Taiwan Bee not so nano

[Iain Sutherland]

This keeps plodding along, slowly filling in to how I want it but nothing happens quickly without co2.

Interestingly the mini Christmas moss has all gone to seed, which I haven't seen happen immersed before..




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[Dreadlockdog]

Moss looks really good

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[buttons]

Moss looks amazing.

Would you be will to sell some on you next trim please,?

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[dlambe]

Looks really good. Yup i'm running 2 non-co2 tanks and everything seems to take 10x longer than c02 injected but good for long term setups

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Moss looks really good

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Thanks I'm really pleased with it, so many mosses look scruffy low tech but not this one.

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[Iain Sutherland]

Moss looks amazing.

Would you be will to sell some on you next trim please,?

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Sure but you might be waiting a year, it's so slow in low energy. Aquarium gardens sell it from their high energy tanks and I think tropica will be selling in pots soon...

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[Iain Sutherland]

Looks really good. Yup i'm running 2 non-co2 tanks and everything seems to take 10x longer than c02 injected but good for long term setups

Sure does, think this will run for a good 3 or 4 years so no rush...

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[dlambe]

Sure does, think this will run for a good 3 or 4 years so no rush...

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Yup that's my thinking. 2 kids means less time, so longer term aquascapes for a while

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Still blown away by quite how good the nerites are a keeping it spotless.

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[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

They are ok when ok don't have a sand substrate, otherwise their poo shows up... and they sure know how to poo!

 

[Filip Krupa]

Very nice. Love it being on the worktop.

Fil

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
I <"like the Cladophora in this scape">. It never grows for me and I would really like some wood covered in it.

Still blown away by quite how good the nerites are a keeping it spotless

Are they showing shell attrition? I was thinking about having a harder water tank to keep some different snails in (Theodoxus fluviatilis etc).

cheers Darrel

 

[Iain Sutherland]

They are ok when ok don't have a sand substrate, otherwise their poo shows up... and they sure know how to poo!

They sure do poo but a good siphon cleans it all up

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[Iain Sutherland]

Very nice. Love it being on the worktop.

Fil

Hi all,
I <"like the Cladophora in this scape">. It never grows for me and I would really like some wood covered in it.Are they showing shell attrition? I was thinking about having a harder water tank to keep some different snails in (Theodoxus fluviatilis etc).

cheers Darrel

Hey Darrel, the clado does grow but not in a way I thought. It seems to grow really long almost hair algae like strands with little star shaped 'leaves along the length. I'll see if I can get a pic tomorrow, it's quite odd.

The nerites arrived pretty damaged from posting, a lot of horns broken and the 'crowns' looked chipped and showed a lot of white. This seems to have only got better though, I guess as most of the hardness from shrimp GH remineraliser is calcium?


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[Iain Sutherland]

Had a good clean and trim today, carpet was getting far too dense.
Before and after..


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[Iain Sutherland]

@Darrel
Growth on the clado, these pop up on all the clusters along with what is similar to but not hair algae...


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[dw1305]

Hi all,

these pop up on all the clusters along with what is similar to but not hair algae

That is interesting, pretty sure the stems are a Charophyte, a complex green algae that is a <"sister group to all the higher plants">.

You can't tell which genus without fruit, but a Nitella spp. would be my guess.

cheers Darrel

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Slowly filling in and buce's are flowering again. Saw my first mm sized shrimplets yesterday which is reassuring.

Thinking of adding some pintos, up side is I love how they look but the downside is it will mix the genes which may work to start with but 12-18 months from now may just mean ugly babies... neither strong bees or strong pintos? Hmmmm


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[CooKieS]

I don't like the cladophora but the buces and the mosses looks awesome, congrats about the shrimplets too.

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Little update on this one. Had some issues with diatoms again so increased ferts and dropped the water level a little and it seems to be passing. The surface film has being making me crazy, I was managing it daily with 30 mins of a surface skimmer but I hate them in the tank so wanted another solution. It seems that the increase surface movement and ferts has done the trick with the diatoms and surface film so will look into raising the filters as like the tank filled to the brim. Chicken and egg as to whether the film caused the diatoms or vice versa. Can be sure the film caused the bba on the wood though.. easily dosed with carbon at Wc mind.

Shrimp are in full spring breeding mode, tiny shrimplets everywhere which is great to see.


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