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Here’s a journal for a simple medium tech 54L (14 US Galllons) planted tank roughly 60x30x30cm.
This is my first tropical project and was the result of having a spare tank after moving some goldies into a new and much needed home. That journal is the “155L Goldfish Cube” listed on this site should you be interested.
Whilst the Nomaphila is Asian, most of the rest is South American although more through good fortune than design.
It’s been a lot of fun and I have learned so much in the process of creating it. Thanks to the UKAPS forums without which it would have been impossible to achieve so quickly.
Hardscape
Dragon stone
Finger wood
Substrate
Flourite, Flourite Black and light coloured aquarium sand
Plants (front to back)
Micranthemum Monte Carlo
Eleocharis Acicularis (Dwarf Hairgrass)
Echinodorus Cordifolius Mini
Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
Nomaphila Siamensis Parvifolia
Some kind of Cryptocoryne found floating in the goldfish tank
Phyllantus Fluitans (floating)
Fish & Shrimp
6 Cardinal Tetra
2 Otos
Pair of Apistogramma Viejita II
Amano Shrimp
Tech
Inline CO2 diffuser
External filter 450lph
7w LED light
Flourish & Potassium, twice weekly
Method
Created hardscape then carried out a fishless cycle for a month adding small amounts of Ammonia (I wouldn’t do this again, from what I have read on this site since, it’s unnecessary in a planted tank and can kill the bacteria you are trying to grow).
I then added the plants and let them root in for a further two weeks before adding shrimp then fish slowly over a period of about a month. Really glad I did it this way, slow and steady worked really well for me.
This is my first tropical project and was the result of having a spare tank after moving some goldies into a new and much needed home. That journal is the “155L Goldfish Cube” listed on this site should you be interested.
Whilst the Nomaphila is Asian, most of the rest is South American although more through good fortune than design.
It’s been a lot of fun and I have learned so much in the process of creating it. Thanks to the UKAPS forums without which it would have been impossible to achieve so quickly.
Hardscape
Dragon stone
Finger wood
Substrate
Flourite, Flourite Black and light coloured aquarium sand
Plants (front to back)
Micranthemum Monte Carlo
Eleocharis Acicularis (Dwarf Hairgrass)
Echinodorus Cordifolius Mini
Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
Nomaphila Siamensis Parvifolia
Some kind of Cryptocoryne found floating in the goldfish tank
Phyllantus Fluitans (floating)
Fish & Shrimp
6 Cardinal Tetra
2 Otos
Pair of Apistogramma Viejita II
Amano Shrimp
Tech
Inline CO2 diffuser
External filter 450lph
7w LED light
Flourish & Potassium, twice weekly
Method
Created hardscape then carried out a fishless cycle for a month adding small amounts of Ammonia (I wouldn’t do this again, from what I have read on this site since, it’s unnecessary in a planted tank and can kill the bacteria you are trying to grow).
I then added the plants and let them root in for a further two weeks before adding shrimp then fish slowly over a period of about a month. Really glad I did it this way, slow and steady worked really well for me.
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