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  1. #21
    Tiny Fry
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    Your tanks is looking great Robyn, what plants are you planning?

    just a suggestion with the wood:

    I had a big piece of wood that refused to sink.. i just weighed it down with rocks for the first 6 weeks or so, you can remove the weights later. This allows you to plant the tank up with the wood in place without having to wait for ages before you can get started.

    Look forward to seeing that tank full of plants and fishes

    Robert

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    Quote Originally Posted by TW
    that's it for now
    Sometimes my impatence gets the better of me.

    PS. I love your wood features.... where did you get them from?

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    coming along nicely tw

    andrew

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    Hi Matt
    Sometimes my impatence gets the better of me. PS. I love your wood features.... where did you get them from?
    trying hard to ignore my impatience, not easy LOL. Wood came from St George Aquariums, ROckdale in Sydney. It's several pieces. After Heiko Bleher's comments in the "Low Light" thread, I worried I hadn't planned enough shade places - so rushed out & got the extra pieces. It has delayed all, as the new pieces won't sink. You have a very nice piece in your 5ft too, Matt.

    Hi rwel4809 & fishgeek - thanks for popping in & kind words. rwel4809, I'm thinking about your driftwood suggestion - not sure how to do it, as none of the pieces will sit in on the flat - they will all be on "point".
    what plants are you planning
    These probably won't all make it in the tank, or if they do, won't all be permanent. This is what I have available to transfer across. I've been gathering new plants for this project for a while now.

    Willow leaf hygro "Hygrophila salicifolia" http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=279
    Pogostemon stellatus http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=119

    Crypts
    Cryptocoryne walkeri ('lutea')http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=79
    Cryptocoryne wendtii http://www.aquariumsuppliesaustralia...t_detail&p=916
    Cryptocoryne wendtii ('Mi Oya') http://www.aquariumsuppliesaustralia...t_detail&p=917
    Echinodorus tenellus ('dwarf chain sword') http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=217
    Aponogeton crispus http://www.aquariumsuppliesaustralia...t_detail&p=886
    Blyxa japonica http://www.aquariumsuppliesaustralia..._detail&p=1493
    Riccia fluitans http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=183

    Anubias
    Anubias barteri v. 'nana' http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=19
    Anubias barteri v. 'coffeefolia' http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=200
    Plus some other anubias - forget the varieties

    Hemianthus callitrichoides ('HC') http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-275.htm
    Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=68
    Microsorum pteropus Narrow ('Narrow Leaf Java Fern') http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=163
    Echinodorus Uruguayensis http://www.aquariumsuppliesaustralia...t_detail&p=927
    Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata ('Narrow Ludwigia') http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=242
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    nice plant list Robyn...

    You might find the riccia quite annoying though, it tends to get quite messy floating on top, and if you plan to decorate submerged rocks with it, it eventually rises to the surface leaving only an unpleasant brown substance on the rock... you might have better luck with it though

    I'm interested to see how you go with the HC, you need alot of light and C02 to get a good carpet of that going. It also grows best in ADA substrate...

    Java ferns always end up dying on me too. I suspect they don't like the high temps of Discus tanks.

    you do have some of my favourites though:

    P. Stelatus, A. Crispus, E. Tellenus (great as a mid-ground, not so good as a lawn)...

    I'm also a big fan of Vallis, its so easy to grow and multiplies all the time, it provides a good canopy (better than other floating plants IMO) and it is so easy to prune - you just cut it to the desire length!

    Another favourite are Nymphea Lotus varieties... they are really expensive to buy retail, they are slow growing, but once you have one they multiply easily.. So I recommend that you put a wanted ad in the classified section, I'm sure one of our members will sell you some of their baby plants much cheaper that the lfs...

    Can't wait to see the planting...

    HTH

    Robert

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    You might find the riccia quite annoying though, it tends to get quite messy floating on top
    I know what you mean, as I have used riccia quite a bit & am harvesting from my existing stock for this tank. I think the trick is to keep the rock sizes small enough, so that you can remove rocks periodically for a haircut, before the riccia has grown long enough to detach itself. (The haircut is done outside the tank). Even so, there do always seem to be little bits of riccia floating around the top of the tank. I like riccia enough to try it again here, but if the maintenance of it in a big tank get's too much, I'll rethink.

    I'm interested to see how you go with the HC, you need alot of light and C02 to get a good carpet of that going. It also grows best in ADA substrate...
    I'm using ADA, I have C02 & think my lights will be enough. Plan also to start off the tank waterless, as per a Tom Barr thread elsewhere, as a sort of terrarium. No messy individual planting of HC that way - you just lay it on top & in a week or two it has taken root. I've been cultivating my batch of HC this way since Oct 07. This may foil my plan of water logging my driftwood though, as it will have time to dry out before water is added to tank. All but 2 smaller pieces now sink.

    Java ferns always end up dying on me too. I suspect they don't like the high temps of Discus tanks.
    Hmm, tropica says it's ok up to 30C. But I only have a small portion of this &, being the narrow leaf type (hard to find) I may put it in the apisto tank instead, as I don't want to lose it.

    Thanks for the other plant tips
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    Anyone had experience with Echinodorus Uruguayensis. Do they get really big. I really like how they look & would like to incldue a fair few - but if they end up as monster size swords, it would be good to know this so I plant less of them.

    Anyone with experince of them?
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    Got around to doing a little more today. Both substrates are in & the HC & anubia are planted. Some crypts are in, more yet to be planted tomorrow. Some riccia rocks are in, but not finished yet. I have a little more riccia on hand, but maybe not enough to finish the job.

    The next few weeks, this will run as a terrarium, so no other variety of plant will go in, until I'm ready to fill it. That won't be until the HC has taken root.

    It hard to take a full front shot of a 7ft tank, as you have to get a far way back, but here it is anyway

    Full Front Shot


    Left Hand Side


    Middle

    Right Side


    That's it for now
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  9. #29
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    Looking fantastic!!

    great that you are taking your time to get it looking perfect.... I'm not sure that I'm always that patient

    I look forward to the next installment!

    Robert

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    Wow ..... I love what you've done so far.

    Please keep us updated with pics as the tank progresses.
    Thirty-five years keeping and breeding discus, and I'm still learning :P

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