Ripariums for Plant Filtration

[hydrophyte]

Thanks I like them a lot too. Those barbs are good for getting full-tank shots because they have bright, opaque colors that show up well in photographs.

Those are just cheap, easy to find fish from the LFS.

 

[hydrophyte]

I was getting pictures of the 50-gallon again today. I have a bunch of files to process, but here's a quick one while I start organizing them.

The Limnophila and Bacopa/I] have grown in so densely that they have covered up the rafts and planter cups really well.

 

[hydrophyte]

I also got a close-up of the newest leaf on the Cyrtosperma johnstonii, which is really stunning.

That gold and pink coloration around the leaf tip is new. The older leaves just had the green leaf color with red veins.

 

[MaddMaxx]

I really like the way the leaf turns and faces forward! Stunning!

 

[hydrophyte]

Yeah that's a pretty great plant.

 

[hydrophyte]

I am still processing the latest and last pictures of the layout in the 50-gallon. There are many of them. Here is another.

 

[hydrophyte]

Now I'm using that 50-gallon setup as an unofficial riparium plant propagation tank. There are plants hung on all four panes of glass. What a mess! It's not much of an aquarium display at the moment, but looks kind of cool from the top.

 

[hydrophyte]

The layout in my new 15-gallon setup is coming along.

I have that one journaled over here... http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=315279&page=4

 

[hydrophyte]

Here is one additional shot.

I got the fish in there last night.

 

[Conner]

I don't know if you posted this before, but what brand of lights are you using?