Dan and Andy's crypt

[Dan walton]

A few update pics following a 30% water change and a little tidying the flame moss Taiwan moss and spiky moss all growing well the Christmas moss a little more slowly but pleased with overall progress


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[Dan walton]

A few update pics not a lot changed co2 back on and a good fifty percent water change hopefully investing in some more moss at the weekend CVA on Sunday happy days

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[Andy Thurston]

why you buying more moss? the only types you havn't got in there are fissidens and java, just trim them and tie it on that wood will be coveres in no time. get some shrimp for the 180 instead🙂

 

[Dan walton]

Update pictures coming soon I've been lazy


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[Dan walton]

A bit of a tidy up and trim water change and the addition of a yo yo loach hopefully not to destructive with the moss and help keep my snail population down my garage has been busy and combined with the festive period the poor tank has suffered from a little neglect however considering this everything seems healthy and no fish loss so reasonably happy new co2 system going together over the coming weeks and get it back on co2 and maybe increase the light currently running a shade on one tube !

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[Dan walton]

You may notice the small clump of hc as gone from the bottom of the right hand side the addition of 3 Cory's from big clowns tank took care of it constantly digging it up so thinking of something to carpet that corner that's Cory proof suggestions welcome


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[Dan walton]

think I may remove some wood and rock from this tank getting itchy fingers and want more plants !

 

[Dan walton]

A piece of bogwood removed was never happy with it and some more grey sand to give me more planting depth plus the addition of a pot of Lilaeopsis more plants coming soon

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[Dan walton]

Things got a little drastic this weekend I've never been overly happy with this tank loved it at first but lost interest fast the mosses weren't the success I hoped looking dirty most of time and constantly breaking off and bunging my filter strainers also the large piece of wood made planting and maintenance difficult would be suited to a much bigger tank.
So I bought a 60 litre tank another external filter heater etc etc tipped some ordinary gravel in a few pebbles and a piece of dragon rock left over from the 180 the most basic tank in the house but a home for my fish a few neons Cory's red tail shark the five bands Andy bought me last year have been moved into the 180 and look fantastic in there maybe another 10 will have to go in soon.
Anyway with the 125 now devoid of fish I pulled out the wood and plants time to get Andy over as this was getting serious.
Mixed up the substrate with another bucket of john Innes rearranged the stone work and capped it with grey sand.
Onto the plants the crypts I had in this tank have done great and by far my favourite in this tank they have sent out runners and small plants all of which have been separated and replanted I could not believe the length of the roots on these some easily over 12 inches in length hoping these will continue to to spread ther a great plant
In the back right I replanted some of the greener healthier looking stems Andy will have to help me here with there names front right I've replanted some glosso and thinking of a carpet of some sort in the near future preferably low tech
Back left corner has been replanted with a little pink reiki but already falling out with this so can see that getting the axe soon maybe some different variety of crypts to fill that area.
Kept some wood but this is floating at the minute hope it soon sinks so I can position it we have tied a little fissedens moss to this in places so will see what happens.
Overall I'm much happier with the layout much more room and easier access for planting so can see lots if tinkering going on in this tank happy days



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[Dan walton]

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[Dan walton]

The tanks looking good just ordered some more crypts hopefully be here this weekend think I'm going to pull the pink reiki out of the back left corner I just don't like it planted some trimmed microphelia from in 180 in the back left corner so far I'm happy with this going to start adding co2 this weekend when I have time just going to use a bell type diffuser for now that I can fill off my large bottle running the 180 not going to try and run two from same reg as it was very tricky getting them both balanced last time I tried updat pics to follow this weekend

 

[Dan walton]

A bit more tinkering today some more grey sand was a little thin in places a few more plants another crypt beckettii Petchii a couple Echindorus reni planted either side front corners some vallis planted to grow threw the wood and a couple of bunches missing there names so not sure will have to have a look online to identify them.
I have raised the light unit on some home made brackets was running it on the supplied brackets with one tube shaded now the lights higher I've removed the shade
I've also tied the wood to some stone was getting impatient waiting for it to sink next week hoping to get some more of the foreground filled in but still debating what to use ? just have to see how things progress from here
A few update pictures 1 week since the rearrangement






The waters still a little murky from planting in these pictures


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[Dan walton]

Water is clearing slowly


One if the stems I'm not sure of the name centre picture behind the wood


And the other stem in the back corner also missing its tag any recognise them please let me know



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[Dan walton]

A few of the plants used in this tank

And a few update pictures including some new additions today






Pressurised co2 back on this tank using a disposable co2 mig welding bottle and still dosing with liquid carbon 6ml per day reasonably happy with the plants in here now looking forward to them filling out

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[Dan walton]

visited Calder valley aquatics today ended up buying some more plants and had to take some pictures of one of there planted tanks of which there a few this one being my favourite
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[Andy Thurston]

Its good to see Dean at CVA getting better at growing plants, that tank was looking a little bit sorry for its self a couple of months back

 

[Dan walton]

Off there tomorrow they have a lot if new plants in might treat the 180 to something lose that reiki and thin hc from sides it's lifting near the spray bar left corner however think shortening light back has been effective the hc is bright green again very little algae in there now it does need a trim though !!!

 

[Dan walton]

Twenty days in and a pot of Ranunculus inundatus added today been dosing 6mm tnc carbon daily plus pressurised co2 via a diffuser under the spray bar waiting on a new powerhead should be here this week then I'll be adding a full length spray bar across the front of the tank with the co2 added via the powerhead this worked great on the 180 back when we first started playing with co2 last year sometimes the simpler things work best







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[Dan walton]

Finally a few pics of tanks at Calder valley been again today




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[Dan walton]

Been experimenting this evening bought a 800 litre a hour powerhead and fitted it with one of my home made spray bars then took the co2 diffuser and placed it under the intake the results are great I'm getting co2 evenly across the whole tank so much so I've dropped the light back down onto its original brackets see how it fairs the rest of the week if successful I will be taking off one of the external fluval filters as there problematic with leaks every time I touch them giving me only one fluval external to cause me grief
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