Very neat setups.
What are you looking at for West Africans? Most of the fish I keep come from there.
What are you looking at for West Africans? Most of the fish I keep come from there.
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I'm gonna fill this tank to bit more than 1/3 full. I have already gotten a few plants in there too I just need to shoot some more pictures.
Yep. Pretty soon here I'll get some pictures. I do have the plants in there. They look sort of ratty and it will take some time for them to grow in nice again.
I have a quick photo update for my 50G setup. The plants and fish are all looking great, although the fish were all hiding when I took this picture. I will try to take more time and get a better picture later on.
Thanks 5280critters!
I keep running into new unusual strange plants that are possible candidates for my 40G brackish setup that I am working on.
I was just reminded about an especially weird tropical aroid that grows in swampy riverbank forests in South America, Montrichardia arborescens. It grows into a weird small tree and forms dense stands in the water. Just look at these image search results...
Google: Montricharida arborescens
Sometimes it is hard to find commerical sources for odd tropicals in the US, even though nurseries in Australia and Indonesia and places like that have them, but there is apparently this place in Florida that has this plant...
http://www.tropilab.com/mokomoko.html
I gotta get this plant and try it out in this tank. Supposedly it can grow in brackish water too. It will eventually get way too big, but I should be able to manage it for a while and maybe prune it back.
Here is a Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Montrichardia_arborescens) image of W. arborescens showing the foliage and spathe...
I keep running into new unusual strange plants that are possible candidates for my 40G brackish setup that I am working on.
I was just reminded about an especially weird tropical aroid that grows in swampy riverbank forests in South America, Montrichardia arborescens. It grows into a weird small tree and forms dense stands in the water. Just look at these image search results...
Google: Montricharida arborescens
Sometimes it is hard to find commerical sources for odd tropicals in the US, even though nurseries in Australia and Indonesia and places like that have them, but there is apparently this place in Florida that has this plant...
http://www.tropilab.com/mokomoko.html
I gotta get this plant and try it out in this tank. Supposedly it can grow in brackish water too. It will eventually get way too big, but I should be able to manage it for a while and maybe prune it back.
Here is a Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Montrichardia_arborescens) image of W. arborescens showing the foliage and spathe...
Hey I got water and plants into the 56 column setup and here is a quick picture...
There are several real nice plants in there.
There are several real nice plants in there.
I'm just keeping this Cryptoheros cutteri in the 56 the time being. He seems to like it in there.
This sure is a pretty fish. Eventually I'm going to find another spot for this fish and replace it with some kind of West Africa cichlid.
This sure is a pretty fish. Eventually I'm going to find another spot for this fish and replace it with some kind of West Africa cichlid.
Finally I made some time to clean up my 40G mangrove setup for some new pictures. I have some real nice plants in this tank...
