Well My Plants Came Today...

[Josh16v]

What do we think, too much? Too little?
Maybe get a another large fern (like the one in the middle) and root it to the arch on the right?

Happy chaps!

 

[boeingtech]

lovely plant's, did you buy them altogether? they look quite expensive

 

[Josh16v]

I overpaid to be fair ... I bought the 36" set from PlantsAlive and only used about a half of them + 1 bunch of java fern (left wood), and 1 large fern from my LFS.

Altogether plants alive cost me £20, and LFS £10.

Couldv'e saved a bit of cash if i'd selected individual plants and not got a full collection, but I'm rubbish with the latin names!!

Edit: Oh and the big middle one is a fake that came with the tank.

 

[KittyKat]

Some of those are definitely fake.. but are some live? If they are, it looks as if you haven't taken off the weights/pots, which you should do and plant each individual stalk slightly apart from the rest.

 

[Nick16]

is the rhizome of the java ferns above the level of the substrate? - it will die if it isnt.

alos, some of the plants look like quite difficult species which require a good balance of light, co2 and fertilisers.
Although, it depends if they get past the cichlids.

 

[Josh16v]

All are live apart from one in the middle. They're all bunched in foam, but in a line across 'grow tabs' that came in the package... Never heard of them before but figured I may aswell try them.

Yep all the java ferns are on wood, not in the substrate.
If it's not java fern or anubias, I don't know much about them! Just thought i'd give them ago and see how long they last. Sevs seem to be picking at them already

 

[KittyKat]

For the sake of the plants, it's better to take the foam and lead off, but if you do that, there's a higher chance that the fish will shred them.

 

[aly_starh]

WOW, great looking tank, i used Plants Alive too.

Whats the fish in the 2nd last piccie?

 

[always4lora]

I'm on my 2nd lot of 48" selections from Plants alive, this time i also got the red plants collection and floating plants collections. On the first lot they told me where to putthe plants along with the requirements of each plant which i thought was good~ Decent quality plants i;ll be sticing withthem for plants.

I think the tank looks great, it's good to leave a decent amount of room for the fish to swim in the middle.

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

Just be cautious with the Sevs and plants...mine devour everything as do my Dollars

 

[Knox213]

What hitch hikers came with them

 

[Joller]

what fish is that in the last photo?

 

[Josh16v]

Honduran Red points. 3rd picture shows a girl (orange belly) and last picture shows a boy (orange fins)