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180 Gallon Cardinal wood scaping tank video

Wow,...Tom. Simply wow!!! :D How tall do you think the staurogyne can get if we don't trim them? Can we use them as a nice midground forest in a 2 feet tank? They appear to be quite hardy. The rotala rotundifolia seem more sensitive to their co2 needs when compared to the staurogynes.

That Blyxa forest is amazing. :D
 
I've let it get maybe 25Cm tall in some sections, the lower leaves start to decay after a few months, but the top 10-20 leaves stays good.

Sorry about hyper sensitive sound, I was going to put some music to it.

It's not really that loud.
 
I didn't realize about the sound until you mentioned it. :lol: Besides we don't care about the sound,...it's the quality of your planted tanks that keep us mesmerised Tom :D .
 
Nice.
Does the Royal Farowella spend much time on the substrate or most of it in the branches? Is that the reason why you leave a strip of substrate unplanted, or is that more a maintenance/personal choice along the very front glass?
Cheerio,
Ady.
 
foxfish said:
Lovely Tom, there does not seem to be a huge flow, is there just a single outlet just below the surface?
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there's about 900-1000gph from the filter, then about 2000-3000gph from the Vortech, the returns and the Vortech you can sort of see in the corner........
 
Ady34 said:
Nice.
Does the Royal Farowella spend much time on the substrate or most of it in the branches? Is that the reason why you leave a strip of substrate unplanted, or is that more a maintenance/personal choice along the very front glass?
Cheerio,
Ady.
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The Sturisoma move around, they are just being lazy, these were all bred in this tank, they have never known any other habitat.

The strip provides a nice effect vs plants all mashed up against the front of the glass, I personal like do not like that look, it's tacky. It also provides a means to cut sod from other foreground plants that can sold better/faster/easier.
It provides a place for the fish to pick at algae sticks and feeding, and provides nice flow/current so the wall effect of the plants is better highlighted.
 
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