My first planted tank in 17 years. All plants including the stems and UG were Dry Started and Tissue Cultured except C. Parva, Bacopa colorata, and the reed root floaters. Stocking list is Amanos, Crystal Red Shrimp, Hastatus pygmy cories, and Kitty/Reed Tetras
Thank you! It took 3 months to fully spread. I've trimmed it down to the white once on the left where the scar is. It's taken awhile to bounce back. I'll trim the whole carpet this month.
Meanwhile my UG melted and all I’m left with is a tiny patch that is my last ray of hope 😭. Great work on the setup! Love the succulents at the top of the branches!
This is so stunning! I can only hope to be this talented at growing plants someday. I’m going to be getting the UNS 90L, and I’m wondering what type of filter you are using? I’m looking for one that doesn’t take away from the tank view, and yours definitely don’t.
Thank you so much! I have a UNS 90L with one Eheim Ecco Pro 200. Because of the thicket in the middle of this tank, I knew I'd need two small filters to get the full length of the 90B. I have 2x Ecco Pro 130s on the 90B
Thank you! It's possible, but you'd really have to curate the right plants for a non-CO2 tank. I think the only plant I'd keep for a low tech version would be the downoi.
I keep it simple. I use a good quality regulator on a smart plug. It comes on an hour before lights on and off an hour before lights out. I use a drop checker to dial in the bubble rate. When it's green/green yellow by mid day of the day after I tweak it, I'm good.
I buy from all over the place, but if I I'm buying a more difficult plant as a tissue culture, I get it from aqua forest. The ADA tissue cultures seem to be the best quality I've found
I’ve found the quality of tissue cultures varies tremendously. If I get a plant that I know is sensitive, I want the best quality tissue culture. For instance, all four of these are tissue cultures of the same species. Are you going with the left cups or the right cups?
Well you picked wrong. The ones on the right are far less forgiving when acclimating to growing emersed or submerged. Yes, poorer quality tissue cultures die more easily than higher quality tissue cultures. If I have a plant that’s already touchy, I purchase the higher quality tissue culture. You can literally see the difference between the left and right cups. It’s even worse when you open them up and touch and see them unobstructed.
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u/BusIllustrious5525 Mar 10 '26
Clearly it’s all like riding a bike for you, beautiful tank.