Aquascape Maturing
It seems as though I finally have an aquascape maturing. The new Otocinclus inhabitants seem to be making themselves at home and making friends with the shrimps. There are some red cherry shrimps in there too but we rarely see them.
Oto and Shrimp
Aquascape Maturing
The plants are growing well now and the addition of CO2 seems to have helped. The Echinodus tennellus is beginning to spread and the Pogostemon helferi is looking good. The moss and taller stem plants are doing well and need constant trimming, and the Anubias seem to be doing well too. The Staurogyne repens isn’t doing so well though so I think I’ll replace this with some cuttings of the Echinodus tennellus sometime soon. Here’s a couple of quick shots of the whole aquascape as it begins to mature.
Aquascape Maturing
Aquarium
There’s still lots to do of course and always improvements to be made. The foreground carpet is taking a while to get established, but it hasn’t died yet and does seem to be filling out again now. There’s always bits of algae to clean and moss to weed out from between other plants, and the big clump of moss does seem to be taking over somewhat. I’m also toying with the idea of adding a specimen pant somewhere, or maybe adding some taller plants at the back left.
I’m also looking forward to adding a shoal of fish to swim in the open area to the left. I’m not sure what yet though; Cardinal tetras, Rummy Nosed Tetras or Harlequin Rasboras maybe? I think it looks nice though and is certainly a relaxing addition to my home office.
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Looking good x I’m guessing you’ll be buying some fish on the way home then
Yep, a nice shoal of Rummy Nosed Tetras hopefully… If I can convince Morgan that he likes them!
Does he not agree with you?
He’s 10 – He never agrees with me!