TallDragon
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This will be my very first planted aquarium. I have been reading UKAPS for a long long time. Now, I finally have the chance to start a tank. I did not start from scratch, I bought a complete 1 year old aquarium, took it apart, moved it, then rebuilt it in my own style. (read more here)
Start (rebuild): 2015, Feb 7.
Aquarium: 60x30x36cm, 64l, Opti-white
Filter: Eheim 3071, with Seachem Matrix in bottom tray, and Eheim Substrat Pro above
Lights: 2x24W T5 (Plant + 6500 K Tube) -> disconnected Plant tube on day 2.
Timing of lights: 8am-10am, 4h pause (siesta), then 2pm-8:30pm
Substrate:
1 year old JBL Aquabasis Plus + ADA Amazonia
Flora:
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Cryptocoryne beckettii (?)
Bacopa caroliniana
Limnophila sessiliflora
Eleocharis acicularis
Fauna:
15 red cherries
21 Neon tetras
3 Otocinclus affinis
1 Botia lohachata
Stones: 2 stones pulled from the frozen ground of my back garden. Initially to keep the wood down, since I did not soak it, but over past few days A) I have grown fond of the stones B) It provides a superb hiding place during the day to the Otocinclus.
Heater: need to get one (tank is presently at 21.5-22 Celsius
The tank did have BBA, and still does, but I am trying to get it under control, with 1.2 ml of Easy Carbo every morning.
old tank
Start (rebuild): 2015, Feb 7.
Aquarium: 60x30x36cm, 64l, Opti-white
Filter: Eheim 3071, with Seachem Matrix in bottom tray, and Eheim Substrat Pro above
Lights: 2x24W T5 (Plant + 6500 K Tube) -> disconnected Plant tube on day 2.
Timing of lights: 8am-10am, 4h pause (siesta), then 2pm-8:30pm
Substrate:
1 year old JBL Aquabasis Plus + ADA Amazonia
Flora:
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Cryptocoryne beckettii (?)
Bacopa caroliniana
Limnophila sessiliflora
Eleocharis acicularis
Fauna:
15 red cherries
21 Neon tetras
3 Otocinclus affinis
1 Botia lohachata
Stones: 2 stones pulled from the frozen ground of my back garden. Initially to keep the wood down, since I did not soak it, but over past few days A) I have grown fond of the stones B) It provides a superb hiding place during the day to the Otocinclus.
Heater: need to get one (tank is presently at 21.5-22 Celsius
The tank did have BBA, and still does, but I am trying to get it under control, with 1.2 ml of Easy Carbo every morning.
old tank
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