Hi. It had about 15-20 Cloud Mountain Minnows (golden), 2 Ottocinclus, 2 SAE, 2-3 Yamato and 2-3 Hornsnails. Glosso spreads by growing runners. To start, we separate the plant by cutting the runners so that we can get individual plant (i.e. 2 leaves with roots). After that, plant them into the soil evenly and it will start to spread given the right condition (i.e. light, co2 nutrients, temp). We are using external canister filter and no heaters. Water temperature is hovers btw 27-28ºC.
the best part about the tank are the tiny amount of bubbles floating to the top. is that some kind of airstone? its like its raining, upsidedown, inside your aquarium.
Hi. Glossostigma is a type of creeping plants. You will only need a single plant with 2 leaves and some roots and it will start creeping.They are easy plants to start with and are hardy when come to trimming. With good lighting, CO2 and nutrients, they can grow very quickly. Frequent trimming is a must to prevent them from over-growing (growing tall to fight for light). i.e. just cut them to maintain them as low as possible . Low light condition will cause them to behave like stem plants.
Hi. If you are referring to carpeting plants, with enough light, CO2 and nutrients, they can spread/creep easily. Easier creeping plants to use for foreground are usually glossostigma, hairgrass, echinodorus tenellus etc. These plants grow runners. All you need to do in new setup is to separate the plants into individual plantlet by cutting the runners connecting them. Then plant them into your aquarium. Some may die but most will grow and start growing new runners and plantlets. Hope this helps
@wazeer3 It is a 24" x 12" x 15" tank, about 15.5 gallon or 70.8L. I'm using T5 lightings with 24W x 2 for 8 hours daily. How much lightings do you use? What is your tank size? Glossostigma is a fast growing plant (creep and grow upwards) and regular trimming is required. If your glosso grows tall but does not creep, this may mean that lightings is insufficient. You may wish to take reference from the 'Watts Per Gallon' rules. Normally a 2.5 to 3 wpg is good for most aquatic plants.
This depends on what plants and what end result (style of aquascape) you want. E.g. If you want the aquascape with a carpet of creeping plants, you may want to use soil. If you just want to use moss, java ferns or anubias nana to tie on wood, using sand would be good. Another e.g, Iwagumi style usually uses soil, carpeting plants and rocks only.
You can try Glossostigma, Japanese Hairgrass. They are quite easy to start with but will need CO2 injection. You can get it from us. A good CO2 system is not cheap. The most expensive part is the solenoid regulator.
how come the fish don't suffer from the co2 that is saturated in the water? My tetras gasp for air because of to much co2.. how do you create that balance so you can still pearling and healthy fish?
I understand where you are coming from. But in planted aquarium, there are many style of aquascaping. Some examples are 'Dutch', 'Nature', 'Iwagumi' etc. In this particular aquascape, we are using 'Iwagumi Style'. This style is mainly focusing on rocks formation and the using of carpeting plants.
Hi. The amount of CO2 injection depends on a few factors too. E.g. amount of plants, number of fish as well as the strength of the lighting. For a start, you may wish to inject 1 to 2 bubbles per second and observe for pearling after a few hours. If no pearling, there are also a few possibilities. I.e. not enough lighting etc. You can turn off your filter so that there is no water current. This helps you to observe pearling better.
Can I use pool filter sand for dwarf hairgrass? I'm providing light and co2 but I'm not sure if the sand will provide enough nutrients or if the grass will be able to grow in it.
I gotcha! I was wondering if I could have a 100W lamp for my 20 gallon long planted tank with dwarf hairgrass. With the hairgrass grow efficiently and carpet or is it too much light?
Yes. NO3 comes from animal waste etc. Broken down from ammonia to nitrite to nitrate. As for PO4, it can be caused by internal and/or external factors. Internal is due to decaying organic matters such as uneaten food, dead plants or fish etc. Whereas external factors could be from tap water or chemical used to buffer water etc.
I have no problems with algae on the plants and rocks, but the glass of the aquarium is invaded on daily basis. Even if I clean the glass, the next day algae is visible on it again. Do you clean the glass like me almost every day?
We are using T5 24W x 4 for light. Soil, either ANS, GEX or ADA but all other brands should be fine. I believe you will be able to get glosso easily from any LFS. Or even buy them online from fellow aquarist. Different fish/shrimp eats different algae for your info. If you don't like Otto, just replace them with SAE. Just note that do not mix up SAE with flying fox, they look very alike. Have fun!
