Before anything, my 75 planted journal is in the general forum, since I want to show that you can have nice fish, and cool plants, but here is a link in this thread http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?549312-HybridHerp-s-75-gallon-Planted-Monster-Tank/page3
Now, this tank I think is a little more suited for the standard planted person. Its small fish, small shrimp, and just plants galore.
This tank had been set up for a while, but I re-scaped it as I made the dumb decision of letting crypt wendtii grow in a small, dirted high tech tank. It took over, became a mess, so I had to rip it out. Of course, with all those roots and plants, ripping it out also ripped out the entire substrate, which I knew would happen, so I re-scaped and started over, using only a few plants I previously had and have since added more.
Current Fish/Inverts
• Poecilia reticulata – “Guppy” 0:1
• Hyphessobrycon amandae – “Ember Tetra” x2
• Trigonostigma espei – “Lambchop Rasbora” x5
• Otocinclus cocama – “Zebra Otto” x2
• Caridinia japonica – “Amano Shrimp” x2
• Neocaridina heterotopia var. “”
• Cambarellus shufeldtii – “Cajun Dwarf Cray” x2
• Neritina natalensis – “Tire Track Nerite” x1
• Planorbis rubrum – “Ramshorn Snail” x#
• Physa sp. – “Pond Snail” x#
• Melanoides tuberculata - “Trumpet Snail” x#
Plants
• Current
o Foreground
• Echinodorus parviflorus – “Tropica Sword”
Front right
• Lobelia Cardinalis var. 'Dwarf'
In front of L. sp. ‘Red’
• Pogostemon helferi
In front of wood
o Mid-ground
• Rotala mexicana var. ‘Araguaia’
Left of C. becketii petchii
• Cryptocoryne becketii petchii
Off-center
• Ludwigia sp. ‘Red’
Off-center
• Ammania sp. ‘Bonsai’
Left side of M. pteropus
o Background
• Lagarosiphon madagascariensis
Back middle
• Alternanthera reineckii var. 'Mini'
Back middle
o Non-Substrate
• Hardscape
Microsorum pteropus – “Java Fern”
• Back left
Anubias barteri var. ‘Petite’
• In front of M. pteropus
Fissidens splachnobryoides – “Mini Fissidens”
• On yellow spongy rock
Filtration
• Marineland Penguin 100 x2
Heater
• None
o Use heater from quarantine tank if dire emergency
Lighting
• Ray2 Ultra Slim 24” DS
Other
• Substrate
o Dirt with Black Sand cap
• Hardscape
o Rocks
• Yellow and Spongy
• Red and Brown
o Driftwood
• One main piece
Smaller ones surrounding it
o Fertilizers
• PPS-Pro
• Carbon Dioxide
o Dual Stage Regulator on 20lb tank
• Glass Diffuser
Replace with an atomic diffuser eventually
• GLA Atomic Check Valve x2
• Drop Checker Color: Green
• Bubble Counter: 6 per second
Filled with Mineral Oil
This was my main scape idea for this tank. Having a nice long java fern stretching across the background on a piece of wood that created a nice slope. Also love the wood because it allows my inverts to hide underneath since the fish can't get under there from the opening in the back.
Tropica sword, crypt petchii, some petite or micro (I forget) anubias, ammania bonsai, to start the planting off
Fish....also, salvaged 250 MTS from the re-scape....I counted them all as well, that's no estimate. There were more, but I couldn't get them all and I already clearly have more than enough.
Still missing some plants. I want to get a carpet of UG going in here, as well as Blyxa japonica in the background, flame moss on the wood, and some sort of red stem in the hole in the wood near the Red Ludwigia. Of course, these plants also need to grow.
I'm liking this Rotala mexicana Araguaia.
So much ludwigia red, and some mini alternethera reneckii
Amano shrimp
Again
New to me, Lagarosiphon madagascariensis, I'm more of a dutch/jungle person but this plant is often used in Nature Aquariums and Amano's older scapes. I'll see what it does for me. I wanted Mini Myro in either this tank where this plant is, or in my 75...might move this plant to my 75 and have mini myrio here, or move this plant to that hole in the wood and have myro here, not sure yet. I'll see how it grows.
The one odd colored shrimp from my fire red population in my 5.5 (that tank will get pics and share this journal eventually...once it looks more presentable again)
Need like 6 more of these ember tetras. There used to be a school of 10, but idk what happened :\
I would like 3 more of these espie rasbora. I have sources for these guys though.
