The 75 Gal. Jungle :-)

About 10 months since I started this tank. I'm going to do a large trim tomorrow and wanted to let you see what kind of growth has been going on! Tank is about 2 weeks overdue for some serious pruning.

Sorry once again for the continued lousy camera resolution and saturation. I need to break down and buy a cheapo video cam.

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Pets & Animals

[Arteolike]

What the plant on top? Baby tears?

[Grak70]

@Arteolike It's riccia fluitans. It grows very quickly in a mat if you just let it float. There is some glossostigma elatoides woven into it which is what the larger leaves are.

[GrotesqueSteve]

How often do you trim your plants? Also would a circulation device help keep the algae from growing?

[Grak70]

@GrotesqueSteve Well, I don't anymore since this tank was broken down (I moved). But when I had really good growth going I would trim once every 3-7 days.

Strong circulation helps, but regular and frequent water changes are more important to avoid unexpected algae surprises. You're trying to simulate a river or a huge body of water. Water never stays in the same place in nature like it does in your tank. :-)

[TheAquariumKid]

omg i want a tank like this so bad!!!!! mine looks so amateurish

[Grak70]

@TheAquariumKid Mine looked amateur when I first set it up too. Actually, this video makes it look a bit better than it actually is :-) Just keep practicing and trying new things and you'll find what works. Read some aquatic plant forums on the net too to get ideas. That's what I did.

[listentoATB]

thanks for putting up the video i love ur tank... one day when i can operate a larger tank than a 10gal ill make a planted one

[GroinStabbingPro]

I like how the glosso used the riccia as a floating island to grow on.

[GroinStabbingPro]

Quite the wild jungle!



[madness358]

Cool tank. Funny how planted tanks make things so calm even though the pump is running in the background

[TheMazlowe]

dude... propogate some of that shit 2 another tank... ur fish r an inch long and runnin out of room!!! lol! that's crazy!!!

[OtakuShazam]

That aquarium looks like it weighs a ton o.0

[Arteolike]

@Grak70 Thanks for the reply! Anyways, awesome aquarium, you sure have the "Wet Green Thumb" lol

[ihatethenameluca]

do you use co2 ?