Thanks man. It is like you describe. Glass covered by green dust. One more thing and I won't bother you any more: please explain me shortly how NO3 and PO4 get into the thank? NO3 should be food and fish waste (I'm not sure), but where PO4 come from?
@Aquaticstory nice how much gallon is your tank.btw i am growing glosso and my lightning is 9 hours and co2 is bout 1.1bubbles per second but the glosso tend to grow upwards..do you know why?
Hi. 2 gallon tank is kinda small. Perhaps you can go for smaller and hardier fish like Endler guppies. Or you can try this tiny fish called Boraras Brigittae. If you can't find either of them, perhaps you can also try to make it a shrimp tank instead. :) Hope this helps.
This bubbling effect is called pearling. It is not created via airstones. Given enough CO2 and light, aquatic plants will photosynthesis releasing oxygen bubbles.
The type of sand you are using is usually very lean. You should perhaps get some fertilizers (liquid fert and/or fert for roots) to encourage growth. Do note that balance is very important.
We are planning to conduct workshops for people who are interested. Maybe next year onwards. Right now, we only conduct workshops for children age between 7-12.
For planted tank, not much is required if there are no algae. So long as your planted tank is well balanced, i.e. light, CO2, nutrients etc, what you need to do for maintenance is just water change, fertilizing and plants trimming. The waste will sink into the substrates or being suck away into the filter system. It will break down into NO3 eventually which also serve as fertilizers.
It is better to use aquarium soil as they are finer and contain nutrients to encourage roots to grow. If not, you can use normal river gravel (use fine version for planting). But they are usually without any nutrients and therefore you need to put your own nutrients (for roots especially).
@Aquaticstory Awesome! Thanks for reply. What lighting are you using? Soil? Where did you get glosso? Should I replace SAE with 2 more Otto? I'm not sure if petsmart has SAE only CAE which I heard were aggressive!! Would 2 mystery snail and 2 ghost shrimp replace hornsnail and Yamato? I just got my 20 gallon llong!! Just need fish and everything!
Clean means algae free. To achieve this, the balance of Light, CO2 and Nutrients is very important. Regular trimming is required to prevent them from growing tall.. Such plants usually need to be trimmed once every 3 to 4 days. For water changes, it really depends on your water quality. If its good, i.e. 0 ammonia and nitrite + low nitrate, you only need to change water once every few weeks.
For this tank, we are using aquarium fan (evaporation cooling) to bring down the water temperature (as we are in tropical climate). Temperature fluctuates between 26 to 28 degree Celsius.
If you are getting those with manual regulator, it will be cheap. But if you wanted those with solenoid, it will be 2 to 3 times the price. Its very easy to use. Best to invest 1 CO2 canister for a planted tank.
@strives4thebest Hi. I tried keeping them together and it went well. Cloud mountain minnow doesn't seems to bother them much. However, please be careful when introducing shrimps into tank with these fish. Because if you release the shrimps from the surface of water, fish may think they are food and will start attacking.
The algae you describe sounds like Green Dust Algae (GDA) to me. Is the algae very fine which cover the glass like green dust? If so, probably you have imbalance of nitrate (NO3) and phosphate (PO4). Your NO3 may be too low. You may wish to test your water to confirm this. And pump up the NO3 if it is at 10ppm or lesser. Try increasing it to 20 or 30ppm. At this level it is still safe for fish. Observe the GDA to see if the growth slows down or not.
Hey! :) I was wondering how many of each fish you have? Including shrimp and snail. Also, did you start your carpet from only one glosso and it spreaded? Do you have a heater and filter? If so what kind? I'm sorry I'm really aiming to get a setup similar to this.
@lorez201 I trim them almost every month to keep them low. Else they will compete with each other for light and starts to grow tall. The bottom most layer will just starts to die off.
@chizpa305 I was told that these rocks are from Pakistan. But I'm not sure the name of rocks and details. I got them from a local fish shop but they are no longer in stocks. I can't find similar rocks now too. :(
Hi, sorry. I couldn't find the name of the song I used. Anyway, the bubbles are released by the plants. We called it pearling. Usually happen when light is strong enough and CO2 is sufficient in the water.
Hey, carpeting plants are plants with small leaves and stems, which over time, can cover the entire ground or substrate of an aquarium, making a "carpet" look. Carpet plants usually need high light and co2 levels to carpet and grow well. Carpet plants spread across the substrate via runners.
If light is a non-variable. You can still make plants grow by controlling the nutrients and CO2. You will know what the problem is by observing the type of algae present. E.g. Cladophora = imbalance of light and CO2, need to increase CO2. If Green Dust Algae (GDA) appears, usually means too much PO4 etc.
