Stanley Planted Tank

Photo taken on 30 Dec 2010

2011-01-04T09:51:00.004+08:00

A complete clean up, only left two amano shrimp. The Crypt Wendtii Green seems to be growing healthly with little light. I plan to convert this to a shrimp tank.

Photo taken on 11 Aug 2010

2011-01-04T09:50:00.003+08:00

The moss is taking over half the tank.

2009-02-25T23:26:00.006+08:00

I added the following new plants into the tank :

Marsilea quadrifolia (4-Leaf clover)

Bolbitis heudelotti (African Water Fern)

Microsorum pteropus (Java Fern)

Crypt Wendtii Green

Happy New Year 2009

2009-01-24T14:57:00.001+08:00

Wow, it a year since I last posted on my planted tank blog. That is because I have not been keeping up much with the tank besides taking out old leaves and somtetimes topping up the water in the tank.

2008-01-01T02:21:00.000+08:00

Happy 2008 New Year. This is the latest picture of my tank. Added the japonica at the front of the tank.

2008-01-01T02:12:00.000+08:00

Some updated pictures of my tank.

2007-07-04T20:49:00.000+08:00

Added more plants into the tank, moss on the driftwood and at least 100 fishes inside this tank.

Latest photo of my tank

2007-06-10T15:49:00.000+08:00

I removed most of the nana from the tank and still deciding on what to plant next. Also installed a Eheim 2080 filter to enchance the waterflow.

2006-12-29T23:29:00.000+08:00

Updated picture of my tank.

2006-05-14T23:39:00.000+08:00

Removed the moss to show some driftwood and added 5 mini puffers to clean up the snails, move the crypt to the back of the tank

2006-05-06T23:05:00.000+08:00

Added blaxa japonica to the front of the tank

2006-02-19T13:46:00.000+08:00

Updated pic, looks like the Tiget Lotus grows quite healthy after I re-position it in front of the tank with lots of lights

2005-12-26T23:09:00.000+08:00

Rescape the tank a bit. Move the lights to the front of the tank and added a T4 red light in the middle.

2005-11-06T18:09:00.000+08:00

A different angle view of my planted tank with my DIY light on top.

2005-11-06T18:07:00.000+08:00

Side view of the tank with Crypt with rummy nose tetras. Focus is a bit out...

2005-11-06T18:05:00.000+08:00

Added Crypt Wendtii "Mioya" on the left front and large java fern at the middle background.

2005-11-01T00:20:00.000+08:00

Rescape the tank a bit, remove a lot of moss and cut off all the floating leaves.. leave more lights into the tank...

2005-09-29T23:28:00.000+08:00

Banana plants are spawning like crazy... but still no visible bananas.. I am now calling this plant "Banana-less Plants"

2005-09-13T21:21:00.000+08:00

This is the latest picture, the moss have grown quite a bit, banana plants are all floating on the surface of the water and I am using back the 5 bioballs CO2 reactor.

Lack of CO2

2005-07-27T21:48:00.000+08:00

I just found out that my current CO2 diffusor/reactor is not effective and my helferi is turning brown. I quickly change my CO2 reactor from the current one to the old 5 bioballs connected to a powerhead. By the next day, some of my other plants seems to be bubbling. Hope my helferi will recover from this lack of CO2 condition.

2005-07-04T23:16:00.000+08:00

Updates on my planted tank. Cleared away some java moss.

2005-05-17T22:17:00.000+08:00

Added tiger lotus and banana plant...

2005-05-17T22:14:00.000+08:00

Added helferi and h. polysperma

2005-05-17T17:20:00.000+08:00

Amano shrimp on bubbling moss.

2005-05-17T17:16:00.000+08:00

Java moss grew denser on top of the wood. Riccia planted on the corners of the tank.

2005-05-17T17:14:00.000+08:00

e. orisis flowering on the surface of the water

2005-05-17T16:58:00.000+08:00

A few weeks later.... added some nana..

2005-05-17T16:56:00.000+08:00

Initial tank setup
Tank info :
4 x 1.5 x 1.5 ft
JBL base fert, PMDD, 1bps CO2 cylinder tank, Dymax CO2 reactor
4 x 36W PL lights, only turn on two blub ( 72W total )
Temp 28C , kH 4 , pH 7.0 - 7.5

Welcome

2005-05-17T16:22:00.000+08:00

Welcome, this is my first blog posting...

Stanley