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DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Edited 22-Dec-2012 22:13 Hi ! Apologize for lack of pics, I'm not home so I'll take some after christmas. Endler's livebearers, fancy mts snails, red ramshorn snails. 25 gal hagen 'light-glo' tank. 15w t8 tube light. 6500k diy reflector from silver aluminum plumbers tape. Aquaclear 50 hob filter with Fluval edge intake sponge. Radiant 75w heater Substrate = clay based substrate with some ferric iron and nutrient storing ability (used in baseball diamonds) capped with Nisso Aquasoil. My old nutrafin c02 unit was installed last week. (I make my own mix as opposed to buying the packets). Also put piece of cigarette filter into the airline to make the bubbles smaller before they go into the ladder. This results in higher c02 absorption into the water. The filter output is slowed to a trickle so there's little surface disturbance to gas out co2. I might get replace the nutrafin ladder with a glass nano diffuser. No aquascape effort has been made. This is to satisfy my moss addiction and now trying to take that to the next level. Mosses and java fern lace can attach to small stones and driftwood bits, undisturbed by larger fish. Several times I've had moss samples in bowls, jars and 'mosstainers' for too long only to have them die. Now they're in a tank to get light, co2, water movement and nutrients. In mesh squares, tied to driftwood and also for the first time I used loctite superglue ultragel to glue coral moss to a stone. There's also a couple rare (around my neck of the woods at least) crypts. Also the rare 'zipper moss'. No matter what experts say, DIY c02 will still boost your plants overall vitality and growth rate in a low light tank. I also underdose excel when I remember. The plant list: Java Fern Lace ‘Wendelov’ Flame Moss - Taxiphyllum sp. Zipper Moss (Fissidens zeppelianus) Taiwan Moss - Taxiphyllum alternans Weeping Moss - Vesicularia ferriei Coral Moss - Mini Pellia (Riccardia chamedryfolia) Crypt nurii Crypt wendtii var Krauteri Subwassertang Najas Grass Dwarf sag Baby Tears - Hemanthis glomeratum (micranthemoides) Amazon frogbit Remaining plants in sample jars to go in are : Pearl Moss Mini Pearl Moss / Mini Rose moss (european) - Blepharostoma trichophyllum 2 marimo moss balls and fissidens fontanus also will be moved into this tank from the 75. Want to move the Crypt ballansae into here too but afraid they would melt. Eventually hoping to have full moss walls, each wall with a different type of moss. Also hoping to add red cherry shrimp unless this becomes a german blue ram tank. Merry christmas to anyone following along, your comments are welcome as usual ! The Amazon Nut...
Posted 22-Dec-2012 22:03
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, I am sooo looking forward to some pictures! Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 26-Dec-2012 22:17
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	I will get some this weekend friend The Amazon Nut...
Posted 28-Dec-2012 17:40
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Photos would be neat! Only time I've ever gotten moss to be productive is in my library tank, has guppies (currently a endler morph)and cherry shrimp. Since it's actually doing ok I don't want to disturb it and do any sort of aquascaping so it's just a mess . ^_^
Posted 11-Jan-2013 05:04
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Sorry for no photos yet. Been distracted with busyness. Babelfish I feel the same not wanting to mess with the tank too much scape-wise. However I don't want the mosses etc to mix so hence the meshes. I added approximately 20 red cherry shrimp, and moved the larger ramshorn snails out. Also bought a new nutrafin co2 unit from someone for quarter price so instead of one, will have two hanging on the back. Hoping to fuss with it tonight and pics. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 16-Jan-2013 17:29
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Busyness is acceptable, when you get time of course we'd love to see. Noticed in my own tank the other day my cherrys seem to be diminished in number, granted I did also spot another baby, so all is not at an end. ^_^
Posted 17-Jan-2013 05:36


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