dry for a very long time. I have not boiled it and it is leaching tannins into the water. It is funny though that the fish were doing better when I was not...

*UPDATED 20/5/11* Size: 500 Ltr Filtration: 2x 2400 Ltr/Hr Canister Wave Maker: 12000 Ltr/Hr - Reduced to 6000 Ltr/Hr and then removed completely as it was too hectic. Total Filtration: 9.6 turnover/Hr Total Turnover: 9.6 turnover/Hr Lighting: 156w 6500k T5 for 8.5 hrs a day...

I have been running the same internal filter since I bought them about 1 year ago and I have seen them grow from very small to medium size. At first I was lazy and didnt do water changes nearly enough... then I put them into another tank and lossed alot in the filter. I happened to do a water...

yeah man. I am having some trouble with them because I am using a small tank to breed them in. I am not used to the water turning to ammonia so quickly. 1 week isnt enough for a water change. I am lucky that the darwin red nose shrimp are very tolerant to ammonia.... (from experience) but I am...

Re: “Nano Tor”, Andyh's 35l (Lighting Test 29-12-10) Tank looks beautiful mate. Your HC really did come up well with the close pruning. Your shrimp look very happy all out in the open :) Your threadfins are amazing! I am sold, I am going to buy some. What type of moss is that you are...

Very cool. Got to love a good shrimp tank.

Glad to hear that you are making progress with the algae. Congrats with the sucess of the HC. Amano is looking a little old these days. I am also jealous.

Your tank had evolved so well aaron... I had no idea that it would turn out like this. Well done. very well maintained.

Re: Cockatoo's Hut 112l :thumbup:

that shrimp is massive. Bamboo shrimp?

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' Cichlids. I am with Garuf.

I am really glad that your efforts are paying off. It must have been very frustrating to see it all go wrong. Its all learning.

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' I am still mourning the loss of your old scape. I am not sure I am ready for a new one :P I like the look of what your doing with this new scape.

Re: Galaxy paradise (宇宙天堂) I am in awe of you profilux thingy... Love those things

Looks great mate. Its great to see how well your journal has progressed. Best of luck.

Re: 238l rescape. Similiar plant list to what I want for my next tank. Would love to see some pictures when you have them.

Re: My venture into my new 760 ltr aquariam. That is a ship load of plants. You must be very excited! Make sure you have enough beer to last you the day it will take to plant it :thumbup: Now I really do see why you are always broke. You must have a very understanding missus.

very tide, I like it

your shrimp are amazing and look very happy. Its great to see so many pictures.

Can't wait to see iot grow in mate.

Yes.. I have alot of aqua one stuff although I was unhappy with my canister filter as the manual didnt explain to me that I needed to (or how to) release the pressure from it in order to take the lid off it... which ended up in me breaking one of the plastic clips for it the first time I did a...

yours is a cute little scape. I like it.

Re: My venture into my new 760 ltr aquariam. I would love to see more pictures, especially full tank shots if possible :D

The video worked fine. I am in envy of your fissidens

I look forward to seeing what you do with the moss. I have never liked Java moss ever since I bought 1 square cm of "phoenix moss" just to find that I recieved 1 square cm of java moss for $20 US

Re: My venture into my new 760 ltr aquariam. Do you have kids come over to watch you fly your planes and drool? I am so excited about your tank. Love watching it progress.

Amazing, once again love th fissidens. Your growth rules and your tank is so clean. Makes me want to destroy my scape and start again. Your your work!

I have fired up my canister filter now that the HC has rooted. It all melted back but is now showing new growth which has me very excited. My two gudgeons keep eating any shrimp that they can fit into their mouth so I have started 2 shrimp breeding tanks. One with the red nose shrimp and they...

Re: 570l tank - what was I thinking? Sounds like fun :) Look forward to some more pics. Love the wood too

What a great idea

Re: My venture into my new 760 ltr aquariam. That is the best peice of wood I have ever seen... OMG love it.

Re: My venture into my new 760 ltr aquariam. Can't see the wood as the listing has ended :(

Re: My venture into my new 760 ltr aquariam. For your co2 regulator you will need one of the solonoid ones you mentioned so that you can have it shut off when your lights are out. This is going to be an amazing journal and I am both excited and very jealous :) I love massive tanks and...

The red nose shrimp I have are native here. They aren't Caridina gracilirostris but are linked to Caridina Sp. http://www.aquagreen.com.au/plant_data/ ... Gulf1.html The supplier I bought them off breeds them in total fresh water.

Hi guys, I have lossed my journal and after about 20 mins of trying to find it I have given up and created this continuation of it. It is basically a rainbow fish tank with a few additions Size: Tank 134g 6x2x1.5 Lighting: 312w T5 (6x 39w 6500K, 2x 39w 10,000K) I class this as being over 3...

Re: Galaxy paradise (宇宙天堂) Very enjoyable journal to read. Love your setup.

Love your work Andyh. It is great to see everything growing so quickly. Your Fissidens is going to look hot. Can't wait to see how it goes!

Re: Saintly's "purple rain' ? If I remember correctly you said something about updrading your camera a few months back Saintly. Is this the new one? I have always been envious of your pictures :clap:

What is that rock you guys use? I have nothing like it here.

Re: all planted,just hoping it grows. Very nice man. Like it alot! :D

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi Bad luck man. I really feel for you there having waited so long aswell. I hope it works out for you.

Re: Alex's 96l low light Iwagumi Love it. Like the ratio. Is it gonna be 1-1.6 with a triangle planted shape?

Re: Vito's first planted tank - Juwel Rio 125 (NEW PICS MAY 09) Your tank has filled out well. Keep us posted!