Amazing video. Those cloud minnows are awesome. Look way better than others that I've seen.
This is a amazing video, Very calming and Beautiful fish!
Love the rocks and the placement! As well as the fauna :)
I like the environment inside the tank!
Wow, it's a really nice set up. I'm thinking about IWAGUMI more and more :)
Beautiful tank, seems to work very well
Hi. It had about 15-20 Cloud Mountain Minnows (golden), 2 Ottocinclus, 2 SAE, 2-3 Yamato and 2-3 Hornsnails. Glosso spreads by growing runners. To start, we separate the plant by cutting the runners so that we can get individual plant (i.e. 2 leaves with roots). After that, plant them into the soil evenly and it will start to spread given the right condition (i.e. light, co2 nutrients, temp). We are using external canister filter and no heaters. Water temperature is hovers btw 27-28ºC.
the best part about the tank are the tiny amount of bubbles floating to the top. is that some kind of airstone? its like its raining, upsidedown, inside your aquarium.
Hi. Glossostigma is a type of creeping plants. You will only need a single plant with 2 leaves and some roots and it will start creeping.They are easy plants to start with and are hardy when come to trimming. With good lighting, CO2 and nutrients, they can grow very quickly. Frequent trimming is a must to prevent them from over-growing (growing tall to fight for light). i.e. just cut them to maintain them as low as possible . Low light condition will cause them to behave like stem plants.
Hi. If you are referring to carpeting plants, with enough light, CO2 and nutrients, they can spread/creep easily. Easier creeping plants to use for foreground are usually glossostigma, hairgrass, echinodorus tenellus etc. These plants grow runners. All you need to do in new setup is to separate the plants into individual plantlet by cutting the runners connecting them. Then plant them into your aquarium. Some may die but most will grow and start growing new runners and plantlets. Hope this helps
@wazeer3 sounds alright to me, about 2.3 wpg. You can try trimming the glosso and observe if they starts to creep or not.
@wazeer3
It is a 24" x 12" x 15" tank, about 15.5 gallon or 70.8L. I'm using T5 lightings with 24W x 2 for 8 hours daily. How much lightings do you use? What is your tank size? Glossostigma is a fast growing plant (creep and grow upwards) and regular trimming is required. If your glosso grows tall but does not creep, this may mean that lightings is insufficient. You may wish to take reference from the 'Watts Per Gallon' rules. Normally a 2.5 to 3 wpg is good for most aquatic plants.
This depends on what plants and what end result (style of aquascape) you want. E.g. If you want the aquascape with a carpet of creeping plants, you may want to use soil. If you just want to use moss, java ferns or anubias nana to tie on wood, using sand would be good. Another e.g, Iwagumi style usually uses soil, carpeting plants and rocks only.
Hi. The background is just a piece of white cardboard. Afew centimeter away from the tank itself. This helps to create a shadow when there's lighting.
Nice pearling as well.
You can try Glossostigma, Japanese Hairgrass. They are quite easy to start with but will need CO2 injection. You can get it from us. A good CO2 system is not cheap. The most expensive part is the solenoid regulator.
very beautiful tank. What are the bubbles coming from?
how come the fish don't suffer from the co2 that is saturated in the water? My tetras gasp for air because of to much co2.. how do you create that balance so you can still pearling and healthy fish?
I understand where you are coming from. But in planted aquarium, there are many style of aquascaping. Some examples are 'Dutch', 'Nature', 'Iwagumi' etc. In this particular aquascape, we are using 'Iwagumi Style'. This style is mainly focusing on rocks formation and the using of carpeting plants.
Oh wow, that's amazing. I'm thinking of using live plants for my tank. Any tips for a beginner?
amazing scenery. what do you use to keep a atable temperature?
Hi. The amount of CO2 injection depends on a few factors too. E.g. amount of plants, number of fish as well as the strength of the lighting. For a start, you may wish to inject 1 to 2 bubbles per second and observe for pearling after a few hours. If no pearling, there are also a few possibilities. I.e. not enough lighting etc. You can turn off your filter so that there is no water current. This helps you to observe pearling better.
Can I use pool filter sand for dwarf hairgrass? I'm providing light and co2 but I'm not sure if the sand will provide enough nutrients or if the grass will be able to grow in it.
@Aquaticstory thanks i will do it..btw how much time did your glosso took to carpet you tank?
