14 gallon planted

[kenneth_kpe]

this is my second attempt at aquascaping a planted tank, it still looks a bit messy with the long plants in the middle the tank has been running for around 3 months i think
inhabitants
7 cardinal tetras
2 ottos
shrimps !!!
snails!!!

 

[jimw13uk]

Nice looking tank - I have always had fake plants and am now just starting to add real plants in to my one tank. All these give me ideas of how I want mine to look.

Nice Job

 

[houndour]

Oh it looks lovely. I love the foreground plants. I think I have something similar but only a couple. Looks really good. I've been wondering what your tank looks like.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

thanks !
here are the plants inside the tank

corkscrew valls
dwarg sag
crypto wendtii
bacopa monieri
rotala rotundifolia
java moss
duckweed
a lil riccia that i cant seem to grow
stargrass
parrot feathers

heres a link on my prev tank set up and the current ones initial set up pics
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=72032&st=16

 

[jimw13uk]

can I ask a really dumb question - well its not dumb to me cos I dont know anything about planted tanks.
How do you go on with gravel cleaning in a planted tank - are the plants in individual small pots or are they into the substrate. I have seen some tanks with a carpet of plants - doesnt the poop get collected and then cause cleaning problems

I know - your all going "cor what a thicky" but if i dont ask i'll never know

 

[kenneth_kpe]

right now i dont clean my gravel never did since day one

my plants came in pots but i removed them from the pots and planted them right into the substrate

i dont want to vacuum my gravel because il end up sucking a lot of baby shrimps up and i dont really think its needed, im not heavily stocked and i think the poop produced by the fishes, shrimps and snails become fertilizer for the plants

 

[cometcattle]

Great job!

What kind of shrimp do you keep?

 

[cichlid]

looks really good

 

[kenneth_kpe]

you know, the planted people here dont really know what kind of shrimp it is some think they are ghost shrims, some rainbow but i think they are local shrimps from the mountains here it looks ghostly but when it breeds i never got to see any of those larvae thingies, i only see the baby shrimps, il try really hard to get a picture of one of em

 

[Mr Miagi]

I like it! Trim thiose plants and try propagating them and you'll soon have a beatiful tank, although u already do. Having the back wall completely covered will look even better in my opnion!

 

[WhispTech]

Whats on the right hand side of the tank? Black box looking thing.

Btw love all the plants.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

the black box is an internal filter i rigged to a c02 reactor


the vallis were supposed to cover the back part of the tank but they just wont grow i really dont know why !! yeah im taking the cuttings and planting em again and even throwing a lot away they grow too quickly (easy maintenance plants that is hehe )

 

[Nospherith]

for some wierd reason, I think the arrangement of the tall plants looks really good. At first glance it seems a bit disarrayed, but after looking at it longer it gives me visions of an alien skyscape, whose skyscrapers are the tall plants with a bustling city below. nice tank!

 

[kenneth_kpe]

thanks a sci fi twist but im really into sci fi so thanks !

 

[WhispTech]

Looks pretty Natural to me.