Hi
few weeks ago I decided to completely rework my tank and try something new. Previous versions of this tank can be seen in my introduction post.
The idea was to create a nice tank which doesn't require too much maintenance. It's not really a low tech because I'm injecting CO2 and add some ferts but the light is not too strong.
Setup:
Tank: Dennerle NanoCube 30l (30x30x35 cm)
Light: Dennerle 11w (8hours a day, 7am - 10am and 4pm - 9pm)
Filter: Eden 501
Substrate: Dennerle Deponit mix and Dennerle Scaper's Soil plus white gravel (1-1,3mm)
Hardscape: Seiryu stone and Savanna wood
CO2: complete set for SodaStream from CO2Art currently running nonstop at about 1 bubble every 2-3 seconds.
Ferts: Tropica Specialized and Premium - 1 squirt a week of each 1 day apart
Flora
Anubias barteri var. nana
Microsorum pteropus
Rotala rotundifolia
Valisneria nana
Bucephalandra wavy leaf
Christmas moss
Cryptocoryne wendtii green
Fauna
9x Boraras urophthalmoides
8x Corydoras pygmaeus
11x Neocaridina davidi var. Orange
No 1 lesson I learned when setting this up was that it's much better to have more hardscape material then less and it's quite difficult(at least for me) to imagine how it will all look when buying harscape.
So it's not entirely what I wanted but in the end I like it.
Some pics
Hardscape
Planted
Filled with water
Unpleasant surprise on day 1 - background foil show lot's of defects, leftover glue form previous background and especially 2 squares where the foil was taped together I'll redo it at next bigger maintenance
Day 4 - a bit of rescape and replanting
Day 12 - starting to see some new growth pretty much everywhere except for Valisneria nana
Day 20 - Today, Rotala ready for trim I guess. There was a bit of brown algea on crypts and rotala but shrimps added on monday cleansed it quite quickly
Hope you like it,feedback welcome
Juraj
few weeks ago I decided to completely rework my tank and try something new. Previous versions of this tank can be seen in my introduction post.
The idea was to create a nice tank which doesn't require too much maintenance. It's not really a low tech because I'm injecting CO2 and add some ferts but the light is not too strong.
Setup:
Tank: Dennerle NanoCube 30l (30x30x35 cm)
Light: Dennerle 11w (8hours a day, 7am - 10am and 4pm - 9pm)
Filter: Eden 501
Substrate: Dennerle Deponit mix and Dennerle Scaper's Soil plus white gravel (1-1,3mm)
Hardscape: Seiryu stone and Savanna wood
CO2: complete set for SodaStream from CO2Art currently running nonstop at about 1 bubble every 2-3 seconds.
Ferts: Tropica Specialized and Premium - 1 squirt a week of each 1 day apart
Flora
Anubias barteri var. nana
Microsorum pteropus
Rotala rotundifolia
Valisneria nana
Bucephalandra wavy leaf
Christmas moss
Cryptocoryne wendtii green
Fauna
9x Boraras urophthalmoides
8x Corydoras pygmaeus
11x Neocaridina davidi var. Orange
No 1 lesson I learned when setting this up was that it's much better to have more hardscape material then less and it's quite difficult(at least for me) to imagine how it will all look when buying harscape.
So it's not entirely what I wanted but in the end I like it.
Some pics
Hardscape
Planted
Filled with water
Unpleasant surprise on day 1 - background foil show lot's of defects, leftover glue form previous background and especially 2 squares where the foil was taped together I'll redo it at next bigger maintenance
Day 4 - a bit of rescape and replanting
Day 12 - starting to see some new growth pretty much everywhere except for Valisneria nana
Day 20 - Today, Rotala ready for trim I guess. There was a bit of brown algea on crypts and rotala but shrimps added on monday cleansed it quite quickly
Hope you like it,feedback welcome
Juraj