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Channelling my inner Filipe - Christmas Corys

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Sammy Islam said:
Quick update...

Things are going really well, i think the scape is nearly 10 months old! I'm finally getting close to the scape i had envisioned. I think i will be there in a month or so, really looking forward to it.

Since the last update I have properly sorted out the beach area, and have planted MC in the gravel, this time it's looking promising. I have also been daily dosing EI for a month or so after reading that recent thread that popped up and i think it has helped - i was strarting to struggle with the pinnatafida and now its growing really well.

I am still struggling with the S.repens, it is growing a little better but i always have problems with gsa or gda on the leaves, and sometimes its grows stunted and leggy. I have increased PO4 and CO2 but hasn't really helped so i'm going to put it down to being my new nemesis plant 🤣
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Will update in a month or so, fingers crossed the MC finally takes and i end up with a "secondary carpet" 🤣
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Looking really good 👍
 
Looks excellent mate, i always struggled with s repens and also monte carlo aswel but seems to be coming together really well looks super healthy.

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Looking really good 👍
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Thanks Tim 👍

Deano3 said:
Looks excellent mate, i always struggled with s repens and also monte carlo aswel but seems to be coming together really well looks super healthy.

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Cheers, I am determined to succeed in growing MC in my gravel edge. I think i've tried 6 times now, but this time seems to be growing! Fingers crossed 🤞
 
Looks great and can really see and feel the inspiration in the tank, great job :thumbup:
 
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Really plased with how the p.helferi is doing! This use to be my nemesis plant, but it has bounced back and looking crinkley 😀 now i have to figure out the s.repens, but I've tried most things already so a little stumped.
 
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Karmicnull said:
Fabulous tank - really inspiring and love the GBR too!
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Thanks! Love my GBR too, i was looking at my old post when i got him and it's crazy how much he's grown and coloured up.

I'm glad it's going well and i plan to keep the scape for a long time so will see how it does on a long term basis.
 
I've been looking through my old photos recently and can't believe how much everything has grown 🤯. It's kind of funny (in a weird way) looking back on the early photos, especially looking at the little trident ferns. They are probably 25x bigger now, i don't think i've ever trimmed them 😀. The H.pinnatifida has gone crazy, it's actually holding my hardscape together now 🤣. I kind of hate that you can't see much of the rocks anymore, something i hadn't considered. 🤔

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Looks amazing!

How do you keep Detritus and Mulm from accumulating under all that thick/bushy plant growth? Also, do you clean the rocks and wood frequently?


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Vijay_06 said:
Looks amazing!

How do you keep Detritus and Mulm from accumulating under all that thick/bushy plant growth? Also, do you clean the rocks and wood frequently?


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I rarely clean the rocks and wood anymore, mainly because i can barely see any rock. The wood is pretty flexible so i tend not to clean often, if i get bba on the wood luckily nearly all the wood can be exposed during a water change and i can drip some easy carbo om the effected areas.

On the detritus front i'm quite aggressive, i put my hands through the trident ferns to get any detritus in to the water column and try rip out old leaves from underneath. I wave my hands aggressively everywhere and try get the trapped crap out from the tight spaces. Then i do big water changes, probably 85% once a week.
 
Sammy Islam said:
I've been looking through my old photos recently and can't believe how much everything has grown 🤯. It's kind of funny (in a weird way) looking back on the early photos, especially looking at the little trident ferns. They are probably 25x bigger now, i don't think i've ever trimmed them 😀. The H.pinnatifida has gone crazy, it's actually holding my hardscape together now 🤣. I kind of hate that you can't see much of the rocks anymore, something i hadn't considered. 🤔

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I love the last photo, with the gladiatorial Ram prowling around his very own Collosseum.... 'Are you not entertained?' I hear him cry!
 
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Quick update.....

Thing are still going well, still trying to figure out the weird daily rotala colour change. I have increased FE and MG as they are more likely to be the reason than macros (i hope).

I have also decreased CO2 (wish me luck 🤣) as i have noticed my male ram has started hiding for the 1st half of the photoperiod, and my "red robin" gourami have looked sluggish and breathing really slowly.

Just trimmed and replanted half the rotala on sunday as i had been trimming for shape recently and got to the point where they needed to be trimmed short.
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I have been considering getting a group of small corys, i miss keeping them and would really love like 6 or 8 maybe julii?. But i've always talked myself out of it because i feel like the sand area isn't big enough, even though they swim about everywhere in general. What do you think? Yes or no? 🤔🤔🤔
 
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