Tom's Poco Pozo

[BigTom]

Love that Tom. Actually looks like you've flooded the room in the first one.

Came close yesterday, haha.

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Came close yesterday, haha.

Can't find fault with that 😛

 

[Michael W]

Now this is the nature aquarium!

 

[Edvet]

I love sunlight in tanks, it's not always easy , but i love it.

 

[DrRob]

Actually looks like you've flooded the room in the first one.
Epic.

Don't give him ideas!

Lovely tank. Can't wait to see it evolving.

 

[BigTom]

So yesterday I thought I'd decided on what to use as a main shoal/dither fish (P. simulans) only to pop along to my LFS and once again find they only had 5 left. So they're on trial now (I may still switch to a second pencilfish species).

Spot the 'shoal' 😉

 

[Edvet]

Go go tucano :Tucanoichthys tucano!!

 

[BigTom]

Go go tucano :Tucanoichthys tucano!!

Ooo, new one on me. Very nice. Wrong biotope though, although I admit I'm not being terribly precious about that.

 

[BigTom]

And another sunlit FTS now the rest of the Ludwigia are in.

That's probably your lot until I get some lights installed.

 

[aliclarke86]

How does a new setup feel after all this time?

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[dw1305]

Hi all,
Ludwigia sedioides looks to be growing well.

I'll be interested to see what happens with your Fatsia japonica leaf (front left). There is a bush at the university (just outside the lab. in fact) and the dead leaves stay intact for years, but I've always been a bit worried about whether they are toxic, supposedly it is pet safe, but some Araliaceae (Hedera) are poisonous.

cheers Darrel

 

[DrRob]

Ohhh, I have a bush of that in my garden as well. Could make for a good leaf litter option.

 

[BigTom]

How does a new setup feel after all this time?

Really enjoying setting this up - it's been a massively protracted process to actually get my hands on the tank since originally being offered it last year (due to my own uncertainties about movements followed by two house moves), so I've had it on the mind for a while!

Hi all,
Ludwigia sedioides looks to be growing well.

I'll be interested to see what happens with your Fatsia japonica leaf (front left). There is a bush at the university (just outside the lab. in fact) and the dead leaves stay intact for years, but I've always been a bit worried about whether they are toxic, supposedly it is pet safe, but some Araliaceae (Hedera) are poisonous.

cheers Darrel

Yeah so far so good on the sediodes... shooting up a couple of cm a day and no noticeable melt. I'll let the stems re-establish their floating whorls then think about trimming some and offering them on here.

I had a quick look online and found the Fatsia listed as safe for terrariums and other pets so took a punt on it. I'll let you know how it lasts. Was hoping to use some Cordyline leaves as well but apparently they contain saponins which are pretty water soluble and fish toxic so wimped out on that one.

 

[Edvet]

Dibs on that Ludwigia if you come to the Netherlands again, not sure it would survive the Royal Mail...........

 

[BigTom]

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[Edvet]

Make sure it doesnt land in the "Ooostvaarders Plassen", could give some heavy duty fauna polution............😉

 

[BigTom]

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[Edvet]

Well if you have a spare at that time we should have a talk

 

[BigTom]

Small update for some new livestock.

Added 4 Farlowella. I think there are 3 vittata and one 'other'. Possibly platorynchus but struggling to get an ID because mostly they spend all day in the wood pile and only really come out at night. Nice when you do spot one though 🙂



In other news, the L. sediodes is not looking too hot. It got really straggly growing for the surface and then struggled to form pads in areas with any flow at all. However a few of the stems in low flow areas now look to be recovering, so fingers crossed. I think it would have been better just to let the pads float rather than planting the stems.

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Awesome. Lovely fish Tom and a perfect set up for them.