First attempt @ planted tank.

Hi guys.

I was bored during the new year long weekend.
So i took a little 15lt tank i had.
Added some garden soil/sand.
Two plants the was potted in a shrimp tank.
Some seeds i got from ebay. Two leafed something.
Some white gravel.
Some floating plants i got from a pond section in a hardware store.
Any advise will be noted and taken to mind for my next try.


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Let it mature and see what maintenance is required. those are heavy root feeders and you will destroy the tank once they have taken and you want to move them.
Keep the pics coming lets see how they grow.

Later Ferdie

 

Looks very nice

You planing on adding any livestock?

 

I have a couple rcs and one neon i got with the shrimp a while back.. not sure if i can add them before the plants are starting to germinate..

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I dont think it would be a problem with the plants but Im not sure about the seeds... @f-fish ? your advice?

But the tank does need to cycle before adding anything

 

Thats the other thing.. i dont have a decent filter for it.. only pond type pump with some gauss on it to clear the water..

Temp control is also a bit of a problem. We some days have high temps in jbay causing 30 + in my garage (low roof no insulation).. other 3ft seems to rise slightly above 26 when its hot. But this small tank will surely rise much higher..

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First get the jungle going before you add any livestock.. if it is the eBay ground cover stuff they are not aquatic and will look OK for a few weeks maybe even months but will need removal at some point .. for now let it make the sprouts and first few leave till it either dies or get very leggy as it races to the surface.


Late Ferdie

 

So its about 1 week later... some of the two leafed thingamabobs started to grow..

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Very nice .... if they are true to type you should have a full carpet in 2 weeks time.

Later Ferdie

 

Another week passed.. some pots made it in to the tank. My assasin snails laid some eggs on the pots in my shrimp tank. Moved 2 snails to my comunity tank and the other 2 stayed with the shrimp. Moved the shrimp and ornaments and plants to a new smaller tank. Had very bad green water in their tank so now trying to get it all cleaned up.

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I have also tried my hand at live plants and some are easier than others. Do your research on what is easier and what are more difficult. I have lost some and have some that are thriving.

I supplement with Seachem Plant Fundamental pack 1. Its easy and has what is needed for plants.

 

Some pots left the tank.. fitted a HOB to the tank plus some RCS.

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Nice ... good growth for 18 days ... considering you relying on surface agitation for CO2 atmosphere balance.

Later Ferdie

 

Looking really nice @vis101

some great growth you have there

 

Thanks..
The small seeded plants seem to uproot them self..
The shrimp does well, seems to lose colour due to the light gravel.
Used a glass planeria trap with great sucsess caught most of them..

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Yeah that makes sense - they are not aquatic AFAIK .. or if they are they are stems that need to be replanted or crazy trimmed.

These pics from an LFS in Kota Kinabalu

it all starts good.



over time



and they use dry start method ... with loads of seeds



Then just do loads of cutting.

Had a conversation with one of the guys that does tank maintenance .. says clients love it since he needs to rescape the tank every few months and then it is something new to look at.

Later Ferdie

 

They really are not shy to go big with this either ..


Later Ferdie

 

Or small ....



think you get the idea .. ;-)


Later Ferdie

 

wait missed one



think you have them all form that specific LFS

Later Ferdie