60cm - 90l

[Tom]

Java Moss, Dwarf Hairgrass + vivipara, HC/Glosso etc etc but the plan can change at any point! Not 100% happy with the hardscape at the moment

Tom

 

[Stu Worrall]

that hardscape looks really nice to me, will be interested to see how you arrange the plants

 

[Dan Crawford]

It looks sweet pal! I'm dying to see what you can do with it.

 

[jay]

Love the hardscape, very natural... like its just washed up on the shore, HC acting as moss etc... hairgrass dotted around.


Real nice.

 

[aaronnorth]

Java Moss, Dwarf Hairgrass + vivipara, HC/Glosso etc etc but the plan can change at any point! Not 100% happy with the hardscape at the moment

Tom

try some stem plants

 

[Thomas McMillan]

Did anything even come of this, Tom?

 

[Tom]

Still sitting there waiting... Petrol and insurance suck up 95% of funds at the moment, so I have naff all to spend on the tanks

 

[Mark Evans]

Petrol and insurance suck up 95% of funds at the moment,

blimey.

 

[Nick16]

can i ask what the glass items are in the tank and their purpose? i know the drop checker and diffuser but what is the long tube with the orb at the back and the other thing? (lilly pipe?) what do they do and what do they connect to?

 

[Tom]

There is a glass filter intake pipe (with "orb" on bottom) and an outlet "lily pipe". They connect to normal filter hosing, just find the right size.

OK, well the tank now has plants in!! Just stuff I have scavenged for now, and they are being grown emersed due to lack of filter and fertilisers! Also want to try and grow as much as I can with very little water, as it is easier, avoids algae, and I wanted to know if it would work for me. I have cling film over the top, and mist it with water twice a day. Lights on (1 T5 out of 3) for 12hours.

At the moment I only have Staurogyne and Java Moss, but will be getting some Java Fern from work. Am on the lookout for Glosso if anyone has any going spare?


Tom

 

[Fred Dulley]

Sounds great Tom. A good learning experience as well. Will be interesting to see the results.
Nice meeting you at TGM despite it seeming ages ago now!
Can't help with the glosso

 

[Thomas McMillan]

Interesting, I'll be watching this tank! Nice to see you're made a start on the planting.

I'm sure someone can sort you out with some Glosso if you post in the Buy/Sell/Swap forum.

 

[George Farmer]

I am on the lookout for Glosso if anyone has any going spare?

If you can wait a couple of weeks I'll have some.

 

[Tom]

That would be great George if you will have some spare I'm in no hurry with this one, as you can probably tell

 

[George Farmer]

Cool. Might be worth PMing me in a while to remind me though.

 

[Tom]

OK the tank's all full and planted now (mostly - still looking for C. balansae!), and the glosso has taken off! Really good growth with that so far. I was a little disappointed however with the Java Fern I got from Aquadip, and I should probably have just got some from Swallows. I am getting some Spirogyra on the moss though, which I'm assuming is to do with the ammonia given out from the Amazonia? Or maybe because the moss is in the emersed form still? I don't know. Anyways, it's all set up now anyways.

Tom