A Tale of Two Roma's

[Hufsa]

I spy some interesting stems in the FTS
Im sure the disruption in routine is nothing a little TLC wont fix, and I hope you are well 😊
Looking forward to the full update

 

[John q]

The tanks are still here.

Any ideas why the rotala mac is looking like shite.

 

[John q]

Update coming soon, 😆

10 pts if you can I'd this algae...

 

[bazz]

Well, it looks like some form of Audouinella to me, but it's obviously not that easy!

 

[John q]

My Lords, ladies, fluid neutral and Mx on the sidelines... Allow me to present my aquarium update 😉
For health reasons @LondonDragon I've re sized all the photos.
Let's start with crudy fts.

How do I begin. Mmm, lost a few fish in the last couple of months, Most of them have been with me from the start of these tanks (3yrs) which is comforting, but let's be honest, they died young.

Anways, onwards and upwards. Ferts..
Currently dosing at water change front loading (120L), targeting incoming water at.
No3: 12.91ppm
Po4: 1.82
K: 6.33
Mg: 5
Ca: 12
Added in 6x doses, total weekly dose.
Fe: 0.082 from solufeed
Fe: 0.06 from Dtpa
Mn: 0.068
N: 0.35 from urea.

Anybody got a full house?

No two plants are the same, here we have 2 Ludwigia cuttings from the same mother plant, planted inches apart, and look totally different.
Together:

Independently:

Rotala Mac!!! Jeeze, if plants had periods.

Sulking old growth on the right, new couldn't care less growth on the left.

Are you ready for some 📸

Whoo, a bubble.

Dicrossus filamentosus anyone.

Reflections.

Intermission; whats the ph of these tanks, erm..
One with mainly stems:

Tother overgrown one;

Aponogeton undulatus having babies.

Snails and fish.

Fish without Snails.

Plants, oh go on.

More fish...
Araguia have spawned 4 times, unfortunately the fry don't last that long.

Mum and dad.

Some other random fish pics.

Have a good week peeps 😊

 

[John q]

Lovely trip out today to Aqualife in Leyland and managed to get a couple of female Dicrossus filamentosus to accompany my assumed pair of said fish which turned out to be two boys.
Judging by the colour change from the dominant male I think we have some ladies in the house.
Dominant male.

introduce a couple of, erm under nourished females.

Who's da boss.

 

[John q]

Quiz time... what's in the bag?

2nd question, and bonus points for identifying the deficiency.
Starts with this.

And ends up with this.

 

[John q]

No takers on the quiz... shucks... I'm disappointed.
First answer Black otocinclus.. insert sp I'd here Otocinclus Sp.

Second answer is fluctuating Co2, suprised nobody said that, 😆

So update for ya all in pictures.
Fts.

I've been reducing iron dosing week by week and got down to 0.12 fe per week, my frogbit says enough is enough, so going back to 0.14ppm weekly.

Photo dump.
Araguaiae.

Amano.

Myriophyllum sp.

Random shots.

Cryptocoryne punching through.

And finally Dicrossus filamentosus saying Boo.

Have a good week peeps 😊 ill leave you with a joke 🙂

 

[John q]

Nothing to report other than snails.
Snail needing a hair cut.

And another.

And snail with egg remnants on it.

Snail cleaning the tank.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Snail needing a hair cut.

I like a "punk snail", it just shows how effective they are at cleaning the surfaces that <"they can get to">. We have a thread <"Invasion of algae on algae eaters">.

cheers Darrel

 

[John q]

I like a "punk snail", it just shows how effective they are at cleaning the surfaces

We now have one with a full blown mohican.

Also a snail cleaning a dc, is that classed as a Juxtaposition?

 

[John q]

Hope everybody's plants are thriving, mine are good, even though I've lapsed on the water change routine, why have I lapsed on water changes I hear you ask........

Erm..... I have a 9 Yr old, 😆

 

[John q]

Excuse the crudy photos, just posting them to reference the tanks are still here.

Totally overgrown tank not been trimmed or wc done for three weeks, less overgrown tank went two weeks without a trim or wc.

Tank B prior to trim last week.

Now trimmed.

Got some stunting and general plant health seemed to suffer.

Tank A as it looks now.

Seems relatively un affected by its lazy keepers mantainance routine.

Frogbit certainly isn't complaining about the conditions in this tank.

Fish seem healthy enough in both tanks, but tomorrow I'll stop procrastinating and do some much needed maintenance and water changes.

 

[John q]

Will try and do a proper update on the tanks at some point but for now may I present the 800mm long Ludwigia 😀

Front view of the plant in question enjoying life on the surface.

Top view breaking the surface.

And finally removed from the tank for pic.

 

[NickHere]

Excuse the crudy photos, just posting them to reference the tanks are still here.

Totally overgrown tank not been trimmed or wc done for three weeks, less overgrown tank went two weeks without a trim or wc.

Tank B prior to trim last week.


Now trimmed.
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Love the tanks. What are the long "grassy" varieties you have in there, and the name of that crypt near the right if you know it. Cheers!

 

[John q]

What are the long "grassy" varieties you have in there, and the name of that crypt near the right if you know it. Cheers!

Thanks 👍
Pretty sure the crypt is wendtii bronze, and the grassy looking plant that grows up and along the surface is vallisneria spiralis tiger.

 

[NickHere]

Thanks 👍
Pretty sure the crypt is wendtii bronze, and the grassy looking plant that grows up and along the surface is vallisneria spiralis tiger.

Cheers, think I could do with some grassy looking plants to get some height covered in my tank. Now off to see if I can find some

 

[John q]

I'm forever blowing...

 

[John q]

Full day of sleeves in the tank tomorrow, so I'm kind of excited. Here's where we are at currently and extra pics for.... the sake of it.

 

[Laoshan]

Great pictures as usual! Loving the shades of green. Healthy aquarium vibes all over 👍