kallililly1973
Here is a quick videos of my 7 tanks hope everyone enjoys ( sorry for the tv noise still learning how to do the youtube thing mattgirl A201 DoubleDutch coralbandit !!!
Sounds like it’s time for a planted tank buildAbsolutely awesome! I wish I could have a tank with plants . Both of my current tanks have critters in them that would devour the plants (turtles and fiddler crabs).
Sounds like it’s time for a planted tank build
Thanks so muchI don't know how I managed to miss this thread. Great videos of some awesome tanks.
Thanks!!Very cool. I love the live plants.
Added a small piece of driftwood to the puffers 8.8 and really tannin’ed up the water hard to tell in the pic but still very nice... also added a larger size piece to my 55 wasn’t easy finagling it through the plants so it’s kind of sittin in a random spot till I do a big trimming and I also have another good size piece to add to the 55 after a big trim job
Here are some of my green and pepper Cory fry scurrying around for shrimp pellets
Yup my peppers don’t lay many eggs anymore so as soon as I see them I scoop em right up n into the fry tank ... the greens r naughty n there r alwayssss eggsOh my goodness. So cute! Peppered corys are my favorite.
Hahahahaha I had to find something to fit the description in my postHahha that soundtrack! I thought I was watching
“CSI: Aquarium”
Sorry they are all pretty well established so the roots hold down pretty well. The cory cats keep everything stirred up for the most part and a lot of filtration helps. when I first started planting mine would always float up too but I found a video on youtube where someone was using water bottle caps to hold their plants down. Cut an X in the cap push your pinkie through it and flip the cap upside down then put about an inch or so of the stem through it and bury the cap. It has worked very well for me I can literally stir all around most plants and everything stays in place. The fish are the ones that make my plants float every now n thenI don’t get it. Your tanks are heavily planted and your sand is clean. How do you do it without disrupting all those plants? Even with a baster I’m replanting after every WC!
LOL! So you cheat!!! Actually that’s a great idea. I just bought a bunch of teeny tiny terra cotta pots, only 2 inches tall, essentially the same idea, but I like yours better. I’m afraid that even as small as they are, they’ll be peaking up through the sand. Your way is less obtrusive and you can get plants closer together giving it that nice jungle look. I was thinking about 3” of sand - do you think that’s too much or should I stick with 2”?Sorry they are all pretty well established so the roots hold down pretty well. The cory cats keep everything stirred up for the most part and a lot of filtration helps. when I first started planting mine would always float up too but I found a video on youtube where someone was using water bottle caps to hold their plants down. Cut an X in the cap push your pinkie through it and flip the cap upside down then put about an inch or so of the stem through it and bury the cap. It has worked very well for me I can literally stir all around most plants and everything stays in place. The fish are the ones that make my plants float every now n then
hahahaha thanks!!! the nice part about sand is you can start with a set depth like 2" as your saying and if you want to add a little more you can take the water bottle you took the cap off and funnel the sand into the bottle and hold your finger over it and dip it upside down in your tank and you will b able to regulate the sand you want to drop in with virtually no cloudiness.LOL! So you cheat!!! Actually that’s a great idea. I just bought a bunch of teeny tiny terra cotta pots, only 2 inches tall, essentially the same idea, but I like yours better. I’m afraid that even as small as they are, they’ll be peaking up through the sand. Your way is less obtrusive and you can get plants closer together giving it that nice jungle look. I was thinking about 3” of sand - do you think that’s too much or should I stick with 2”?
WOW! That’s awesome! I love this site. I have learned so much from you, it’s just amazing. All the little tips I get from you are like little nuggets of gold dropping from the sky. You really make it so easy!hahahaha thanks!!! the nice part about sand is you can start with a set depth like 2" as your saying and if you want to add a little more you can take the water bottle you took the cap off and funnel the sand into the bottle and hold your finger over it and dip it upside down in your tank and you will b able to regulate the sand you want to drop in with virtually no cloudiness.