2 zebra ottos, may add a third, probably just leave them as two though
Hopefully I can get good growth out of all these plants, add more fish and plants in the spring.
Don't forget to check out my other thread two
Now, this tank I think is a little more suited for the standard planted person. Its small fish, small shrimp, and just plants galore.
This tank had been set up for a while, but I re-scaped it as I made the dumb decision of letting crypt wendtii grow in a small, dirted high tech tank. It took over, became a mess, so I had to rip it out. Of course, with all those roots and plants, ripping it out also ripped out the entire substrate, which I knew would happen, so I re-scaped and started over, using only a few plants I previously had and have since added more.
Current Fish/Inverts
• Poecilia reticulata – “Guppy” 0:1
• Hyphessobrycon amandae – “Ember Tetra” x2
• Trigonostigma espei – “Lambchop Rasbora” x5
• Otocinclus cocama – “Zebra Otto” x2
• Caridinia japonica – “Amano Shrimp” x2
• Neocaridina heterotopia var. “”
• Cambarellus shufeldtii – “Cajun Dwarf Cray” x2
• Neritina natalensis – “Tire Track Nerite” x1
• Planorbis rubrum – “Ramshorn Snail” x#
• Physa sp. – “Pond Snail” x#
• Melanoides tuberculata - “Trumpet Snail” x#
Plants
• Current
o Foreground
• Echinodorus parviflorus – “Tropica Sword”
Front right
• Lobelia Cardinalis var. 'Dwarf'
In front of L. sp. ‘Red’
• Pogostemon helferi
In front of wood
o Mid-ground
• Rotala mexicana var. ‘Araguaia’
Left of C. becketii petchii
• Cryptocoryne becketii petchii
Off-center
• Ludwigia sp. ‘Red’
Off-center
• Ammania sp. ‘Bonsai’
Left side of M. pteropus
o Background
• Lagarosiphon madagascariensis
Back middle
• Alternanthera reineckii var. 'Mini'
Back middle
o Non-Substrate
• Hardscape
Microsorum pteropus – “Java Fern”
• Back left
Anubias barteri var. ‘Petite’
• In front of M. pteropus
Fissidens splachnobryoides – “Mini Fissidens”
• On yellow spongy rock
Filtration
• Marineland Penguin 100 x2
Heater
• None
o Use heater from quarantine tank if dire emergency
Lighting
• Ray2 Ultra Slim 24” DS
Other
• Substrate
o Dirt with Black Sand cap
• Hardscape
o Rocks
• Yellow and Spongy
• Red and Brown
o Driftwood
• One main piece
Smaller ones surrounding it
o Fertilizers
• PPS-Pro
• Carbon Dioxide
o Dual Stage Regulator on 20lb tank
• Glass Diffuser
Replace with an atomic diffuser eventually
• GLA Atomic Check Valve x2
• Drop Checker Color: Green
• Bubble Counter: 6 per second
Filled with Mineral Oil
This was my main scape idea for this tank. Having a nice long java fern stretching across the background on a piece of wood that created a nice slope. Also love the wood because it allows my inverts to hide underneath since the fish can't get under there from the opening in the back.
Tropica sword, crypt petchii, some petite or micro (I forget) anubias, ammania bonsai, to start the planting off
Fish....also, salvaged 250 MTS from the re-scape....I counted them all as well, that's no estimate. There were more, but I couldn't get them all and I already clearly have more than enough.
Still missing some plants. I want to get a carpet of UG going in here, as well as Blyxa japonica in the background, flame moss on the wood, and some sort of red stem in the hole in the wood near the Red Ludwigia. Of course, these plants also need to grow.
I'm liking this Rotala mexicana Araguaia.
So much ludwigia red, and some mini alternethera reneckii
Amano shrimp
Again
New to me, Lagarosiphon madagascariensis, I'm more of a dutch/jungle person but this plant is often used in Nature Aquariums and Amano's older scapes. I'll see what it does for me. I wanted Mini Myro in either this tank where this plant is, or in my 75...might move this plant to my 75 and have mini myrio here, or move this plant to that hole in the wood and have myro here, not sure yet. I'll see how it grows.
The one odd colored shrimp from my fire red population in my 5.5 (that tank will get pics and share this journal eventually...once it looks more presentable again)
Need like 6 more of these ember tetras. There used to be a school of 10, but idk what happened :\
I would like 3 more of these espie rasbora. I have sources for these guys though.
2 zebra ottos, may add a third, probably just leave them as two though
Hopefully I can get good growth out of all these plants, add more fish and plants in the spring.
Don't forget to check out my other thread two
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