Pardone the mess! Kids. The tank is not generally this wet, I just misted it prior to the photo.
5th Picture - 11 Jun 08 - By this time all the crypts have melted as expected, don't worry they are fine and doing well. Cryptocoryne's really dislike being uprooted, moved, poked, prodded, or laughed at they tend to lose all there leaves when they are not happy. But I degress, onward to Orchids.
Ha Ha! Not yet!
Added an Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite', above the sphagmun moss between the driftwood.
Added some HC - Dwarf Baby Tears (Hemianthus callitrichoides) into the mud hill on the left.
Added my Dwarf Hairgrass (Eleocharis parvula) to be wall (the tank is viewable from 3 sides). So far this has required pulling every 2-4 days to keep it confined to that wall, but its very slowing filing in.
Added a Cryptocoryne pygmaea in the middle back.
Added 5 Cryptocoryne parva to the front left. 3 Made it though the replanting process, lost 2 thou
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Added a bit of live sphagnum moss for no good reason.
And finally!!! The first orchid is added. A Macroclinium manabinum wrapped in a little sphagnum moss. Just a teaser it is currently in spike
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