Re: Tonsers 420L "Triassic Hollow" @ 1week
George Farmer said:
I suspect your Myriophyllum aquaticum was supplied in its already submerged form (I may be wrong). If this is the case then it will have a lot harder time adapting to your water, which may explain it 'melting'. Plants grown emerged i.e. around 90% of the species available in the hobby, adapt much easier. M. aquaticum is also an invasive species in the UK so please be careful when/if disposing of it.
Thanks for that George, it all rotted at its lower levels, but the new adapted growth was good, so I've removed it all and replanted the new growth in its place. I must commend
http://www.plantedtanks.co.uk as they have a warning regarding the M. aquaticum on their website: "DO NOT DISCARD INTO WATERWAYS. This plant is a noxious weed where it has been introduced."
john starkey said:
Quality Tony,plants growth is looking very good,it will interesting to see how tall the hydrocotyle actually grows,great photo,s too,my wife loved the the family shot
Thanks John. I'm going to keep the hydrocotyle low within the hollow, but am hoping it grows quite tall on the left hand side so it forms a nice front to back transition - careful pruning required I think
rawr said:
One thing that I did notice was the substrate level and how it's slightly uneven at the front. I think any aquascape looks much better when the substrate level is even at the front, preferably quite low.
Thanks Thomas
I agree with you on the straight front edge principal in most cases, but in this tank it is set into the wall, with an oak frame on the front of it ( see pic in first post ) so the frame gives you the neat straight lower edge.
flygja said:
Love the scape and love the attention to detail in the "gubbins"!
Thanks flygja
So we have reached Day 12 and theres going to be some trimming done
The glosso is doing really well, and is 3 inches tall in places so I'm going to take the shears across it today - same for the hydrocotyle. Planting this stuff stem by stem too a long time, but its definitely worth the effort
The Myriophyllum Matogrossense has hit the surface now, so that will be trimmed back too, and I'll start replanting the shoots to the left of it behind the main hollow. As mentioned above the Myriophyllum Aquaticum struggled to adapt at first, but the new growth is good and its playing catch up to its cousin
The Ceratopteris Siliquosa has adapted very well too, creating lots of new plantlets. I think Graeme may well be right and this may just get too big and may break up the look of 'the hollow' too much. I'll try to keep on top of it and control its size.
The Echinodorus Vesuvius is also growing at a hell of a rate, with many new plantlets appearing, some as far as 20cm away from the main plant. I'm going to keep it in there for now but am undecided as to whether it'll remain long term. The Tonina is adapting, but more slowly than the rest - it is at risk of being swallowed up by the fast growers so I may move it forward a bit.
And the full tank at 10 days (ignore the Hygrophila Difformis in the back right corner, its been there as a fast growing absorber and will be coming out today). I think the colours of the plants in the centre are all too similar and they all merge into one mass of almost the same green - I'm going to have a look at that today and see if I can define things a bit better. I'm realising now how many fast growers I've got in there, and the trimming regime is going to have to be pretty strict to keep things in shape
Today is "First Trim" day - pics later on
and the Day 1 pic for comparison - aren't plants amazing
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