JorgeO Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) So here it is, the two-week-old Walstad, all native plants but for some Vallisnerias I got. It has a small pump moving a bit of water, pointed at some lava rock I had as filter media. I dumped the filter contents in a hidden corner and aimed the pump to keep some of the bacteria alive, at least while the plants gather momentum. The light is a cheap LED 10watt floodlight. Also, a heater. The fish do not need it, but the plants appreciate it, I think. Substrate: backyard topsoil, capped with medium gravel. Given a year or so of maturing. Sprinkled pond mud for inoculation of bacteria and diversity of aquatic organisms. Hardscape: regular yellowish rocks from a construction yard Quebracho wood pieces from old train tracks. Really old. Mystery snail shells collected from a couple of different sources. The fish are Jenynsia Lineata, called overitos here in Argentina, and the shrimp are I believe Paleomonetes argentinensis. There might be a Macrobrachium Borelli, but it's too small to tell yet. There are too many males vs females, I noticed recently. I will dump some males in the river and net some females, to avoid the stress. A tentative plant species list would be: Alternanthera (reineckii? perhaps) Echinodorus cordifolius/urugaiensis Hydrocotyle bonaerensis Lilaeopsis brasiliensis Vallisneria spiralis Peace lilies (the roots) Ludwigia peploides Then there are other, unidentified species. I did what I could identifying them, only got me so far, they all look similar. The Ludwigia should eventually reach the surface and become a sort of "floating plant". I definitely do not want duckweed here, but I might stop by the river and get some Pistia Stratiotes one of these days. Spoiler I cannot remove the spoiler thingy. Sorry, not sorry. This tank has been running with no fish or plants for a year, just the substrate. Before that, it looked like this, but I had a trip and then I moved and had to neglect it. This time around it's better, I think. If a couple of new natives I found grow properly, I'll replace the foreign Vallisneria with them. Edited February 22, 2023 by JorgeO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Welcome to the forum! Those are beautiful fish! Livebearer or egg-layer? Edited February 22, 2023 by TheSwissAquarist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJenna Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Love those fish! Their muted color blends so nicely with the Walstead set-up. Welcome to our group. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeO Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 1:18 PM, TheSwissAquarist said: Welcome to the forum! Those are beautiful fish! Livebearer or egg-layer? Thank you! Livebearers. One-sided livebearers, part of the Anablepidae... thingy. Genus. Whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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