One Foot Cube Garden to be

Now grow,grow,grow..... Nice one dude... I can see what you did there...he,he
PS: Whats the ground cover to the left of the HM?

 

Now that its planted - any fishy thoughts yet?

 

HM or HC. the left of the HC is UG.

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Still don't know abt fish. Any suggestion with that super vast knowledge of yours

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He,he - tx. 1st choice would be Chilli/Mosquito Rasbora - nice big shoal cos they stay so small... will go nicely with the small leaved plants. Cant find them? (Duh...) Why not go for some Threadfin Rainbowfish.....or Black Phantom Tetras..... or some kind of Nannostomus Pencilfish?

 

Wow those chillies look stunning. Unfortunenate for me here in durbs I will prob not get any of those fish :banghead:

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ok let me try and make a list of the plants in there.

1) Hemianthus callitrichoides - HC
2) Utricularia graminifolia - UG
3) Staurogyne repens
4) Marsilea minuta
5) Hair Grass
6) Rotala - note sure which kind - its in bad shape hopefully it makes it.
7) Cardamine lyrata

i think thats all of it

 

...and Hydrocotyle leucocephala.... he,he

 

@azurekoi is it actually H. leucocephala, i was thinking its C. lyrata my bad. also seem to have missed one, could you maybe identify the plant for me - rear left. third pic shot from side gives a good view.

 

@Linga, looking good, gona be awesome when it gets going! Go have a look at the LFS in Springfield home centre, I recall seing some of these mini rasbora or tetra models there a week or two back. Not sure that they were Mosquitos but some pretty tiny little guys.

 

thanks. i know the store will check it out when ready. i prob wont be adding fish for about three to four weeks so got plenty time to pass first. have the cycle to sit out atleast the plants will keep me going.

 

@Linga - your mystery plant in the back corner looks abit like an light and iron deficient Limnophyla aromatica... given time,some CO2 and good light,it should go nice and red...

 

thanks for that. will keep an eye on it to see how it goes. i have to say thou it looks much greener in person than in the pics. never guessed it would be a red plant but that just makes things even better

 

Im not 100% on the ID - pics are not that clear... Lets check again when it grows in a bit...

 

yep i suppose the plants need to recover abit after pretty much 2 days of travel being tossed around like crazy by the post office guys, also really hot days.

 

little bit of an update - no pics yet .

added my diffuser and pressurised c02 the plants has responded very well the Hydrocotyle leucocephala has trippled and runners are all over the place didnt remember planting so many stems of it . the mystery stem at the left back corner is looking very good and the new growth on the lower cut pieces are amazingly green and lush, think i will cut back all the stems to promote the new growth. the foreground plants dont show any sign of growth but they are known for being slow growers.

at the experts - do i have enough light currently at 1 watt per liter (thats just over 3 watts per gallon, and from i have read that equals to high light). should i take it up to 1.5 watts per liter - "worried about algae here"

i have seen some brownish dust like algae on some leaves but seems better now after adding the c02.

 

Nope - lights fine.... Rather not increase it even more - that might just lead to algae...

 

OK so I somehow found my way to dorrypets. Awesome shop friendly staff. Darn makes me feel bad we need stores like this in Durban great selection of stuff. Awesome plants too bad I have no space in my tank. So after some browsing ended up walking away with some rotala rotundifolia just couldn't resist.


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Update Time

Well heres some pics as promised.

Growth is looking decent on the stems.

 

as you may have noticed i have some fish. they love to eat and have gotten fat really quickly.