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James ADA 60p Iwagumi Journal

Maybe I’ll plant some there now on the next water change. Do you think I’m losing the look of the true iwagumi scape now though?


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Some new photo updates.

Still undecided on whether to add some stems on the right hand side. The blyxa is growing amazing and turning a slight red now that I’ve up the light 1 setting. Shrimp are breeding great.

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Looks beautiful. I like the asymmetric shape of the scape. I vote keep it as is :)
 
Excuse the crude photo shop but I think with the blyxia trimmed as is you've nailed your focal points.
The peak of the blyxia, the dark area at the base and the position of the rock on the r/h side.
The area of negative space on the r/h side adds rather than detracts
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Wow, thanks for the kind comments everyone.


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Excuse the crude photo shop but I think with the blyxia trimmed as is you've nailed your focal points.
The peak of the blyxia, the dark area at the base and the position of the rock on the r/h side.
The area of negative space on the r/h side adds rather than detracts
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Thanks for the photoshop, think I will leave the empty space now.


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Photo update

This photo was taken before the trim today, I noticed that the blyxa was starting to flower never seen that before so thought it was pretty cool.
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Did a good trim on the carpet today, still letting the blyxa grow out, starting to look like some sort of floating space ship now , may trim and sell off some. I also need to clean my dirty lily pipes when I get some spare time. Everything is growing and looking really healthy with now algae, I decided to up the light to setting 5/7 now to see how it can handle it.
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I decided that I love the ADA 60p so much that I bought another 1 to keep all my taiwan bee, hybrids in. I got the same light but keeping it really dim, no scape on this as I like to see that shrimp.
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Any comments welcomed.


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New year update.

Happy New Years everyone!

I decide to give the tank a massive cut back, the blyxa had grown crazy as well as the grass, so I cut it all right back. I put some blyxa back in and added some stems to see if I can get a nice bush growing.

Still need to clean the pipes once I get the pipe cleaner.


I have a load of healthy blyxa for sale if anyone is interested?

Here’s a few pics of before and after.
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After
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Will get some better ones soon.


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I'm jealous of your blyxa... mine doesn't seem to want to grow at all. It just sits there, a little clump in a sea of Monte Carlo carpet, which I'm starting to suspect is the problem :p. It's in a Mini M w/CO2 + Aquasky 361 and everything else grows like a weed!
 
I'm jealous of your blyxa... mine doesn't seem to want to grow at all. It just sits there, a little clump in a sea of Monte Carlo carpet, which I'm starting to suspect is the problem :p. It's in a Mini M w/CO2 + Aquasky 361 and everything else grows like a weed!
Mine takes a little time to getting going but once it starts to growing it multiples pretty fast.

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A small update of photos, tanks is still going and growing well, had a little algae due to a little neglect over Christmas but back on it now. I looking to get the rotala rotundifolia growing into a nice bush, any tips on that I would be grateful. I think it needs something to make it pop again but not sure. Nice stem, red plants? Unsure... Any ideas would be great.
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Try trimming your Rotala and replanting the tops, it helps to get dense growth first.
You could try some small cryps with red - reddy brown leaves, maybe C. wendtii 'Kompakt' or A. reineckii 'Mini" in the foreground.
You could also try some coloured stems in the LH side like Rotala 'H’ra'.
 
Try trimming your Rotala and replanting the tops, it helps to get dense growth first.
You could try some small cryps with red - reddy brown leaves, maybe C. wendtii 'Kompakt' or A. reineckii 'Mini" in the foreground.
You could also try some coloured stems in the LH side like Rotala 'H’ra'.
Thanks for the reply Tim, I've just Google the Rotala H'ra you recommended, what a beautiful plant I think I may try and source some for sure. Thank you.

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If you increase your light intensity your Bylxa will take on a redish colour if its more colour you want.
Heres a pic of mine in my tank. Started off green and has now got a redish brown colour to it. I assume it is the light intensity(Twinstar 600s).
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If you increase your light intensity your Bylxa will take on a redish colour if its more colour you want.
Heres a pic of mine in my tank. Started off green and has now got a redish brown colour to it. I assume it is the light intensity(Twinstar 600s).View attachment 113285
Maybe I'll put the light up over the couple of weeks and keep an eye on algae, hopefully my blyxa can change colour a bit.


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