2.5 FT TANK UPDATE

Left my tank about 2 weeks, as I went visit my dad in Pahang. Its not so wonderful there as raining almost everyday, but I did made a short trip to the jungle about 60KM from his place. As usual, he's interested in joining me . The road is quite narrow and it pissing down that morning too.. I hate driving in such situation! Well, he paid for the petrol..lol. After coming back from Pahang, this is how my tank doing.. Jeez!! really need a "haircut"!!

the stream

mostly java fern & crypt. affinis

after 2 weeks abandoned

now after trimming and re-scape bit

some H. polysperma 'sunset'

nice pinky colour ;-)

current tank

LIMPNOPHILA SP

Found this Limnophila sp near the stream. In my life, I never keep this species.. so I don't know much about it. They looks great in their natural habitat, good for mid-ground plant I think?

Limnophila sp

emersive

some unknown species

very popular terrarium plant (trichomanes javanicum)

Trichomanes javanicum - normally sold in LFS as an aquarium plants. If you ever thinking about getting this in your aquarium, I suggest you -- forget it!! as it ain't going to survive in your tank. Spare your cash for something elses !

unknown species

habitat

some fishing

RESCAPED !

After a big disaster of used planted substrate & the cloudiness, I decided to rescape my tank. This time I am using plain gravel which I took from the stream :) It's free and I have almost 10Kg's left in store room (sound's really greedy). Washed & and ready to go! Here is the pics after set up! 

USED PLANTED TANK SUBSTRATE

used planted tank is not recommended especially if its over a year. I did this in this setup, and turned the water out very cloudy even after a couple of days. If you still wanting to use it, make sure you put a fine gravel on top of the used substrate and cover it nicely, so that the mud won't came out on the surface and make your water grey!

100% water changed..

next day its still cloudy!