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#1 strat guy

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Posted 23 November 2015 - 10:56 PM

Been a busy summer, haven't posted a lot. Did some collecting though, and have a nice community going now. Tank is 125. Its stocked with Blackstripe topminnows, spot fin shiners, carmine shiners, central stonerollers, sand shiners, emerald shiners, fathead minnows, black chin shiners, and one each of golden shiner, johnny darter, orange throat darter, and banded darter. Goal next summer is to find some southern redbelly dace, only two spots near me that I've seen that have them so it'll be a challenge.

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Edited by strat guy, 23 November 2015 - 11:01 PM.

120 low tech native planted - Blackstriped Topminnow, Central Stoneroller, Fathead minnow, Golden Shiner, Black chin shiner, Carmine Shiner, Emerald Shiner, Sand Shiner, Spotfin Shiner, Orangethroat darter, Johnny Darter, and Banded Darter.


#2 NotCousteau

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Posted 23 November 2015 - 11:03 PM

Beautiful tanks!

#3 MtFallsTodd

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Posted 24 November 2015 - 07:46 AM

Very nice!!
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#4 littlen

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Posted 24 November 2015 - 09:19 AM

What are the floating plants with the big root masses?  Water Hyacinth?  I like that look and I'm sure it would be a good place for some spawning to occur.  


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#5 Josh Blaylock

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Posted 24 November 2015 - 12:14 PM

I love it.


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#6 strat guy

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Posted 24 November 2015 - 08:31 PM

What are the floating plants with the big root masses?  Water Hyacinth?  I like that look and I'm sure it would be a good place for some spawning to occur.  

I've got one mass of Hyacinth, but their roots aren't very long. That stuff is water lettuce. I'm wondering how smart it is to have it in there though- long flowing roots mean the plant is a nutrient leech, and may steal beneficial nutrients from my other plants. Only time will tell. There's ups and downs to them, which is that they are great mechanical filters but if you bump them junk goes floating everywhere. On the other hand, they are real good for covering up things that you don't want seen like cords and filters.


120 low tech native planted - Blackstriped Topminnow, Central Stoneroller, Fathead minnow, Golden Shiner, Black chin shiner, Carmine Shiner, Emerald Shiner, Sand Shiner, Spotfin Shiner, Orangethroat darter, Johnny Darter, and Banded Darter.


#7 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 24 November 2015 - 09:08 PM

Like button.


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#8 Sean Phillips

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Posted 24 November 2015 - 09:58 PM

Wow! Great tank!
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#9 littlen

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 06:40 AM

I like having Hyacinth/Lettuce in my ponds/tanks when applicable--as you mentioned they grow quickly, absorb excess nutrients, and act as a mechanical filter.  If done slowly and creatively, you can remove a large plant without disturbing the roots and rinse them off elsewhere to free them of the debris they collect.  I think they look good aesthetically as you mentioned and have function for hiding stuff as well.  From the pics, it looks like there are enough [nutrients] to go around as your other plants look healthy.   I'd keep them.  

 

 

An afterthought is that they also create a great habitat for fry.  And if you consider the microfauna that lives among the roots too, its a natural food source for said fry.


Nick L.




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