Friday, August 5, 2011
I want to convert tank into a fully planted tank?
Mosses such as Christmas Moss, or Java Moss do well, Micro Sword looks nice and carpets well, Anarachis and Hornwort are long and do well in low to moderate light. My tank is densely planted with all of those, some Anubius and Java Fern. I recently decided to try my hand and natural aquascapes. Nothing original, in fact I ripped mine from someone else. But it was good practice. Its stunning to look at, plus it requires very minimal fertilizer, and I didn't have to upgrade my lighting. Actually I've never upgraded my lighting. a href="http://www.blueaquarium.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/3-years-of-Aquascaping-by-FAAO-16.jpg." rel="nofollow"http://www.blueaquarium.org/wp-content/u…/a Thats the one I copied, its gravel, sand, Microsword, and Christmas Moss on driftwood. Simple and easy. I normally just plant and move stuff around my fish. They just cruise away from me then investigate when I'm done. Ive never used planted gravel because of how sharp it is. It hurts my cory's barbels and their stomachs. I just dose occasionally with Flourish, and Excel. The tree I copied is in a 16 gallon. I have 4 cory's, 3 balloon mollies and 7 blue tetra's in mine. And green and yellow shrimp.. Not sure how many because they keep breeding. somewhere in the 15 range I think. and they all love the tank. Because of how open it is though I did include some coconut shells in the hilly parts, i just cut a hole in the side, and planted over them after spreading gravel on top. the holes are facing back so you can see them and it gives the cory's and shrimp somewhere to hide. Also with less light and fertalizer, the microsword takes longer to carpet. I just bought enough to cover the bottoms, and thinned it accordingly so that I had a fuller looks right off the bat.
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