Journal 20 gallon Rotala florida tank

[CincyScaper]

Good to know! is there a specific science to how you cut them or is it just however small you would like to ?

 

[Dennis Wong]

Good to know! is there a specific science to how you cut them or is it just however small you would like to ?

I try not to go below 1.5cm there abouts for Anubias white petite. I think below a certain size, the new leaves produced will be tiny and take damn long to develop. I have not tested the absolutely minimum size though

 

[MrJG]

@techman81 that looks like nurii “Rosen maiden’

 

[Dennis Wong]

Rearranged the anubias white tank, waiting for background plants to grow out.
First world problems again, now I have too many and the layout is getting affect by trying to accommodate too many of them

Planted myrio guyana in the rear left corner - thinking the deeper shade of green will contrast against the monte carlo and Syngonanthus species. Will likely switch out the Ludwigia meta, seeing if I can keep it in more dwarf form for some time.

 

[Dennis Wong]

Made the mistake oh planting Mini macrandra type 4 behind ludwigia arcuata. The contrast doesn't work at all, so I'll have to rework the midground of this tank.



This new plant is growing well, but its very weedy.



Staurogyne purple turns out to be a very low maintenance plant long term. Once the rootzone gets more crowded due to multiple trimmings, its growth slows down, make it easy to control.


Black arrow tetra getting better colors~

 

[Dennis Wong]

In my two weeks absence, office staff under fed the fish, and the Rotala florida bushes were heavily damaged. I might take the chance to do the layout with some new species as the bushes regrow now that I'm back. Thinking about removing some fish as the damage is truly eye watering. Blood vomit is also constantly bitten to half size in this tanks, and constantly get algae due to the damage.

Found this new plant Hygrophila polysperma ‘White’ that I've been growing out for a few weeks. It seems to grow well, and much more robust than other variegated stems - making it a good candidate for shaping into denser bushes.

 

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

Great, another beautiful plant I have to hunt down in the US lol