Joe Turner
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Love the Micranthemum growth Jonny, tank is looking great! Get yourself to B&Q and start hammering that rock, it would look even cooler with shale style chips at the base
Love the Micranthemum growth Jonny, tank is looking great! Get yourself to B&Q and start hammering that rock, it would look even cooler with shale style chips at the base
Well done!
... though as you've (I think) now moved the 3 peaks in closer proximity, you'll need to work out flow again
You might check which species before removing the "extra" 2, if they are a harem species rather than pair species, you may do better keeping 2-3 females & a single male; also consider adding some "caves" as the scape seems quite open (any sort of small cave shape will do, apply a layer of silicon (or whatever "glue"), then coat in substrate, allow to cure etc; you can also attach mosses or various plants)4 Apistogramma purple
You might check which species before removing the "extra" 2, if they are a harem species rather than pair species, you may do better keeping 2-3 females & a single male; also consider adding some "caves" as the scape seems quite open (any sort of small cave shape will do, apply a layer of silicon (or whatever "glue"), then coat in substrate, allow to cure etc; you can also attach mosses or various plants)
A 100cm x 50cm surface area may suffice for 2 apisto pairs but would need to scape with this in mind, it may also work better with pairs of different (compatible) species - you might do some searches in this regard on some of the apistogramma forums.
The water tint is interesting as it's more usually seen with wood scapes so you might try pressure washing the rock if it looks to be coming out of the crevices ...
(I'm assuming you're still doing 50% weekly water changes)
It's also possibly tap water quality - sorry don't recall if you're using RO/DI etc
Purigen may be a better investment than carbon, as you can re-charge the purigen fairly easily/efficiently (just invest in 2 "bags" etc)
There are lots of interesting shrimp to consider (not so compatible with most apisto's though )
This tank has such potential - looking forward to updates!
Skimmed the thread, so apologies if you already said... what kind of rock is that?
HI All
So its been exactly 3 weeks since my last update on the scape. And the tank has grown a wart ..... algae. So I decided in the spirit of a journal to take a picture of it. Fun stuff I know!!!
Ive kept on top of the algae but for giggles (well scientific curiosity) I left a patch to see how much it would grow before I decided its time to get on top of it so this is 3 weeks of algae growth.
View attachment 78937IMG_0003 by Jonathan Archer, on Flickr
Im now the proud owner of algae, but on the up side I have had 8 weeks of growth in 3 weeks. The increased growth of algae to the tank has been down to the fact I dropped the lights 27cm to the lights were 22cm above the water surface. Im going to increase the height by 7cm to see if I can find the sweet spot between optimum plant growth and very minimal algae growth. Deciding to design the light bracket to be adjustable in height is becoming very handy.
In other news, the emerged soil is changing from U, sandersonii to more of a sphagnum moss? (I will get a close up shot for a proper id soon). I'm going to plant some U sandersonii and see if i can grow it submerged as a wee additional experiment.
The Micranthemum micranthemoides is growing really well and after some more pruning will hopefully become dense and will have a great effect.
All in All I'm happy with how this scape is coming along. Hopefully I will get a proper FTS early new year.
Thanks for reading
Please feel to comment and criticise
Jonny
No criticisms
I would just love to see this evolve into something like a clean bigTom's tank. All the big stones back in and some amazing wood and lush bigger leaves of anubias etc with loads of emersed growth. Like a shallow mangrove type thing with stone and more plants. Fish would love the leafy shade! Toms breed like rabbits
Brain fart off
Looking good mate, good luck with the new scape. Do you know what you're doing with it yet?
I've just ordered a similarly proportioned 72x24x15 so looking for inspiration, or to just blatantly pinch ideas really