Tom's Mini M

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - Filled

Cheers Ryan

1 hour 14 til lights on! (is that sad? ) It looks like it's gone a bit yellow overnight, which is probably the Aquasoil. Will do a waterchange on it tonight.

I'm thinking I might have chosen the wrong type of Crypt though. Hopefully the submersed leaves of parva are smaller and less rubbery than the emersed ones! I don't remember it being this big and chunky from before.

 

[nayr88]

Re: Tom's Mini M - Filled

Not sad at all mate, I have forwarded that comment to LondonDragon and his going to put a limit on how much you can access the site....its for your own mental health lol

I'm sure people can give a lot more indepth info about there tanks haha.

I think you right about that crypt you no. I read it on TGM or another site when I was looking for a crypt for my nano.

 

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - Filled

LOL trust me I need a forum ban during light hours I think, for my own good!!
Yeah I've had Parva before and the leaves were literally half the size and darker, I'm sure. We'll see what happens.

 

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - Filled

Another growth comparison

I'm also starting to get white fluff on some of the wood. What is it? Is it alive? Will excel kill it? Sorry for the bad picture!

Tom

 

[BigTom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White Fluff?

Pretty sure the white fluff will be fungus of some sort. I'd expect it to grow some more when flooded. Will die off once it uses up the available nutrients in the wood. Most shrimp will happily eat it too.

 

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

Thanks Tom, will keep an eye on it. I need to get some Amano shrimp soon, but I'll wait to see what my MOT throws up next week before I splash out!!

 

[chilled84]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

Thanks Tom, will keep an eye on it. I need to get some Amano shrimp soon, but I'll wait to see what my MOT throws up next week before I splash out!!

If you want amano's Give me a shout.

 

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

Might be an idea... you selling some? Would still have to wait and see about funds, and the local shop has them at the moment...

 

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

Just trimmed my Spiky Moss, and now have double the amount of moss stones. Will probably have a couple of portions for sale on the next trim.

 

[twg]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

I had the exact same white slime on my sumatra wood, developed soon after filling, then completely vanished after about 2-3 weeks. Unsightly at first but no biggy in the long term

 

[Ian Holdich]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

i had some on this on my sumatra wood. The Amano went mad for it. Its all but gone now.

 

[Tom]

Re: Tom's Mini M - White fluff on wood?

That's good, I was starting to panic for a minute that the wood might be naff! Hopefully it will go soon then.

 

[Tom]

Snap of the first inhabitant

 

[JEK]

Thats a beautiful shot, Tom. The moss just needs to grow in a bit.

 

[Tom]

Thanks Johan. The moss was quite a lot more grown in, but I trimmed and re-tied it yesterday so it's all quite bare again. It seems to form nice tight triangular shapes that point slightly upwards. It's nice having moss that doesn't attach to things, but I don't think it will give as rustic a look as Java for example.

 

[JEK]

What moss is it, Tom?

 

[Tom]

It's Spiky Moss

 

[Garuf]

Paulo was after spiky, where did you get it from?

 

[Tom]

I got mine from NeilW ages ago, then just kept it emersed until it was needed

 

[Tom]

Just seen the first Diatoms appear today. Have wiped it off the glass, given the gravel a little stir and will to a second 50% water change once my water has warmed up. Hopefully it doesn't give me as much trouble as last time, and I want to keep it to a minimum this time.