Pictures of heavily planted tanks when first planted!

Hopefully I'll have something to post to this thread in a few months, if my baby plants make it!

 

This was a year ago when I first set up my tank, and then pictures each week over the last few weeks

01/10/15




02/09/16




05/09/16




09/09/16




18/09/16




I've become a bit obsessed with taking pictures to see how it's changed, it's so hard to tell otherwise when you see the tank every day.

By the way, I love that plant Riza1990. Is it a difficult plant?

Beautiful tanks everyone! I love heavily planted tanks I'm going to be taking weekly pictures of my 15 gallon betta tank as I develop it aswell

 

This was a year ago when I first set up my tank, and then pictures each week over the last few weeks

01/10/15

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02/09/16

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05/09/16

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09/09/16

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18/09/16

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I've become a bit obsessed with taking pictures to see how it's changed, it's so hard to tell otherwise when you see the tank every day.

By the way, I love that plant Riza1990. Is it a difficult plant?

Beautiful tanks everyone! I love heavily planted tanks I'm going to be taking weekly pictures of my 15 gallon betta tank as I develop it aswell

Great pictures, the tank looks great! I do weekly or biweekly pictures as well, just to keep track of changes or problems.

And from what I can tell it isn't too difficult. I just started doing injected co2 a little under a week ago and it was growing well before that (although I was dosing liquid carbon). I remember looking up basic requirements when I bought it but now I can't remember them at all!

 

Lovely tank!

I'll post a specific plant as well then, from those "packed in gel" ones that pet smart sells. This one was labeled Alternanthera reineckiI 'cardinalis'. It has come along quicker than I expected it to! Here's three weeks ago when I planted:

And here it is today:

Beautiful!!!
I actually got that plant too. It was one of my petsmart ones. (the pest free packs like you got) but mine aren't doing as well. That is some beautiful growth in just a few weeks! What kind of light do you use? And do you use Co2? I am thinking the lack of Co2 is why mine aren't flourishing as well. But if you aren't using co2, then the only other explanation is lighting. They aren't dying....but they aren't growing at all either...other than growing roots off the stems that are above the substrate. (which looks to me like they want to be propagated.) I guess that is considered growth...I suppose....

Every other plant in my tank has shown amazing growth over the last couple months. but not this one!! I'm jealous of how great yours looks! lol Thanks so much for sharing!!

I've become a bit obsessed with taking pictures to see how it's changed, it's so hard to tell otherwise when you see the tank every day.

I agree. It is always really fun to go back and see those before pics and see the growth you don't realize has even occurred! LOL Thanks for sharing yours. Its fun to see the progress!!

 

Thank you.

The big plant with the frog on it was a few inch big, pest free PetSmart plant.

 

Beautiful!!!
I actually got that plant too. It was one of my petsmart ones. (the pest free packs like you got) but mine aren't doing as well. That is some beautiful growth in just a few weeks! What kind of light do you use? And do you use Co2? I am thinking the lack of Co2 is why mine aren't flourishing as well. But if you aren't using co2, then the only other explanation is lighting. They aren't dying....but they aren't growing at all either...other than growing roots off the stems that are above the substrate. (which looks to me like they want to be propagated.) I guess that is considered growth...I suppose....

Every other plant in my tank has shown amazing growth over the last couple months. but not this one!! I'm jealous of how great yours looks! lol Thanks so much for sharing!!

Thank you! I actually just started using injected co2 almost a week ago, before that I dosed liquid carbon daily and I still saw great growth from it. I use a finnex ray 2 for lighting - it does seem to be a light loving plant from what I can tell!

 

Before: This was taken the day the tank was set up in April.
AFTER!!

A photo I just took now

 

The big plant with the frog on it was a few inch big, pest free PetSmart plant.

Awesome! What kind of plant is that?

Thank you! I actually just started using injected co2 almost a week ago, before that I dosed liquid carbon daily and I still saw great growth from it. I use a finnex ray 2 for lighting - it does seem to be a light loving plant from what I can tell!

My light probably isn't strong enough for them to thrive in unfortunately. At least they aren't dying. But I'd love to see some actual growth. I have 10000K full spectrum LEDs, but no idea what the PAR is. Clearly it isn't enough for this plant to flourish. What were you using for liquid carbon?

 

My light probably isn't strong enough for them to thrive in unfortunately. At least they aren't dying. But I'd love to see some actual growth. I have 10000K full spectrum LEDs, but no idea what the PAR is. Clearly it isn't enough for this plant to flourish. What were you using for liquid carbon?

API co2 booster. None of the fish stores near me sell Excel and I was too impatient to wait for shipping. Seemed to work well enough for the two months it took me to find a pressurized setup!

 

Awesome! What kind of plant is that?

It's a temple plant. It's Pretty big

 

It's a temple plant. It's Pretty big

Is it the temple compacta? That is the temple plant I got from petsmart. Its my favorite of all of them right now. That's the one(s) I posted yesterday (post #45) They would be to the surface by now had I not kept cutting them down to make more

 

I'm not sure if my tank can be classed as heavily planted but it's certainly looking fuller these days...

