Murky Redux

[Courtneybst]

This is one of my favourite aspects of the tank at the moment. This crypt is basically growing like a epiphyte, half above the water line.
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Love that!

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

This is one of my favourite aspects of the tank at the moment.

I agree with @Courtneybst , this is just a fantastic tank. In fact it is so good <"I'm going to ignore that this thread"> exists and never mention it again. I was already suffering from <"Frogbit envy">, and now the <"toys are out of the pram"> again.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tim Harrison]

Very nice 😎

 

[Kezzab]

It is going well at the moment, moss and tripartita are mounting quite an aggressive take over of the whole tank just now. Going to let it go and see what happens.

 

[Myrtle]

Which moss is it (or what did they call it when you bought it lol)?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Which moss is it

The pale acrocarpous moss at the top is a terrestrial one, that I'm going to say @Kezzab sourced from the wild? It looks a bit like a Dicranum / <"Dicranoweisia spp."> or Campylopus introflexus. If it was Campylopus it would be <"distinctive when dry">. Unfortunately it is really just "pick a name" with mosses.

Lower down there looks to be a <"Leafy Liverwort"> (<"rounded "leaves">) and also a moss with leaves in two rows, something like <"Hydropogonella gymnostoma"> or <"Callicostella prabaktiana">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Kezzab]

@Myrtle im not sure what it is.
I have java moss, fissidens and 'mini Xmas moss' in the tank.

The moss on the emersed wood just appeared without my intervention. I have a suspicion it could be the emersed form of mini Xmas moss, as there was some stuck on below the water line. Or it could be something that was latent on the wood.

Anyway, @dw1305 is usually right!

k

 

[Myrtle]

I figured it would be a case of might be this or might be that! Thanks anyway!

 

[Kezzab]

I've had to do some fairly radical and extensive cutting back to create some space as the tank was almost entirely full of plants. It'll grow back in fairly fast.

The other thing I'm liking is this wee patch of rotala that just appeared of its own accord.

 

[Kezzab]

Back at a point of total overgrowth, little free space, quite a lot of emergent growth, bolbitis, crypts, rotala, buce, moss. Can't manage java fern.
Should really do something with it.

 

[Myrtle]

Looks perfect for the fish, though!

 

[Kezzab]

They can barely move!

 

[Myrtle]

Ah, but they feel safe lol

 

[Laoshan]

They might be growing legs!

 

[Kezzab]

That would be a feather in my cap, not heard of anyone actually achieving evolution.

 

[Kezzab]

Long time, no post. After 6 months neglect, no gas, barely a water change, I got back in the game last weekend. Hacked back, got the gas back on, let's see how we go.

 

[MichaelJ]

Great looking tank @Kezzab ! ... You still haven't removed that fork there in the front... just sayin' ... or is it now a permanent fixture?



Cheers,
Michael

 

[Kezzab]

It's an integral part of the scape, central to my vision.

 

[Onoma1]

Oh I share your approach...definitely a fellow traveller...

 

[Kezzab]

Starting to recover after the brutal trim. Have acquired some Blue Tetras and, unplanned via a friend, a load of guppies. I actually like the guppies a lot more than I expected.
I hate duckweed too.