Spring Festival Update!

[mshuangchao]

Yay! Holidays!
...but I only get like a week off or something like that & I stuffed in my maths test...but whatever, I'll try harder next time.
Back to the topic!
Today's water parameter:
t:28c
pH:7.5
NO2-:<0.1mg/L
NO3-:50mg/L
I've currently been using plants as part of my filteration and the results are great! Check out the roots, they aren't fully established yet but they sure are sucking in a lot of nitrates. Hope you enjoy the pics!

 

[tank125]

Looking good! All of them that is, oh, and the tank too!

 

[Kevaldo]

i have allways liked your tank and rays, i cant belive you get away with keping knife fish with ray's, my Leo's attack anything i put in.

p.s. try harder with the school work

 

[mshuangchao]

Looking good! All of them that is, oh, and the tank too!

i have allways liked your tank and rays, i cant belive you get away with keping knife fish with ray's, my Leo's attack anything i put in.

p.s. try harder with the school work

Thanks, good thing you like them! I have lost a few BGK's when they were first introduced, but all the "smart" ones manage to not become lunch. As for school work, ...
I really work hard, totally true!
It's like I given up heaps of stuff just to have more time to study... like I used to play the guitar and drums and keep Tanganyika Cichlids, not anymore!
But yeah, your right... one can always try harder!

 

[xiahaolong168]

your rays look really good, I can't believe that plants filter that great though...Thats awesome! gives me some ideas...

 

[spotfin]

What type of plant is that?

 

[Nic]

looks great....

 

[African_Fever]

I love your antenna ray; it makes me want to order some in for myself, but I worry about feeding them.

Your tank is truly something that a lot of people here aspire to replicating! Keep up the good work.

 

[Conner]

If you really want some plants to suck up nitrates, try wisteria or hornwort. You can float it at the surface, and it grows like a weed (i mean really fast) and sucks up nutrients. I keep a large clump in my tank, and my nitrates have never gotten above 20ppm, and I keep a pretty high bioload. Usually they read below 10, unless its right before a water change or something.

 

[mshuangchao]

What type of plant is that?

Not really sure what it's called in English...

If you really want some plants to suck up nitrates, try wisteria or hornwort. You can float it at the surface, and it grows like a weed (i mean really fast) and sucks up nutrients. I keep a large clump in my tank, and my nitrates have never gotten above 20ppm, and I keep a pretty high bioload. Usually they read below 10, unless its right before a water change or something.

I've thought about that, but I don't keep my lights on so a plant with it's roots in the water was my only choice.