Nice looking plants!!

I notice you have java moss....do you still like having it? I had some for several years but I finally got fed up with it and pulled it all out. Stuff kept spreading like crazy, wanting to cover up other plants too. A word of caution....I had a female swordtail get caught up in the stuff one night and she died from the stress (at least that's what I think, as she was completely entangled in the moss when I got up in the morning)
Of course it has it's good side too. Neon tetras, really any tetras love to spawn over the stuff....I once had lemon tetras spawn over it and the eggs fell into a really dense part and amazingly, one of their fry managed to survive in there!

You have a real green thumb Koko! Fantastic plants... any chance of a pic of the whle tank... I'd love to see how you've arranged them......

Thanks for sharing Koko! Beautiful tank! I love how the Java moss covered the driftwood. What kind of fishies live there? Are you adding CO2?

This is my 36 gal tank. I have the Java moss and love it
5 Amazon swards three grass plants and Two I still dont know what they are

This tank has a 130 Watt light.
A 2026 Eheim Canister tank with a UV and a Eheim hang on filter.
Water changes twice a week. (20%) (50%)
With the water changes I use Florish Excel and the Black water Extract.

Fish:

Pharoh (Choco Oranda)
Junbi (Black Ranchu)
Chester (was Green Oranda)
Dojo (weather fish)
Lippy (RuberNose Pleco)
and Otto 1

For gravel I use black pebble and black sand, mix

Gorgeous looking tank, Koko! And not one bite mark on any of the leaves...That is quite an accomplishment!!

nice healty plants u have koko

Front View

Awesome looking tank Koko, I bet your fish love their little aquatic jungle

Great pics Koko - i love the amazon swords. Do the goldies attach them at all?
I wanted to get some but was worried theyd eat it. So i got another bunch of java fern instead.
I love the java moss. My guppy fry hid in there - so cute!

I just bought some thin val which my tropicals are loving atm.

Absolutely beautiful tank Koko! (sighs with envy).

I love the contrast of the bright green plants against the dark gravel - gives a really moody look.

Thank you Guys. This tank I have been working on for years. Still not satisfied but at the moment this will work.

what is black water extract?

KOKO,

I love your tank.

I have a 65-gallon tank and would love to have real plants in it. Actually, I tried, but algea (green when I use both lights and brown if I use one light) grows on everything including the plants. I have 3 goldfish and 1 bristlenose pleco. I use an Eheim 2026 canister filter and an Emporer 400 HOB filter.

I can scrub the algae off of my plastic plants, but not the real ones. I have only been changing my water (20%) and vacuuming the gravel once a week. It sounds like I need to do it more often. I'll try it and let you know if it helps.

Also, I have always wondered, do you vacuum the gravel in a planted tank or is the high filtration and frequent water changes enough?

Thanks...

I do spot gravel siphon in there. I also have 3 watts per gal in that tank too. That seem to have stopped most of it. I do get green algae but I dont mind that at all.

I keep the nitrates down to 10ppms most of the time. Also triming the plants with bad leaves helps out alot.

Oh and on othe thing with this tank is that it has a UV thing wich helps the free floating aglae and I have noticed the brown algae too

Oh and Welcome back I was wondering were you went to

Black water extrate is actually liquid Peat moss makes my water softer since the GH in my area is about 300ppms

Thanks Koko.

So, does the green algae grow on your plants and if it does, do you scrub it off?

I get alittle bit of it but My oto gets into the leaves and cleans them off, sometimes to well and I get holes in the leaves, But Over all I have had great luck with them

Koko, I am in awe. That tank looks amazing. You have inspired me. LOL in a million years mine will never look like that, but I think I will try a few more live plants and see what I end up with.

Beautiful, simply beautiful.


Jessica