I gotcha! I was wondering if I could have a 100W lamp for my 20 gallon long planted tank with dwarf hairgrass. With the hairgrass grow efficiently and carpet or is it too much light?
Yes. NO3 comes from animal waste etc. Broken down from ammonia to nitrite to nitrate. As for PO4, it can be caused by internal and/or external factors. Internal is due to decaying organic matters such as uneaten food, dead plants or fish etc. Whereas external factors could be from tap water or chemical used to buffer water etc.
I have no problems with algae on the plants and rocks, but the glass of the aquarium is invaded on daily basis. Even if I clean the glass, the next day algae is visible on it again. Do you clean the glass like me almost every day?
We are using T5 24W x 4 for light. Soil, either ANS, GEX or ADA but all other brands should be fine. I believe you will be able to get glosso easily from any LFS. Or even buy them online from fellow aquarist. Different fish/shrimp eats different algae for your info. If you don't like Otto, just replace them with SAE. Just note that do not mix up SAE with flying fox, they look very alike. Have fun!
Thanks man. It is like you describe. Glass covered by green dust. One more thing and I won't bother you any more: please explain me shortly how NO3 and PO4 get into the thank? NO3 should be food and fish waste (I'm not sure), but where PO4 come from?
How often should one to trim G. elatinoides? Will it form successive layers on top of itself?
Glossostigma is a very common carpeting plants. You should be able to them from any LFS.
how is maintenance / prorogation / trimming done on glosso?
What do the bubbles coming up from the bottom of the tank emit from? Are the plants that frigging productive in outgassing Oxygen? Or....?
I'm setting up my first aquarium soon, (also freshwater), and I wanted to know, how would I get my plants to spread?
@Aquaticstory nice how much gallon is your tank.btw i am growing glosso and my lightning is 9 hours and co2 is bout 1.1bubbles per second but the glosso tend to grow upwards..do you know why?
Hi. 2 gallon tank is kinda small. Perhaps you can go for smaller and hardier fish like Endler guppies. Or you can try this tiny fish called Boraras Brigittae. If you can't find either of them, perhaps you can also try to make it a shrimp tank instead. :) Hope this helps.
This bubbling effect is called pearling. It is not created via airstones. Given enough CO2 and light, aquatic plants will photosynthesis releasing oxygen bubbles.
can i know whats your water tempreture~?
Thanks, that covered a real lot, but I have one more question. Can the bottom gravel be anything, or a certain type of gravel?
The type of sand you are using is usually very lean. You should perhaps get some fertilizers (liquid fert and/or fert for roots) to encourage growth. Do note that balance is very important.
We are planning to conduct workshops for people who are interested. Maybe next year onwards. Right now, we only conduct workshops for children age between 7-12.
@ATP6TS
From what we know, SAE eats algae and algae waffers only. So far, they have not damage any of our aquatic plants.
Amazing tank.. really!!!
For planted tank, not much is required if there are no algae. So long as your planted tank is well balanced, i.e. light, CO2, nutrients etc, what you need to do for maintenance is just water change, fertilizing and plants trimming. The waste will sink into the substrates or being suck away into the filter system. It will break down into NO3 eventually which also serve as fertilizers.
How big is the tank though. It's not that expensive to have such an amazing tank.
Is it difficult to clean such a planted tank? Or does the waste simply serve as fertilizer?
It is better to use aquarium soil as they are finer and contain nutrients to encourage roots to grow. If not, you can use normal river gravel (use fine version for planting). But they are usually without any nutrients and therefore you need to put your own nutrients (for roots especially).
May i know what is the title for the background instrument song?
and how to make the small bubbles comes out?
@Aquaticstory Awesome! Thanks for reply. What lighting are you using? Soil? Where did you get glosso? Should I replace SAE with 2 more Otto? I'm not sure if petsmart has SAE only CAE which I heard were aggressive!! Would 2 mystery snail and 2 ghost shrimp replace hornsnail and Yamato? I just got my 20 gallon llong!! Just need fish and everything!
i just got a 2 gallon tank what type of fish could i put in it
great tank mate!!!how long do you light your aquarium and how much co2 you release in?thanks
Clean means algae free. To achieve this, the balance of Light, CO2 and Nutrients is very important. Regular trimming is required to prevent them from growing tall.. Such plants usually need to be trimmed once every 3 to 4 days. For water changes, it really depends on your water quality. If its good, i.e. 0 ammonia and nitrite + low nitrate, you only need to change water once every few weeks.
Sorry. We are not sure what rocks is that too.
