thanks guys! hopefully this tank will look as good as my 55 in a few months. and yeah, rummynoses are the most awesome schooling fish. puts all others to shame. they school very tight and never stop swimming.
The journey continues...my rimless Aqua Forest
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did a big re-scape! changed out to some awesome new wood i bought and added a lot more plants. ill get some pics later today after the water change 
Update time!!
What's New:
- re-did my driftwood since I wasn't happy with the last layout. Picked up some really cool manzanita pieces from Tom Barr. Transferring the moss from the old pieces was a PIA
- several new plants added; lots of Blyxa japonica and several various Pogostemon stems. they're still a little ragged from shipping so hopefully they'll bounce back quickly. the blyxa looks very yellow in the pics, this just arrived Friday.
- Finally got my roseline sharks (Puntius denisonii)!!! A LFS had a great special on them, got them for $9 each! This is unheard of. All my other LFS sell them for $18-20. They're still a little young. I can't wait for them to color up. Truly a magnificent fish.
- A ton of Rotala Indica stems and a huge mass of Needle Leaf Java Fern scheduled to arrive in a few days.
And that's it for now. Everything is doing good, not one sign of algae yet. Water is beyond crystal clear. Those 25 micron filter socks do a great job. Didnt use my Speedlight for the pics so they aren't the best...
Enjoy
Ludwiga glandulosa, gorgeous plant. Was really red when I first picked it up, has turned more green. My lighting must not be intense enough, because I've been adding plenty of the right nutrients, including iron. oh well, still looks great!
My drop checker near the return pipe. Gets very yellow after it's been on for several hours. Fish are fine even with 40ppm+ of co2
and the drop checker on the opposite side of the tank, a little more green in color
What's New:
- re-did my driftwood since I wasn't happy with the last layout. Picked up some really cool manzanita pieces from Tom Barr. Transferring the moss from the old pieces was a PIA
- several new plants added; lots of Blyxa japonica and several various Pogostemon stems. they're still a little ragged from shipping so hopefully they'll bounce back quickly. the blyxa looks very yellow in the pics, this just arrived Friday.
- Finally got my roseline sharks (Puntius denisonii)!!! A LFS had a great special on them, got them for $9 each! This is unheard of. All my other LFS sell them for $18-20. They're still a little young. I can't wait for them to color up. Truly a magnificent fish.
- A ton of Rotala Indica stems and a huge mass of Needle Leaf Java Fern scheduled to arrive in a few days.
And that's it for now. Everything is doing good, not one sign of algae yet. Water is beyond crystal clear. Those 25 micron filter socks do a great job. Didnt use my Speedlight for the pics so they aren't the best...
Enjoy
Ludwiga glandulosa, gorgeous plant. Was really red when I first picked it up, has turned more green. My lighting must not be intense enough, because I've been adding plenty of the right nutrients, including iron. oh well, still looks great!
My drop checker near the return pipe. Gets very yellow after it's been on for several hours. Fish are fine even with 40ppm+ of co2
and the drop checker on the opposite side of the tank, a little more green in color
Looks great. I was tempted to grab a couple of redlines that I saw today when I traded some fish in. Makes me wanna go back and do it now. It's hard to see that plant in the back right corner.
thanks guys, the roselines really are a cool fish. and yeah, the plants in the back are some of the new stems that arrived. they should fill in nicely pretty soon
