Bolsen27 and Tobinkinz 55 gallon journal

[steeler1]

You guys keep on doing an amazing job. I always enjoy your updates.

[~firefly~]

Looks great. That cryptocoryne you have isn't parva though. Parva is lower, shorter. Not sure what it is. Wendtii? Becketi?

[Tobinkinz]

Looks great. That cryptocoryne you have isn't parva though. Parva is lower, shorter. Not sure what it is. Wendtii? Becketi?

Thanks firefly. I wasn't sure if it was C. parva or not, until I went to the LFS and found they had pots of the same plant labeled as C. parva, next to Anubias nana var. "petite". Whatever it is, I love it, I think it's so freaking cute! I just hope it does well. So far it seems to be doing fine in this tank. I set up an Aqueon Evolve 8 and separated a couple of pots to put in there, and it seems to be a little sad. Brand new tank tho. I'll have to get that journal up on here at some point.

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments - we are really pleased so far with how this tank is doing. Having a bit of algae issues, so we need to figure out where the imbalance is and correct it, but glad the fish are all doing ok so far. Thinking of adding CO2 at some point, but still in planning stages for that.

Sabra

[mojosodope]

great looking tank!, I imagine doing something similar on my next build. May I asked where you got that dirt from? I visited the site on the bucket but it's down.

[~firefly~]

Thanks firefly. I wasn't sure if it was C. parva or not, until I went to the LFS and found they had pots of the same plant labeled as C. parva, next to Anubias nana var. "petite". Whatever it is, I love it, I think it's so freaking cute! I just hope it does well. So far it seems to be doing fine in this tank. I set up an Aqueon Evolve 8 and separated a couple of pots to put in there, and it seems to be a little sad. Brand new tank tho. I'll have to get that journal up on here at some point.

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments - we are really pleased so far with how this tank is doing. Having a bit of algae issues, so we need to figure out where the imbalance is and correct it, but glad the fish are all doing ok so far. Thinking of adding CO2 at some point, but still in planning stages for that.

Sabra

It's definitely a cryptocoryne. It could be parva but doesn't look like what I have or what's in my books. Either way it's gonna look brilliant when it grows in. I'll keenly follow this tank's progress.

[Bolsen27]

great looking tank!, I imagine doing something similar on my next build. May I asked where you got that dirt from? I visited the site on the bucket but it's down.

We got the substrate from aquariumplants.com