For this tank, we are using aquarium fan (evaporation cooling) to bring down the water temperature (as we are in tropical climate). Temperature fluctuates between 26 to 28 degree Celsius.
What kind of rocks are used in this tank? And where can i get them?
@wazeer3
Hi, thanks! The lightings were on for 8 hours per day and CO2 injection was 2 bubbles per second. :)
Nice looking tank.
hw much to build this set up ? including tank ..
is your woody petrified...? I mean, is that petrified wood?
how many watt of lights used?
What type of rock is that? Can I buy it somewhere? please let me know
If you are getting those with manual regulator, it will be cheap. But if you wanted those with solenoid, it will be 2 to 3 times the price. Its very easy to use. Best to invest 1 CO2 canister for a planted tank.
@strives4thebest
Hi. I tried keeping them together and it went well. Cloud mountain minnow doesn't seems to bother them much. However, please be careful when introducing shrimps into tank with these fish. Because if you release the shrimps from the surface of water, fish may think they are food and will start attacking.
What type of rock is that?
The algae you describe sounds like Green Dust Algae (GDA) to me. Is the algae very fine which cover the glass like green dust? If so, probably you have imbalance of nitrate (NO3) and phosphate (PO4). Your NO3 may be too low. You may wish to test your water to confirm this. And pump up the NO3 if it is at 10ppm or lesser. Try increasing it to 20 or 30ppm. At this level it is still safe for fish. Observe the GDA to see if the growth slows down or not.
The carpeting plants are Glossostigma Elatinoides.
Amazing video. Do you use any additional source of oxygen besides the natural bubbles released by the plants ?
This question does not make any sense, aquatic plants dont use oxygen to grow. Its Co2
do you have co2 reactor
Hey! :) I was wondering how many of each fish you have? Including shrimp and snail. Also, did you start your carpet from only one glosso and it spreaded? Do you have a heater and filter? If so what kind? I'm sorry I'm really aiming to get a setup similar to this.
Also, where can I buy glossostigma?
@lorez201
I trim them almost every month to keep them low. Else they will compete with each other for light and starts to grow tall. The bottom most layer will just starts to die off.
Do you recommend any online sources for aquatic plants?
Yes, it would be better to have stronger light.
In Singapore yes, but I'm not really aware of the U.S. Just go for the more reputable companies to aviod low quality plants.
How many gallons is this tank?
@chizpa305
I was told that these rocks are from Pakistan. But I'm not sure the name of rocks and details. I got them from a local fish shop but they are no longer in stocks. I can't find similar rocks now too. :(
may i know the size of this tank?
These are petrified wood. Not easily available in most aquarium shops though. But we manage to find them in Singapore.
@dreadlock360 It is about 19 gallons.
Hi, sorry. I couldn't find the name of the song I used. Anyway, the bubbles are released by the plants. We called it pearling. Usually happen when light is strong enough and CO2 is sufficient in the water.
It is 24" x 12" x 15".
I have those same golden minnows, they are really pretty.
@admest This tank is around 27ºC.
Please can somebody tell me what the carpeting plant is i am new to aqauascaping.
Hey, carpeting plants are plants with small leaves and stems, which over time, can cover the entire ground or substrate of an aquarium, making a "carpet" look. Carpet plants usually need high light and co2 levels to carpet and grow well. Carpet plants spread across the substrate via runners.
beautiful!
Currently in Singapore only. Would love to expand if given the chance overseas. :p
For this tank, it is not using one. Just with a CO2 diffuser. It is not as efficient though.
Thanks man where can i buy some and how much should it cost.
Do you guys make lessons on iwagumi!! lol
They bubbles are actually oxygen bubbles released by the plants when they photosynthesis. :)
Nice tank
Hi. Total of 48 watts.
We are charging about $1,500 for a complete setup. i.e includes crystal glass tank, cabinet, lighting, filter and aquascapes.
i love white clouds i have 27 regulars in my ten gallon planted tank that i plan to breed crs in
CO2 injection sounds ok. So long as glosso is pearling, CO2 is sufficient.
@Aquaticstory my tank is nearly the same size and i use JBL solar tropic and nature in total 1500k and 18W*2.i light it 9 hours.
I'd say you need more light. Glosso is reaching up.
If light is a non-variable. You can still make plants grow by controlling the nutrients and CO2. You will know what the problem is by observing the type of algae present. E.g. Cladophora = imbalance of light and CO2, need to increase CO2. If Green Dust Algae (GDA) appears, usually means too much PO4 etc.
This is about 18 gallons.
That is actually a Siamese Algae Eater.