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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Yeah, I was trying to get it so it WASN'T centered, lol. The pure size of it sort of limits to what I can do with it, cause it looks centered almost any place I put it, lol. Here's another pic... glandulosa withered away and is making a comeback...rotala macranda is shooting out of the tank almost...I keep trimming and trimming the tiger lotuses, but they keep making a break to the surface on me... I'll teach em sooner or later though. Getting some red java fern to go on the driftwood to add a bit of spice. Forgive the reflection of my ten gallon tank in the picture...was kind of in a hurry. jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/400572.jpg"] |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Update.. still working on that dwarf hairgrass, lol. I'll get it pulled apart sooner or later. jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/385409.jpg"] |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Up close on the tiger lotus : Check it out in the first tank picture 12 days or so ago. Growing like a weed! [span class="edited"][Edited by jake 2004-06-28 20:16][/span] jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/385411.jpg"] |
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Stormy Big Fish Posts: 357 Kudos: 606 Votes: 81 Registered: 13-Mar-2004 | Oh yeah, that tiger lotus WILL grow like a weed. Mine was TINY when I got it, and within a couple of weeks it was already getting HUGE! Now it is still in the front of the tank because I am putting off aquascaping until my 75 gallon is finished getting set up, but when I move it... it is going back into the midsection so I can see everything else. Within maybe 3 to 4 weeks it had the ENTIRE top of my 30 gallon completely covered with "lily pads." I kept thinning them out, but no matter what I did, they kept blocking out too much of my light, so finally I went wild on it and cut off ALL the pads. It sort of stunted the leaves that shoot up as pads, and now I have 3 of those sort of leaves fully opened underwater and they are stunning in color and size (a lot thicker overall than the other leaves, and much more brightly colored). Since it opened those 3 underwater, it has not tried to send a single pad up again. I am VERY pleased with it now! |
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Jubs Enthusiast Posts: 150 Kudos: 131 Registered: 06-Dec-2003 | Very nice setup gotta love the red plants staying red |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Still working on it... moved the driftwood off center a bit ( still needs more work... it's nowhere NEAR centered but from what you can see through the plants, it still looks that way)...added some more reds and a couple other plants.. still working on dwarf hairgrass. jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/391624.jpg"] |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Got my wife a fish of her own. Gotta keep the spouses hooked on your hobby too! jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/391625.jpg"] |
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Azn_Devil Big Fish Posts: 366 Kudos: 310 Votes: 5 Registered: 30-Apr-2004 | wow.. awsome tank.. i mgiht start with real plants again once i get better lighting. right now i have a full hood from all glass which has a 24" bulb (20W) and its .666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 WPG |
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SheKoi Fish Addict Posts: 667 Kudos: 553 Votes: 4 Registered: 11-Feb-2004 | jake, nice tank pictures, just wondering what lighting you have? what watt per gallon? i've only got 0.5wpg in my 45g it sometimes looks dark, unlike yours. www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk |
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FMZ Enthusiast Posts: 271 Kudos: 503 Votes: 5 Registered: 30-Jul-2002 | He's got 3.46 watts per gallon and using 4 * 65w bulbs. |
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Megil TelZeke Fish Addict Posts: 863 Kudos: 890 Votes: 393 Registered: 21-Jul-2003 | nothing should ever be "centered" it looks fine where it is. |
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Megil TelZeke Fish Addict Posts: 863 Kudos: 890 Votes: 393 Registered: 21-Jul-2003 | i understand what u mean about being afraid to seperate them, but frankly i was the same way when i did the hair grass the first clumps were easy to seperate, then i used a tooth pick to get the rock wool of and to seperate the roots as i broke the bunch up even smaller. the plant is quite hardy, even is u were to break some of the roots they will still live. i broke mine up until i had clumps that had 4-8 per bunch. and within 2 weeks it had filled in the spaces between the bunches |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Here is a picture of an amazon plant pearling... in one of my other tanks. It's kind of funny to me, that when the plants were flawless and very nicely green, no pearling...now that I over did something and they have a little algae growth on a few leaves, they decide to pearl. Go figure. jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/400576.jpg"] |
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FMZ Enthusiast Posts: 271 Kudos: 503 Votes: 5 Registered: 30-Jul-2002 | How long does it take before your plants starts pearling?? I am using a DIY CO2 and I have never seen pearling, its 75 gallon. I have all the stuff for pressurized system, just have to go to local wending shop tommorow to swap out for a new CO2 tank. |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | It depends on the plant, the fertilizer conditions, lighting, etc. The pearling plant was in a tank with no co2 at all...just ferts and flourish excel. Your plants don't have to pearl to be healthy nor vice versa. |
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Megil TelZeke Fish Addict Posts: 863 Kudos: 890 Votes: 393 Registered: 21-Jul-2003 | ive seen dieing leaves pearl before it happens quite often actually. but healthy tanks also pearl, usually depends on the rate of photosynthesis and other factors like lighting available nutrients &c. so it really depends on the tank. my 75G tank doesn't pearl but my 20G pearls like crazy. also DIY co2 on a 75G isn't all that effective really it helps but its hard to get concentration up as high from DIY CO2 as you would in smaller taks, so that will play a role on wether or not the plants will pearl in a 75G. |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Updated 75 gal pic jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/413790.jpg"] |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | One of the two albino corydora fry rescued from the canister filter. jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/413792.jpg"] |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | " Ummmm, yeah.. I see the nice slab of slate you put in here for me, but , well.... I'm just gonna go ahead and place them right on the back here, ok? Ok, thanks." jake attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/413794.jpg"] |
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wonder woman Fish Addict Posts: 545 Kudos: 279 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Aug-2003 | Jake- I'm not a REAL expert, but that picture of your plant bubbling probably wasn't really pearling. Pearling is usually bubbles that cling to the plants, and look like millions of tiny little pearls. Streaming happens when a plant releases a small stream of oxygen out through a small tear or hole in its' "skin". I've seen it happen with my plants too. But, just to be sure, you should probably ask the real planted tank experts to explain pearling and streaming, and their differences. Beyond that, you tank looks gorgeous, and I can't wait to see further developments. |
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