#cryptocoryne

[firenagy]

Aquarium update!

Down below I'll break down the specifics I'm happy about but it's going to be a tad long, but here's a fun fact, everything here was built by me! including every single tank and the stand they're on, for the aquarium I buy the glass already cut and silicone them together by myself, and for the stand I built it with my carpenter father.

Here are my cardinals and one of my cory's! I have 8 cardinals in this tank, and 5 Schwartz Corydoras, love how this stocking works out, it's close to being too small for the tetras, but they're only juveniles and I plan to build a huge tank to fit perfectly atop this stand and they're going there.

Here's some shots with my shrimp, I have this same strain of Neocardina in a 6 gal, and I noticed that here in this tank they grow a whole lot more than in there, possibly due to more frequent feeding, possibly due to the size of the tank itself. I very rarely feed the shrimp tank to keep it from being taken over by snails or having to see planaria or hydra popping up.

The yellow orbs you see in some of the shrimps are fertilized eggs! I have a surprising amount of them eggnant at the same time.

And here is one last picture of the tank before I move on to the next one.

Looking very different than the last one, this is my first proper blackwater tank, at about 17 gal and housing only a single dwarf gourami and a few snails, this is what I had to build in a hurry after my boy Aster started getting too territorial with the cory's in his previous tank. This was also part of an experiment in using Guava wood in aquariums, they're famously hard wood and commonly available here in brazil, no hardscape piece in this tank was bought, all collected by me manually!

Here's the boy! Aster is by far my most personable and favorite fish, though I'm biased due to him being named by my girlfriend. I don't have much to say besides the fact that he's loving his new space! I'll post some more pictures of him but that should be it for the update.

[water-based]

Thinking about her....

[fire-bug1]

An attempt at aquascaping.

My fish are much happier with the setup, it has much more room and hiding spaces. I’m wanting to add more plants but I don’t know which. Any suggestions?

Plant species under cut

Left- anubias Nana pt.

Middle- najas guadalupensis (guppy grass)

Right- lutea (cryptocoryne)

[aquariumfacile]

Cryptocoryne parva, plante d'aquarium à posséder dès maintenant

Imaginez un tapis verdoyant, dense et luxuriant, sur le devant de votre aquarium. Ce dernier transforme votre espace aquatique en un paysage sous-marin séduisant. La Cryptocoryne parva en aquarium est un choix de prédilection pour les aquariophiles d’eau douce. Originaire du Sri Lanka, cette plante est robuste et esthétique. Elle est idéale pour les débutants qui souhaitent se lancer un petit…

[sibellaa]

Absolutely adore Cryptocorynes and their dramatically large root systems

[coochiekrab]

currently playing pokemon black and i chose snivy for the first time (i always go for oshawot) and i love her so much i regret not naming her after rumi. if rumi was a pokemon she would be a servine. sassy diva creature

[waterskies]

Little update on Mikhail's tank~

The dwarf sagittaria that was pretty much brown shoots had bounced back after root tabs were placed under them. Hopefully, there will be a carpet again soon! The cryptocoryne wendtii went through a bit of a melt and lost the majority of its old leaves, but new ones are growing, so that's good!

The vallisneria asiatica is doing fine. It's sending out new leaves that are spreading across the surface, and we have one new runner~

The anubias has a new leaf, but without snails in the tank, they're suffering from detritus and algae. I rub them off periodically, but it just comes back.

The Java fern just up and melted right back, which is a shame because it was bright and healthy when I put it in here, and it takes so long for them to get to that size. At least for me. So I think I'm going to put it back in the tank I got it from and put something else there. I'm not really sure what though tbh.

Anyways I thought I would also show Mikhail's reaction to me taking photos of the tank. I bet some of you can already guess what he thought lol

Once he got over trying to fight the camera, I did get this nice one of him.

Pretty boy~

I wanted to get a shot of the floating plants in here, so I opened the food hatch and instead was met with this.

"Feed me, mom."

[gasterofficial]

apparently when i get high i order aquarium plants and stare longingly at plecos i cant afford for several hours

[bucket-of-soda]

We have spent a lot of time training at the river!

Thalassia is a good counter to the Leader's pokémon creatures, but last time it struggled to keep balance on the floats. We have been busy fixing that!

Cryptocoryne is much better at water skirmishes, but will have to make do with melee attacks to deal more damage.

I believe our new strategy can work for a rematch tomorrow!

[savageboar]

actually why buy a new hide when i can just rearrange my oyster shells to make one

[semprvivum]

update!

setting up a new tank!

[painted-bees]

preliminary aquarium plant haul..! Trying to get all-red/orange/yellow foliage for my green alien betta + kubotai rasbora tank! Might pick up more on round two, depending on how things look. I have my eyeballs peeled for some red cryptocoryne albida...at worst, I can order that locally online. It's a native plant to these areas, so it's not super difficult to obtain. [I am also dying for some red tiger lotus and red root floaters, but I have literally never seen them here...so I don't know if they exist in the local hobby at all]. I have to wait for the tank stand to arrive in a day or two before I can do anything with the 20g anyway.

[The green ferns and anubias plants are for the other tank, which will primarily host corydoras, khuli loaches, and (hopefully) threadfin rainbows]

oouhhh it's nice to feel so excited about this hobby again!!

[wetmek]

Happy New Year! I'm so happy with how my nature aquarium is coming along. The Cryptocoryne retrospiralis and Eleocharis vivipara are providing a grassy backdrop which is punctuated by the Myriophyllum tuberculatum and other stems plants that are growing intermixed. The Bucephalandras have been flowering non-stop since they were added. The white cloud minnows are also doing great, they are very active and colorful, and they have been spawning regularly. I love watching them swim around the tank and explore the different areas. They are such peaceful and hardy fish, perfect for an unheated setup.

[tonycries]

TONII BAE

I have a Aquarium and recently aquiered new plant and when i was recherching them i figured Out one comes From Sri Lanka and i instantly Had to think of you!

I have a piece of you(r country) in my Aquarium.

(btw the Plants Name is Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green' and IS beautiful)

I love how there's a part of everyone everywhere if we look close enough ❗ And yk what!! My father actually loves and grows toooons of Cryptocoryne wendtii, I've grown up with them n' there's a whole bunch if I just look in the pond outside - a piece of me with you 😌😌

[databent]

moved fishietank ^_^👍

to Go To Sleepies ... or to Play Videos Game ..... or to Move Fishtank. that's is the questions

[glassboxdiaries]

Marmalade the betta fish has settled in well since I rescaped her tank.

Everything is growing in nicely, and next week I’ll order a few more plants to complete the look I’m after.

Most of the greenery is thriving, though a couple of the cryptocorynes seem to be going through their melt phase.

I also added some emergent plants last night to deepen the “jungle” feel.

I can’t wait to see how lush it all looks in a few months.