Planted Tanks (Aquascapes) · 60 US GALLONS

Emerald Ridge

Finley Miller · Established July 2024

About

been running since last summer, and the wood's darker now, moss finally thick enough to hide the anubias threads underneath. sword leaves get trimmed back every few weeks or they shade everything out. rummynose and harlequins school together most of the day, white clouds keep to the upper corners. dosing flourish light, nitrates hover around 15ppm - ramshorns showed up on their own and i've stopped trying to remove them.

Photo Timeline

Grow-in progressPhoto Date Oct 24, 2024 · filling in

Cycling, still sparsePhoto Date Aug 14, 2024

Hardscape, before waterPhoto Date Jul 31, 2024

Journal

8 updates

Note Dec 07, 2024

swapped the light

moved off the light i was using before onto the fluval plant 3.0. the old one had a controller app that kept disconnecting from wifi and resetting my custom ramp schedule back to default, which meant i'd walk in some mornings to full blast lighting at 7am instead of the slow sunrise i'd programmed. happened often enough that i just stopped trusting it. so far the fluval's been running exactly as scheduled, no dropouts. plants haven't reacted one way or the other yet but it's only been a few days.

Note Oct 24, 2024

filling in

moss is finally thickening up on the wood and the sword has thrown a couple new leaves that are noticeably bigger than the older ones. carpet area still has a few gaps but it's closing. the bucephalandra is the one thing not doing well - it's just sitting there, barely any new growth since i put it in, a couple leaves have gone a bit translucent at the edges. not dead, just sulking. might be flow related, might just need more time attached to the wood.

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Comments

Ben BarnesSep 13

Rummynose shoal looks tight in this one, great contrast against the sand. How many CO2 bps you running?

Owen WatsonAug 16Question

Rummynose looking sharp in there. What's your CO2 setup like on that Eheim, drop checker staying green through the day?

Tank owner replied

no CO2 on this one - low tech, just the fluval light and light flourish dosing. no drop checker to report on. sword and buce seem fine with the pace, moss is the slow part but that's expected without gas.