The journey continues...my rimless Aqua Forest

[chonhzilla]

Thanks! All your fault, I was up till 1am last night and got no sleep lol. Actually I just looked it up, Hygrophila Polysperma. A damn water weed if I ever saw one!

LOL I think it looks good. Once the hygros fill in behind the wood it should look good.

 

[Will Hayward]

Hygrophila Polysperma is a cashcow. Sell trimmings and the tank nearly pays for itself. LOL

 

[chonhzilla]

Hygrophila Polysperma is a cashcow. Sell trimmings and the tank nearly pays for itself. LOL

Cashcow....Man I dont miss my marketing class at all LOL.

True though, start selling and make that tank pay for itself.

 

[jcardona1]

Yeah this stuff grows insanely fast. I swear they've already grown 2" since I trimmed and planted them. Although I'm not sure there's much interest in this plant. The aquascaping snobs don't like to use cheap/fast growing/low light plants in their tank. I personally love them. Makes me feel like a master plant grower

 

[jcardona1]

And speaking of which, anybody ever grown lymnophila aromatica? god damn what a gorgeous plant! I bought 4-5 stems but only 2 made it, the other two were too short and didn't get enough light so it rotted away. You can see the one taller stem right in the middle. Definitely need to pick some more up

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Where did you get those cups you keep your ferts in?

 

[jcardona1]

Where did you get those cups you keep your ferts in?

Walmart! They're freezer jars, they have them with the glass jars and canning supplies

 

[jcardona1]

MOARRRRR WOOOOOD!

Added a few more pieces of driftwood on the right side. Blyxa japonica has taking over the entire front of the tank (nice problem to have!) except for the riccia rocks over on the left side.

You can see the growth from the last update 7 days ago. I've actually trimmed the hygro and rotala the right since then.

crappy cell phone pic




EDIT: 7 days ago

 

[jcardona1]

And I think now I'm on the 'smooth-sailing' phase of the planted tank life cycle. In my short experience with planted tanks, the first two months are always the worst as things become established. Plants don't grow well, they're still adapting to the new environment, you get outbreaks of algae, etc etc. But once you figure out the sweet spot of lighting/ferts/co2, you'll love it. This also explains why Amana/ADA ferts are set out in stages; 0-3 months, 3 months to 1yr, > 1yr...

Right now my tank is crystal clear, and not ONE bit of algae on my plants (although I have a small portion of GSA right in the middle of my glass, and some BBA growing on my spray bar).

THIS is what we strive for as aquatic gardening crackheads. All the money spent, headaches, hours of research, messes in the living room, this is the payoff.

 

[chonhzilla]

And I think now I'm on the 'smooth-sailing' phase of the planted tank life cycle. In my short experience with planted tanks, the first two months are always the worst as things become established. Plants don't grow well, they're still adapting to the new environment, you get outbreaks of algae, etc etc. But once you figure out the sweet spot of lighting/ferts/co2, you'll love it. This also explains why Amana/ADA ferts are set out in stages; 0-3 months, 3 months to 1yr, > 1yr...

Right now my tank is crystal clear, and not ONE bit of algae on my plants (although I have a small portion of GSA right in the middle of my glass, and some BBA growing on my spray bar).

THIS is what we strive for as aquatic gardening crackheads. All the money spent, headaches, hours of research, messes in the living room, this is the payoff.

Could not have put it any better. Mine right now is losing all it's leaves and everything is pretty much horrible.

I could say the majority of the time I spend online is reseach lol.

I can also say I usually have a mess of dried up plants somewhere close to my tank.

The payoff is yet to come, but slowly coming along well.