clonitza
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I wouldn't have started this journal but I see many people struggling with dosing I think this one is a good example how to keep things simple and less frustrating especially if you are a beginner.
This was not intended to be an aquascape nor a hardware showcase, I don't have the proper finances to maintain a second tank to a high level so this one over the years was my tank for experimenting my low tech ideas as I wanted to have a low maintenance tank.
The photo taken on September 24:
I'll post another one tomorrow to see its evolution, without hardware this time.
So the specs:
The tank
Eheim - 60cm long x 30cm wide x 35cm tall
Soil
- ADA Forest Sand Orinocco
- Some regular white sand
- JBL Manado
Fertilizers
- TPN+ 1ml/day
Filtration
- JBL e700
Light
- 3 x T8 15w Osram 865
CO2
- EasyLife Easy Carbo 1ml/day
Inhabitants
- Apistogramma cacatuoides (1 mature female + 2 juvenile females + 1 juvenile maile)
- Hemigrammus rhodostomus + bleheri (8)
- Gasteropelecus sternicla (2)
- Pseudomugil getrudae (2 males + 1 female)
- Caridina multidentata (2)
- Ramhorn snails
Plants
- Staurogyne repens
- Micranthemum Micranthemoides
- Echinodorus Regine Hildebrandt
- Hygrophila Polysperma
- Cryptocoryne (various species)
- Alternanthera lilacina
- Echinodorus quadricostatus
- Anubias nana petite
- Anchor moss
A couple of final thoughts:
- As you can see I dose only 1ml TPN+ and 1ml Easy Carbo in the morning, no need to add more.
- I change 30% of the water twice a month using remineralized RO water with Seachem Equilibrium (I prepare the water like this also for the other tank)
- I've started an experiment regarding the lighting a couple of months ago when it was warmer to keep the water from getting too hot using 3 periods of light for two hours and 3 hours break in between. That means the schedule is 2h (light) - 3h (break) - 2h (light) - 3h (break) - 2h (light) and because it worked OK I decided to keep it like this. Fish seem to enjoy it also.
To be continued ...
Mike
This was not intended to be an aquascape nor a hardware showcase, I don't have the proper finances to maintain a second tank to a high level so this one over the years was my tank for experimenting my low tech ideas as I wanted to have a low maintenance tank.
The photo taken on September 24:
I'll post another one tomorrow to see its evolution, without hardware this time.
So the specs:
The tank
Eheim - 60cm long x 30cm wide x 35cm tall
Soil
- ADA Forest Sand Orinocco
- Some regular white sand
- JBL Manado
Fertilizers
- TPN+ 1ml/day
Filtration
- JBL e700
Light
- 3 x T8 15w Osram 865
CO2
- EasyLife Easy Carbo 1ml/day
Inhabitants
- Apistogramma cacatuoides (1 mature female + 2 juvenile females + 1 juvenile maile)
- Hemigrammus rhodostomus + bleheri (8)
- Gasteropelecus sternicla (2)
- Pseudomugil getrudae (2 males + 1 female)
- Caridina multidentata (2)
- Ramhorn snails
Plants
- Staurogyne repens
- Micranthemum Micranthemoides
- Echinodorus Regine Hildebrandt
- Hygrophila Polysperma
- Cryptocoryne (various species)
- Alternanthera lilacina
- Echinodorus quadricostatus
- Anubias nana petite
- Anchor moss
A couple of final thoughts:
- As you can see I dose only 1ml TPN+ and 1ml Easy Carbo in the morning, no need to add more.
- I change 30% of the water twice a month using remineralized RO water with Seachem Equilibrium (I prepare the water like this also for the other tank)
- I've started an experiment regarding the lighting a couple of months ago when it was warmer to keep the water from getting too hot using 3 periods of light for two hours and 3 hours break in between. That means the schedule is 2h (light) - 3h (break) - 2h (light) - 3h (break) - 2h (light) and because it worked OK I decided to keep it like this. Fish seem to enjoy it also.
To be continued ...
Mike