Gman0526":1kv25pyw said:
Well... yes and no. No, in that I still haven't gotten around to taking any new pics yet. Maybe this evening when I get home, overtime depending.
Yes, in that there are a few points worth mentioning.
The phyllanthus (the floaters) are multiplying out of control. I find myself removing around 50% of them at least once or twice a week, only to have them completely cover the surface of the tank again within just a few days. If anyone wants some, just let me know - $6 for USPS shipping will get you more than you know what to do with
The lobelia is almost completely transitioned over to submersed leaves now, I'd say about 95%. I lost one plant in the process, but the others are all doing well.
But now on to the bad news....
The utricularia isn't doing so hot, despite how it looked initially. Most of the patches have slowly dwindled away, blade by blade, and while there are still five or six patches left only one seems to be doing well. That one seems to be doing very well indeed, but it's a complete mystery to me why this one patch is thriving while all the others are fading away. The thriving patch is at least four or five times as large as it was when I received it, so I have some hope that it will continue to grow and spread even if the others fade out entirely. I can't say for sure, though, so it's kind of a waiting game.
In addition, since the tank has ended up as lobelia and HC at the moment (at least until such time as the UG can really take over, if it ever does) it's pretty much turned out completely different than how I'd planned. I still think it looks pretty, but it's not at all what I'd had in mind and I'm not sure how I feel about that. The real question I have right now is whether the UG will end up doing alright and carpetting the tank. Depending on how that turns out, I may end up doing a serious re-think.