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My pride and Joy

Started by Guest_hmt321_* , Sep 20 2006 01:58 PM

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#1 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 01:58 PM

my pride and joy

125 gal native tank
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fish list:
4 orange spot sunfish
24 or so sailfin shiners
2 speckled madtoms
about 75 or so olive nerites (snails)

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#2 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 02:22 PM

Looks great

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#3 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 04:53 PM

Plant list?

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#4 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 09:13 PM

baby tears
Bacopa amplexicaualis
Micromeria brownei/Clinopodium brownei
Blood Stargrass
Lysimachia nummularia
luwig
Val. neotropicalis
Lobelia cardinalis

I ordered the plants from Arizona Aquatics, I tried to get anything that was native to North America, , one of the patients wanted me to put some wal-mart bulbs in the tank so I did, and he kept bringing me more so i have a ton of them in the tank.

they are huge

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#5 Guest_wolfie8000_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 09:37 PM

That is a awesome tank. One of these days I would like to try a planted tank.

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#6 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 09:49 PM

there was a huge learning curve with this tank, it went from an over flow and a home made sump to 2 eheim pro 2028's and a old fluval that i use as a co2 diffuser. It is in our new office so I cant have it looking bad, i dropped a lot more cash on the tank than i had planned. but it is worth it in my opinion.

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#7 Guest_Tim_*

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 10:10 PM

That looks sweet, nice setup

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#8 Guest_terrapin83_*

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Posted 02 October 2006 - 10:49 PM

did the lobelia come from those walmart bulbs, or did you order them? does that plant require room to grow above the surface?

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#9 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 02 October 2006 - 11:35 PM

by lobelia i assume you mean this
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i ordered the lobelia from Arizona aquatic gardens. tell you the truth i am not a plant buff, i ordered plants that said they were from north America, and had a ton of help via advise from the web. it has 8 or 9 times its original size, but it does not seem to be racing to the top like the other plants.

the wal-mart bulbs have become a problem with covering the top of the tank, so i have taken to plucking the runners that get to the top of the water.

I also put a hand full of duck weed in the tank to help stymie the green water that i had at first, I remove all i can get at each weekly water change and in 7 days it covers easily 1/3 of the tank again.

gonna have 2 start cutting the stuff out of the middle of the tank, by next week it will be sticking out of the water.

ill post another Pict tomorrow

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#10 Guest_terrapin83_*

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Posted 03 October 2006 - 12:00 AM

yeah, I was just asking because I know that lobelia cardinalis(cardinal flower) is occasionally sold around here as a garden plant..it's quite beautiful in bloom. I didn't realize it was also a pond plant..that's good to know! Do you know what species those bulbs are? I'm not an aquatic plant buff either..I'm just trying to get a feel for what's working in other people's native tanks. Beautiful tank btw, looking forward to more pics.