50G – 2 Months
January 4th, 2009It’s been about two months since I first setup the aquascape in my 50G aquarium. The plants are growing in very well, and after many hydrogen peroxide treatments, the algae I was experiencing is finally starting to wane. Unfortunately, the H2O2 also took a toll on many of the fish I had in this tank. Otherwise, I’ve removed a few more rocks from the right foreground to allow for more focus on the woodwork there. Ideally, I’d like the wood to look like a fallen tree.
The HC and hairgrass are both starting to take off, which I’ve been waiting awhile for. I’ll probably tweak a few more things, removing a couple plants from the scape, but more/less, I’m pretty pleased with how it’s progressing. As always, comments/critiques welcome!
January 4th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
WOW! It looks like a huge mountain with pine trees all over it in the distance!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
The smaller pieces of driftwood in the front look like they’re getting swallowed by the plants. Based on a first glance, it looks full enough in the back so you could just trim back the plants without creating a huge hole.
Looks good though.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:51 am
I was going to say the same as the second comment but I like it overall, just a tad unbalanced at the moment.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Thanks for the comments! m@, you’re probably right that I could shove down the Blyxa on the right side, although, I do kind of want that swallowed look to some extent. (The tree fallen with plants grown up around it look). I do think I’ll remove the Hemianthus micranthemoides on the right side though, becuase it’s just not bushing up how I’d like it to.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
Wow! what an amazing aqua scape. I really enjoy the wood on the left. It would be nice if you could include the tank specs, such as light, duration, fert routine, co2 inject ect… I did notice you only have the 1 koralia blowing towards the diffuser, are you able to get enough co2 moved around the tank with this method?
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
Thanks Chris!
The tank specs are:
Substrate: Earthworm castings capped with ADA Amazonia.
Light: 4x36W HO T5, 2 bulbs on for 10 hours, 2 on for 3-4 hours midday.
Ferts: NPK and Traces/Iron dosed on alternating days.
CO2: Pressurized, multiple bubbles/second
The Koralia+Eheim 2026 seem to do a fine job circulating the CO2, as few bubbles ever reach the surface, and blow all around the tank.