The Forgotten Valley - 60l

[aaronnorth]

thanks, i need a better camera though1

here it is:

 

[Ace Of Spades]

thanks, i need a better camera though1

here it is:

I dno now, Looking at it. It is really really beautiful, but I think it is lacking in the top left corner?

 

[aaronnorth]

that is the only problem, someone suggested switching the microsorum & HM around, but i like it where it is, i might go with crypt balanse, vallis grows to fast

 

[aaronnorth]

I have just got 8 black neons, when in the sop i thought there would be enough but now they are in the tank they lookk tiny I will be getting another 8 i think, great fish.

I have euthanised the endlers because they were deformed and were not suitable to sell on or take back etc. I use the ice cold water method, went much better than expected, soon as they touch the water they instantly knocked out, i was worried i were going to do it wrong

some half decent photos:

 

[ikongoni]

@aaronnorth - Oh that looks like a superb tank......

 

[Liam]

It is really excellent, very beautiful, the black neons look very nice and have a superb home to live in.

 

[dazsmith69]

super little tank well done

 

[blue acara]

The tank looks great! Lush looking healthy plants. Planting the hc and keeping it all trim is long, but its worth the work as your tank shows.

 

[aaronnorth]

Tanks guys, i love the black neons, they are very active, and very quick!

I forgot to say i added some vallis nana to the back left corner, it hasnt started to grow much yet but it is already an improvment.

 

[McG]

Lush looking tank Aaron, so that's what HC should look like when it's taking off-you're tank's an inspiration thanks for putting up

 

[aaronnorth]

Lush looking tank Aaron, so that's what HC should look like when it's taking off-you're tank's an inspiration thanks for putting up

thanks, i will try to get a close up although my photography skills aren't great lol!

 

[aaronnorth]

Lush looking tank Aaron, so that's what HC should look like when it's taking off-you're tank's an inspiration thanks for putting up

thanks, i will try to get a close up although my photography skills aren't great lol!

here is a quick close up:

 

[aaronnorth]

pictures

I have spread the microsorum pteropus 'narrow out onto a large piece of driftwood i had, i didnt realise how big it had got! It was huge. i feel much happier with it now, the transition from background to midground is much better. When the vallis nana starts to grow up the back in the left corner i think it will look great.

 

[aaronnorth]

few more pics:

 

[aaronnorth]

Another update:

Again i havent cleaned the tank for 3 weeks, and this time i started to get a small amount of algae, and i also noticed that i have got a lot of organic matter under my HC - probably the cause of Algae

The HC has needed a good trim for a few weeks now. It is the most growth i have had from all my plants for some reason, so today i literally hacked away at the hemanthius micranthemoides, making quite a mess of it but i couldnt really help it.

I also planted some more stems to the right, which i will be graduallly sloping down towards the side. I also started to trim my HC but the underneath had already strated to turn yellow, so i decided to rip the whole carpet up. I also thinned out my P.Helferi. This will be creating a ammonia spike, so i did a 80% w/c and i will do more 50% w/c for the next couple od days to make sure i dont get any algae. I will also replace the HC tommorrow (it is sitting in a bucket at the moment)