Glad I could help.. those are the videos I found when I was gettin frustrated about plants floating up and they worked for me. I have an entire baggie full of X cut bottle caps for when I propagate my plants and want them to stay down. Just be sure to make the X big enough with your finger so it doesn't strangle the stem and they should root eventually. It doesn't work every time ( sometimes the stem breaks or melts ) but it definitely works more often than not.WOW! That’s awesome! I love this site. I have learned so much from you, it’s just amazing. All the little tips I get from you are like little nuggets of gold dropping from the sky. You really make it so easy!![]()
Love your tanks. Thank you my plants are already on order just waiting for them to come i. Thank you again.Here is a quick videos of my 7 tanks hope everyone enjoys ( sorry for the tv noise still learning how to do the youtube thing mattgirl A201 DoubleDutch coralbandit !!!
Thanks!! I have a video i'm gonna upload after of my pea puffer "making friends" with his ramshorn snailsI didn't realize you had all of these videos on here! LOL Nice.
You definitely have some big Ramshorns in that one tank!Thanks!! I have a video i'm gonna upload after of my pea puffer "making friends" with his ramshorn snails
Those blue leopard ones someone had last week look interesting enough to want some!I try to keep a population going in all my tanks they are some of the best cleaners around only second to nerites IMO. Yes the 55 has some pretty large ones.
Blue leopard ones? Oh I need to do a search. Keep thinking I should try a few. I’m just worried my loaches and barbs will harass and eat them. But I guess that might work to keep the population down?All i've got are the brownish ones. it started from a single snail in a ball of java moss close to 3 years ago.
Look at threads like what kind of snail is this?Blue leopard ones? Oh I need to do a search. Keep thinking I should try a few. I’m just worried my loaches and barbs will harass and eat them. But I guess that might work to keep the population down?
Loving your tanks!! I noticed that you have some plants planted directly in the sand. Do you use root tabs, or do you have soil (dirt, as in the Walstad method) under the sand? Your fishes and your plants are beautiful! I wish I could have 7 tanks, lol!!Here are some of my green and pepper Cory fry scurrying around racing the ramshorn for shrimp pellets
All my tanks have pool filter sand except for my 29 tiger barb tank has organic soil capped with PFS. That tank started off outside last summer with a few ramshorns and guppies as an experiment and honestly has become my favorite tank since moving it inside ( don't tell my other tanks )...Thanks for the compliments! Glad u enjoyed them!!Loving your tanks!! I noticed that you have some plants planted directly in the sand. Do you use root tabs, or do you have soil (dirt, as in the Walstad method) under the sand? Your fishes and your plants are beautiful! I wish I could have 7 tanks, lol!!
You're very welcome, they are all beautiful indeed!All my tanks have pool filter sand except for my 29 tiger barb tank has organic soil capped with PFS. That tank started off outside last summer with a few ramshorns and guppies as an experiment and honestly has become my favorite tank since moving it inside ( don't tell my other tanks )...Thanks for the compliments! Glad u enjoyed them!!
oppps sorry forgot to answer that question. The tanks with PFS I add Flourish root tabs and I also use Nilog Thrive. That cobination has worked very well for me. The flourish your using only has trace nutrients where as an all in one fert will benefit your plants a lot more. I started off the same way with flourish and flourish excel and they did ok but since changing to Thrive everything has grown amazing. and to be honest I haven't dosed anything in the past month or 2 aside from pushing a root tab in the sand tanks.You're very welcome, they are all beautiful indeed!
So, for the tanks that don't have organic soil, do you still use some kind of fertilizer? I use Flourish on my tank, but since I have sand on the bottom, I didn't think it was possible to have plants directly on the sand (I have Anubias, Java Fern, Java Moss and Bolbitis on rocks and driftwood).
Thank you.My substrate is sand plasting sand and for the plants I just use flourish that is all.Loving your tanks!! I noticed that you have some plants planted directly in the sand. Do you use root tabs, or do you have soil (dirt, as in the Walstad method) under the sand? Your fishes and your plants are beautiful! I wish I could have 7 tanks, lol!!