George's TMC Signature

[George Farmer]

Hi all,

Quick update. I've added three new plants to the background - Cyperus helferi, Rotala sp. "Green" and Lindernia roundifolia. I actually left the Rotala and Lindernia in their pots!


new Tropica background plants by George Farmer, on Flickr


water change new plants by George Farmer, on Flickr

And some new fish - Bororas maculatus donated by Dan Crawford.


new fish by George Farmer, on Flickr

I'll try to get some more pics up soon. 🙂

 

[George Farmer]

Quick phone video showing new background plants through left side.

 

[MARKCOUSINS]

Tank is looking in good nick indeed!Feed the Bororas some live baby brine shrimp they will turn bright red in no time.I have tried other foods/live foods with my shoal of around 40 but nothing compares to live baby brine shrimp they love them and they glow afterwards!Cheers mark

 

[Ian Holdich]

Love helferi, creates a great effect in the water. I think you've nailed it with the plant choice here mate!

 

[Dave Pierce]

Lovely plants George, there really going to help finish it off. Looking forward to the pictures, always so good!

 

[George Farmer]

Here you can see the Ludwigia is staying a nice red.


front left 2 by George Farmer, on Flickr


centre2 by George Farmer, on Flickr

I think the stems have really added depth to the layout now. I'm really pleased with the look so far.

 

[faizal]

George, have you taken any PAR readings in this tank yet? If so what are the PAR ranges at the substrate level please?

 

[George Farmer]

George, have you taken any PAR readings in this tank yet? If so what are the PAR ranges at the substrate level please?

Hi,

Yes, the PAR ranges from 30 to 100 in the corners depending on how high the lights are. Recently I've moved the lights closer to see how the stems react. It's probably 60-70 at the substrate now.

 

[George Farmer]

Hi all,

I thought I'd share this shot of the CO2 mist coming from Up Aqua inline diffuser. 1 bubble per second with Fluval bubble counter.


CO2 mist by George Farmer, on Flickr

And a shrimp...


rcs 22 by George Farmer, on Flickr

 

[pepedopolous]

Lovely photos! So, have you decided against having the diffuser on the inlet side of the filter?

I'm quite happy with this system but I think I could possibly add more CO2 if it weren't for the filter (JBL e701GL) 'burping' every now and then.

I think it's great that you're specifying the type of bubble counter. Either I have a leak, or my bubble counter (UP Aqua) makes considerably smaller bubbles than yours!

Cheers,

P

 

[charlie]

Love the shrimp pic.

 

[jon32]

Still watching with interest 🙂 Moss is going great in that shot above. Great work, tank looks very natural looking.

 

[George Farmer]

Lovely photos! So, have you decided against having the diffuser on the inlet side of the filter.

Thanks 🙂

Yes, CO2 is on outlet for now. The bubbles are barely visible usually. In the photo I've used a concentrated light source directly over the lily pipe which highlights the bubbles.

 

[George Farmer]

Another couple of shrimp photos.


rcs 23 by George Farmer, on Flickr


rcs 21 by George Farmer, on Flickr

 

[CMG]

Very nice macros 🙂

 

[plantnoob]

fantastic tank!

 

[Ady34]

centre2 by George Farmer, on Flickr

Hi George,
new stems look great, but wow, that moss is looking so natural .
Sorry for spamming your journal, but its growth very much reminded me of this moss stump i photographed whilst away on holiday. Not a great photo by any stretch of the imagination, but thought id post it to illustrate how natural your yoghurt blended painted on moss looks compared to mother nature herself:



Cheerio,
Ady.

EDIT: Sorry for the massive photo

 

[NanoJames]

Wow, lovely tank! I really like those micro rasboras, I wish I could get them in my area. I also really like the carpet of Eleocharis sp. Mini it has spread very nicely!🙂

 

[viktorlantos]

Cheers George,
The mosses on the woods looks insane 🙂 Something i have to try it for sure.
Coming along nicely 🙂

 

[hydrophyte]

Really great pictures George!