Steve Smith
Member
Hey all. Had this little tank going for a few weeks now. Found a lovely little bit of redmoor at my LFS and had to have it. Cost me about £1.10!
Setup:
Superfish Aqua 40 - 27 litre (My first ever fish tank!)
11w PC
Eco-Complete Substrate
Edit: (Ferts to be re-fudged...)
This picture is just after getting it setup. I plant to plant more Eleocharis further back, but I'm trying to decide if I want to go with a longer variety in the back right. Not sure if it would work. (The narrow java at the back was there to provide a little extra cover while the endlers settled in, its gone now).
Planting:
Eleocharis Acicularis
Weeping Moss (Vesicularia ferriei - Not 100% on this)
Fish are tiny Leopard Endlers and 6 Yamato/Amano shrimp. I plan to add some cherries soon too. The livebearers are the inspiration for the scape name I found out yesterday I have 2 tiny fry swimming about in the hair grass. They're very cute looking!
Anyhow, the eleocharis has filled out quite nicely after a few weeks of growth. Its still a little thin but getting a little height and looks very nice I'm also having hair algae problems at the moment. The wood is covered in the stuff. I have what I think are diatoms on the glass too. Also got some plants floating in there at the moment which are waiting to go somewhere else. So no updated pics as yet. I plan on adding pressurised CO2, but I've ordered some Flourish Excel also (which I'll use on another setup too).
Hoping to add some cherries as I said earlier, but maybe a couple of ottos temporarily. I will be buying a group this week for my large tank (to add to the 2 I have to increase the social group). I'll pinch two for this tank for a while and see how they get on
Setup:
Superfish Aqua 40 - 27 litre (My first ever fish tank!)
11w PC
Eco-Complete Substrate
Edit: (Ferts to be re-fudged...)
This picture is just after getting it setup. I plant to plant more Eleocharis further back, but I'm trying to decide if I want to go with a longer variety in the back right. Not sure if it would work. (The narrow java at the back was there to provide a little extra cover while the endlers settled in, its gone now).
Planting:
Eleocharis Acicularis
Weeping Moss (Vesicularia ferriei - Not 100% on this)
Fish are tiny Leopard Endlers and 6 Yamato/Amano shrimp. I plan to add some cherries soon too. The livebearers are the inspiration for the scape name I found out yesterday I have 2 tiny fry swimming about in the hair grass. They're very cute looking!
Anyhow, the eleocharis has filled out quite nicely after a few weeks of growth. Its still a little thin but getting a little height and looks very nice I'm also having hair algae problems at the moment. The wood is covered in the stuff. I have what I think are diatoms on the glass too. Also got some plants floating in there at the moment which are waiting to go somewhere else. So no updated pics as yet. I plan on adding pressurised CO2, but I've ordered some Flourish Excel also (which I'll use on another setup too).
Hoping to add some cherries as I said earlier, but maybe a couple of ottos temporarily. I will be buying a group this week for my large tank (to add to the 2 I have to increase the social group). I'll pinch two for this tank for a while and see how they get on