Lucky 13

Ok let me not rush into this ... see some cool cleaning action going on. No I do not do substrate vacuuming - can you tell?



Later Ferdie

 

We have had some warm weather - to the point that the heaters have not kicked in in August. So time for a WC tomorrow?

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@f-fish found and subscribed to your YouTube channel today!

 

Few months have passed - gave the fish food and very little fertz .. oh yes mushrooms about it. Had some bad duckweed. That is now looking way better, did a 120% WC today ( yes flushed while polishing) Left the canister uncleaned for now.





New rock just works.



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Love it!!!

 

Thanks ... might do a bit more aggressive dosing .. see if we can get more new growth this season - esp now that the BBA thing is still MIA with the 24x7 aeration.

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Ie no BBA since the 24/7 aeration? Cool! What do you use?

 

Sure I did a thread on that - let me check .. B12

 

Here you go ...

https://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/threads/bba-aeration-and-vitamin-b12.31959/

Still none in this tank ...

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Hi @f-fish is Lucky 13 and some of your other tanks still running? Would love some updates of your stunning tanks!

 

Yeah reduced the count to 10 tanks this winter. All the big tanks are in a some way or shape in a rescape since I pulled most of the plants over the last few weekends.

NO special pics to post at the moment.

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Thanks looking forward to seeing whenever you get a chance!

 

Beginning of lockdown I started with Lucky13 - did a massive pull on a very overgrown tank - but not being in the right headspace to rescape or do anything more than move stuff from a tank to a bag for disposal ... the bits I thought I would want to keep and play with later was just left to float and stay in the tank.


So for a few weeks now stuff happened and well the tank survived - why would it not- more light hit these plants after the pull than the previous X months ;-)

This morning I am sitting with a camera taking some snaps of what is actually going on in the tank - maybe we have a rescaped tank by the end of day?

Later Ferdie

 

Ooh yes yes yes. I’ll be following!

 

removed the loose bits - mostly buce and anubias



so the tank now looks something like this



see I do have a some nice pockets of gunk - not sure if I want to clean that up or not - not being a big gravel vacuuming and all that.



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2L of buce and anubias to play with, on top of what’s still in the tank. Nice

 

The buce and anubias in the foreground, on the substrate, are they attached to pebbles resting on the substrate? How do you keep the rhizomes clear?

 

Clearly the reduced light hitting the substrate was not good for some plants .... but I think they will do Ok in a few months time.

What else is still thriving in this tank ?

 

Best way to get a quick idea what animals are around .. add some food ...


I am big into keeping things that will contribute to a self sustaining growing ecosystem.

 

Hmmm clearly got some dust cloud generators ...



Glad to see an SAE still in the tank.


Got a few of these guys maybe two females among them - still it seems to be working loads of babies.

Next steps - coffee, then we ponder what to do in the tank.


Later Ferdie