 

2 1/2 months later

 

2 1/2 months later

Amazing! Thanks for sharing I love that you're before and after has all the plants in the same spot so you can really see how they grew!!! Your tank looks stunning!

 

Is it the temple compacta? That is the temple plant I got from petsmart. Its my favorite of all of them right now. That's the one(s) I posted yesterday (post #45) They would be to the surface by now had I not kept cutting them down to make more

Ha I have not trimmed mine at all.
I didn't even think about it.
I have two and they are some of my favorites to

 

This was a year ago when I first set up my tank, and then pictures each week over the last few weeks

01/10/15

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02/09/16

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05/09/16

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09/09/16

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18/09/16

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I've become a bit obsessed with taking pictures to see how it's changed, it's so hard to tell otherwise when you see the tank every day.

By the way, I love that plant @. Is it a difficult plant?

Beautiful tanks everyone! I love heavily planted tanks I'm going to be taking weekly pictures of my 15 gallon betta tank as I develop it aswell

I love that police box hehe Your tank looks great!

Hopefully in a few months I can have a good pic contribution to this thread too, but right now my plants are still sort of in the before stage lol

 

By no means is my tank heavily planted I only have 2 live plants in it but it shows their growth over about a 4-5 month period
this is when I first got it was about 5 inches tall


this was taken about a week ago

 

I don't share my tanks often, but thought I would here. It's my 40 breeder
04/11/16

09/19/16

I will look for dates and edit them in

 

I don't share my tanks often, but thought I would here. It's my 40 breeder
04/11/16

09/19/16

I will look for dates and edit them in

Amazing!! You should share your tanks more often!! it's so cool to see that growth! Thanks!

 

Amazing!! You should share your tanks more often!! it's so cool to see that growth! Thanks!

You're welcome and thank you too maybe ill dig up some of my other tanks before I took them down (preparing to move) I love growth, ive said many times I can grow plants like crazy, just not so much on the scaping

 

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Hello , what are those plants and how long have they been growing? Do you have any more pictures???
Really nice :0

 

Hello , what are those plants and how long have they been growing? Do you have any more pictures???
Really nice :0

The front two are banana plants, an Anubis, Amazon sword, some sort of other sword and rotala magenta. Difference of 8 months. No other pics sorry :/

 

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Here's a before and after of my Staurogyne repens for some inspiration! I suppose I don't need to see full tank shots.... I just really want to see a baby plant (or plants) when it was a baby and what that baby plant looks like as an adult

What's that purple plant in the back ?

 

What's that purple plant in the back ?

Those are fake, unfortunately!

They are the national geographic brand. I like their silk plants. They last much longer than most silk plants.

 

Those are fake, unfortunately!

They are the national geographic brand. I like their silk plants. They last much longer than most silk plants.

, I hate fake plants but I'd love that color inside my tank!

 

Good day I loving the pix wanted to ask for your tanks are you adding plant supplements and do you use a CO2 defuser wanting to know as I am looking to make my small 15L tank into a planted shrimp tank and want to add plants to my other two tanks as well

 

Are you asking anyone in particular?

I use CO2, no ferts (as of time of the picture), basic high light.

 

Are you asking anyone in particular?

I use CO2, no ferts (as of time of the picture), basic high light.

I was just asking in general. Also wanted to know how the CO2 effects the oxygen content in a tank for my fish

 

I don't share my tanks often, but thought I would here. It's my 40 breeder
04/11/16

09/19/16

I will look for dates and edit them in

Can I hop in that tank? Let me be your fish! that looks like heaven

 

I was just asking in general. Also wanted to know how the CO2 effects the oxygen content in a tank for my fish

I think you should start a separate thread for this.

 

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And now

Gorgeous! How much time between the two photos?

 

Gorgeous! How much time between the two photos?

Thanks. I'd say about 3 months.

 

Thanks. I'd say about 3 months.

Wow, so much growth in hardly any time at all! Thanks for sharing

 

August 6th:


September 17



Not a huge amount of time in between but you can still see growth! That water sprite has paid for itself a thousand times over already in all its propagation and the dwarf sag is filling in!

 

August 6th:


September 17



Not a huge amount of time in between but you can still see growth! That water sprite has paid for itself a thousand times over already in all its propagation and the dwarf sag is filling in!

Wow awesome growth

 

I have these photos but don't think much growth has taken place. *Sigh* been 2 months now.




And sorry for the bad quality of this one. I took it with my laptop so the reflections are of my screen. There is not another tank

 

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And now

Awesome

 

Can I hop in that tank? Let me be your fish! that looks like heaven

Lol, only if you stay where I can see you

 

Lol, only if you stay where I can see you

Sweet! I will def be in angel... Have you ever hand fed your angel before? It's so fun to watch there lips attach to your skin haha!

 

Sweet! I will def be in angel... Have you ever hand fed your angel before? It's so fun to watch there lips attach to your skin haha!

Nope that would be a new one for me, I've never had an angel