Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Updates - olive trauma

The earlier set up did not last long since it could not sustain summer heat with closed hood and no air circulation.

Changes done:
i) Open hood
ii) Lights upgraded to 4 X 11 Watts pll
iii)Added Pressurised CO2 setup (plant growth have tremendously increased due to this; needs weekly trimming)

Flora:
Amazon sword
Hygrophilla corymbosa
Hygrophilla polysperma
Aponegeton crispus
Cabomba caroliniana
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Vallisneria americana
Green lily
Rotala wallichii
Cryptocoryne (sp. id not known)
Echinodorus tenellus
Dwarf sagittaria

Fauna:
Neon tetra
Silvertip tetra
Dario dario
Black molly
Unwanted snails

I named this setup "olive trauma"

Tank Pics:







Some plants close ups:

Green lily:


Rotala Wallichii


Fish Pics:

Hemmigrammus nana:


Dario Dario: