Omegatron
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Hi,
Snooping around here for inspiration and learning from others i thought it was time i created an account on this beautiful forum aswell.
I recently got a new tank, the dimensions are: length 120cm X wide 40cm X height 35 cm (inches= 47,2 X 15,7 X 13,8).
I had to get a new stand as well. Since I am on a budget I decided to build it myself. On
Planted Aquarium Tank Portal - Project Aquarium
I found sort of a tutorial of how to build it. Since my dad has friends in the construction business I asked him to check how much the materials would costs. I gave him the print screens from projectaquarium.com and then it went quiet…too quiet. Until a week later he sends me these pics.
He secretly had the stand build! I was very surprised and very happy because to be honest if I had to do it myself… well let me put it this way…I can’t even build ikea furniture to something usable. I did paint it myself though 🙂
In the meantime I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the aquascape. I’m a sucker for the Amano style and I love Iwagumi so I had an idea. I build a fake tank and threw some rocks in. Sadly that didn’t work. Luckily there are forums like these were people are willing to help each other.
So I created something that I thought would look nice and Lawrence helped me to make it work and also teaching me why you would do something and why not. Since we had only contact by mail using photos and a major time difference it took us about 2 weeks to create the final layout. Lawrence was a big help in making this scape, to be really honest I often felt like Amano’s helpers in those black t-shirts and following Lawrence his input. I could not have done this without him
This was my fake tank:
And here I went to recreate and improve it in the real tank:
When I thought this would be my final layout I got an email from Lawrence with this drawing attached. What would I think of a path/river/road running through the tank. I wasn’t 100% enthusiastic about it because I have no idea how to keep in clean and not covered in plants. But I really liked the sketch and thought I will figure it out when I get to that point.
The sketch:
The Tank with and without the path:
When the hardscape was ready I went for planting.
I’m using the following plants (with ADA Amazonia soil):
For technique i have the following:
Filtration:
Some pictures after planting:
Update, 25 days after planting:
Let me know what you think of it!
Snooping around here for inspiration and learning from others i thought it was time i created an account on this beautiful forum aswell.
I recently got a new tank, the dimensions are: length 120cm X wide 40cm X height 35 cm (inches= 47,2 X 15,7 X 13,8).
I had to get a new stand as well. Since I am on a budget I decided to build it myself. On
Planted Aquarium Tank Portal - Project Aquarium
I found sort of a tutorial of how to build it. Since my dad has friends in the construction business I asked him to check how much the materials would costs. I gave him the print screens from projectaquarium.com and then it went quiet…too quiet. Until a week later he sends me these pics.
He secretly had the stand build! I was very surprised and very happy because to be honest if I had to do it myself… well let me put it this way…I can’t even build ikea furniture to something usable. I did paint it myself though 🙂
In the meantime I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the aquascape. I’m a sucker for the Amano style and I love Iwagumi so I had an idea. I build a fake tank and threw some rocks in. Sadly that didn’t work. Luckily there are forums like these were people are willing to help each other.
So I created something that I thought would look nice and Lawrence helped me to make it work and also teaching me why you would do something and why not. Since we had only contact by mail using photos and a major time difference it took us about 2 weeks to create the final layout. Lawrence was a big help in making this scape, to be really honest I often felt like Amano’s helpers in those black t-shirts and following Lawrence his input. I could not have done this without him
This was my fake tank:
And here I went to recreate and improve it in the real tank:
When I thought this would be my final layout I got an email from Lawrence with this drawing attached. What would I think of a path/river/road running through the tank. I wasn’t 100% enthusiastic about it because I have no idea how to keep in clean and not covered in plants. But I really liked the sketch and thought I will figure it out when I get to that point.
The sketch:
The Tank with and without the path:
When the hardscape was ready I went for planting.
I’m using the following plants (with ADA Amazonia soil):
- Hemianthus callitrichoides
- Glossostigma elatinoides
- Eleocharis parvula
For technique i have the following:
Filtration:
- Eheim Professional 3 2071
- Eheim Ecco Pro 2036
- Pressurized Co2
- Inline heater
- 2x T5 Bulbs (1x 6000k and one 9000k) with a Odyssa fixture.
- I fertilize with micro/macro solutions that i make with powders using EI method
Some pictures after planting:
Update, 25 days after planting:
Let me know what you think of it!
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and keep us posted 
