I realised I haven’t posted a plant list for my new tank.
Floaters
Limnobium laevigatum
Phyllanthus fluitans (likely all dead from delay in planting in heat wave)
Back
Cryptocoryne crispatula tropica 1-2 (all melted - hopefully the roots are still good)
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne usteriana
Ceratopteris siliquosa
Hottonia palustris
Rotala orange juice
Rotala green
Rotala rotundifolia
Helanthium Vesuvius
Hydrocortisone leucocephala
Mid-back
Nymphaea lotus
Ranunculus inundatus (doubtful to survive delay planting in heat wave)
Juncus repens
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Cryptocoryne wendtii green and brown
Front
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Cryptocoryne parva
Sagittaria subulata
Glossostrigma elantinoides
Epiphytes
Bolbitus heudelotii
Bolbitus heteroclita difformis
Microsorum pteropus “trident”
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Bucephalandra pygmaea “wavy green”
Bucephalandra “theia green”
Bucephalandra “biblis”
Bucephalandra “Kedagang”
Bucephalandra “red”
Bucephalandra Sintang
Anubias barteri “petite”
Anubias nana bonsai
Anubias nana coin
Various other Anubias likely coin, petite or bonsai but names lost in time (from old tank)
Mosses
Java moss from old tank
Small sections of creeping moss and distichophyllum
Fissidens splanchnobryoides (on right side of tank)
Fissidens miroshaki
Fissidens fontanus
Floaters
Limnobium laevigatum
Phyllanthus fluitans (likely all dead from delay in planting in heat wave)
I had a few issues with equipment in the tank. My surface skimmer filter inlet glassware was not working. I was either permanently submersed and therefore could suck down anything that would fit in the tube, or if I could get it to float for a few minutes it would suck lots of air into the filter.
Today my new inlet pipe arrived and so far so good. I took the opportunity to sort out the CO2 a bit. With a bubble rate of around 2/s I got no change in pH throughout the time it was on. If I increased the bubble rate then having the diffuser on the filter inlet meant my filter kept “burping”. I switched it over to the outlet today while I was fiddling around with the filter hoses anyway. First time I put it in the wrong way up 🙄, but eventually I got it working and I turned up my bubble rate - now 4-5/s. I got a pH drop of about 0.4in the first hour and a change in the drop checker to lime green, but no change in pH since then. I’ve got a nice fine mist of CO2 around the tank, but I may need to increase the rate a bit further, especially as there are no fish in the tank right now.
My low tech tank is looking good. No trace of algae and nice growth on the plants. Sadly one of my otos has become very skinny though. I’m assuming internal parasites.
I generally like an overgrown looking tank but it probably does need a bit of a trim.
Floaters
Limnobium laevigatum
Phyllanthus fluitans (likely all dead from delay in planting in heat wave)
Back
Cryptocoryne crispatula tropica 1-2 (all melted - hopefully the roots are still good)
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne usteriana
Ceratopteris siliquosa
Hottonia palustris
Rotala orange juice
Rotala green
Rotala rotundifolia
Helanthium Vesuvius
Hydrocortisone leucocephala
Mid-back
Nymphaea lotus
Ranunculus inundatus (doubtful to survive delay planting in heat wave)
Juncus repens
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Cryptocoryne wendtii green and brown
Front
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Cryptocoryne parva
Sagittaria subulata
Glossostrigma elantinoides
Epiphytes
Bolbitus heudelotii
Bolbitus heteroclita difformis
Microsorum pteropus “trident”
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Bucephalandra pygmaea “wavy green”
Bucephalandra “theia green”
Bucephalandra “biblis”
Bucephalandra “Kedagang”
Bucephalandra “red”
Bucephalandra Sintang
Anubias barteri “petite”
Anubias nana bonsai
Anubias nana coin
Various other Anubias likely coin, petite or bonsai but names lost in time (from old tank)
Mosses
Java moss from old tank
Small sections of creeping moss and distichophyllum
Fissidens splanchnobryoides (on right side of tank)
Fissidens miroshaki
Fissidens fontanus
Floaters
Limnobium laevigatum
Phyllanthus fluitans (likely all dead from delay in planting in heat wave)
I had a few issues with equipment in the tank. My surface skimmer filter inlet glassware was not working. I was either permanently submersed and therefore could suck down anything that would fit in the tube, or if I could get it to float for a few minutes it would suck lots of air into the filter.
My low tech tank is looking good. No trace of algae and nice growth on the plants. Sadly one of my otos has become very skinny though. I’m assuming internal parasites.
I generally like an overgrown looking tank but it probably does need a bit of a trim.