Sean Cassidy Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 This is my attempt at a planted tank. No CO2 currently just ferts every so often. Around 3 watts per gallon. I am going for more of a Dutch style look. Thanks for looking Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesp Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Looks great to me. If you can pull it off without the CO2, why not? What exactly do the dutch look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cassidy Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Heavily planted with lots of depth. It is probably half to 3/4 quarters of the way there. I am just letting it fill in now with the odd change here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfishal Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Looks Great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Great looking tank. What is the plant in the middle that is narrow, stringy with the bumps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cassidy Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Great looking tank. What is the plant in the middle that is narrow, stringy with the bumps? Thanks It is Crinum calamistratum. I am just waiting for my red lotus bulbs and my barclaya longifoilia to fill in to give some more color. I just finished trimming the Lotus as it had lily pads all over the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Very nice how long has it been set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cassidy Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 It has been up for 3 years now. However I did a major over haul over the Christmas break and changed out the gravel to this. I put in a substrate heater and one cm layer of Red Sea plant substrate and then another layer of seachem Black sand Flourite and then put regular black sand over that as the Seachem seemed to not be completely black. It had some white and gray in it. I even rinsed it heavily. I wasn't happy with the look so I added the regular black sand. So I guess everything has been up for a year now. It has only been this full for a couple of month now. In the new year I will probably start CO2 on it. Just have to save up for the system. I changed out the the substrate because I was having a hard time growing most plants in it. It was crushed granite and wasn't easy to deal with. Very nice how long has it been set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Looking good so far Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Looking good! Love the size that Crinum is getting. Balance is coming along nicely. From this angle it looks like the top left is a little empty yet. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devocole Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Yup, looks good, nice and lush. How is the algae in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cassidy Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Thanks the algae isn't to bad just on the glass and the slow growing plants such as the crinum and the anubias in the back. Yup, looks good, nice and lush. How is the algae in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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