Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Setting up the Aquarium - "The Amazonian Ruins"

Well back after a while now. Reason? Setup is done but as I continued with the original layout, I was not happy how it all turned out, plants, texture and layout. So was experimenting with it over about a month now till I was satisfied with the look to leave it alone and let the plants grow lusher and occupy the open space. As far as the plant combinations go, lot was changed. The final set contains
  • Ammania Gracillis
  • Rotala Indica
  • Rotala Macandra
  • Star Rotala,
  • Pogmostenon Stellata
  • Gaint Val
  • Hairgrass
  • Dwarf Bacopa
  • Sagittaria
  • Blyxa Japonica
  • Java, Amano & Christmass moss

Fishes

  • 12 Cardinal Tetra
  • 7 Platy (4 born in the previous tank)
  • 3 Discus
  • 3 SAE
  • 3 Otto
  • 2 Mountain Minnow
  • 1 Leopard Danio
  • 1 Pleco (the ones which grow about 3-4"...don't remember the whole name)

Also added some rocks to get it a rugged look. Mixed some ideas inspired by Takashi Amano's aquascapes and named it "The Amazonian Ruins"

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