+2.5ft Iwagumi Shallow Tank

[John Starkey]

Superb looking scape prox,some very good growth in a short time ,

john.

 

[PROX]

thanks. I guess the lighting, ADA soil and BorneoWild substrate system help to boost the growth.

 

[PROX]

BW Boost A - I added 3 into the soil..will update the progress after 2-3 weeks.

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Latest FTS

Current maintenance schedule:-
1) Daily 1ml of BW Growth and 2-3ml of BW Essence K
2) 50% water change every 10-14 days
3) Fishes are fed twice daily with BW Staple S and twice weekly with BW Pro Color.

Current tank stats:-
1) Temp: 24-25C
2) Co2: 2 bubbles per 3 secs

Current fauna:

15 Otos
15 Ember tetra
20 Boraras maculatus
20 Boraras brigittae
1 Badis bengalensis
3 Fire Red shrimp

 

[bigmatt]

that looks really, really nice! Fantastic sense of scale and great work with those dimensions. Where did you get the hose clamp thingy in the planting pics? Cheers, Matt

 

[Lewisr]

Love the tank, those rocks are so good

 

[aperry1958]

Very nice tank i still cant believe you planted all those little plants one by one and look how much growth there is on them.

 

[spyder]

Looking good. I'm so tempted to try one of these Iwagumi's one day after seeing so many great looking examples, although my patience would be tested with the prepping & planting of those plants.

 

[PROX]

bigmatt - are you referring to the blue hose clamp? If yes, I got it from LFS. Not that difficult to find it here in Malaysia

 

[a1Matt]

Looking good. I'm so tempted to try one of these Iwagumi's one day after seeing so many great looking examples, although my patience would be tested with the prepping & planting of those plants.

My patience would be tested with regular trimming of the carpet

 

[bigmatt]

bigmatt - are you referring to the blue hose clamp? If yes, I got it from LFS. Not that difficult to find it here in Malaysia

Yeah that one! It'd be a life saver for me - lost count of the number of times a hose has slipped out of the tanks whilst water changing!
Does anyone know of anything similar in the UK?
Matt

 

[Steve Smith]

Only thing I can think of is something I've seen either Dan or Mark using in the past but I can't remember what it is exactly. Not as good as the one PROX has though There seems to be a real lack of little gadgets like this in the UK.

 

[a1Matt]

Not the same, but two alternatives I use are...
An eheim shepherds crook, just hook it on the end of the tank and your done.
and plant weight wrapped several times around the end of hosing to hold it down.

 

[Piece-of-fish]

Beautiful use of Lava rock. I start to like lava more and more after some great examples like yours recently.

 

[PROX]

Thanks for your kind comment..

latest update of the tank..

...Day 132. GDA on the rocks is no longer visible. I suspect daily dosing of BW growth couple with 1-2 drops of ADA Phyton Git slowly suppress the growth. Clean rocks without scrubbing but I didn't get to hide "brown" coloration on lava rocks.

Close up of Glosso growth after inserting BW Boost A into the soil. Earlier it was slightly yellowish and not so compact.

 

[PROX]

Result after massive trimming..

 

[PROX]

Latest update of the tank progress. Nothing new.

 

[bigmatt]

Nope, nothing new - still gorgeous!!!!
M

 

[Mrmikey]

Looking seriously slick. Looks so clean and glosso I can only dream of. Nice job

 

[PROX]

9 months old scape. No change to the scape besides adding in L. Vietnam. Need to do major trimming again otherwise it is going to turn into jungle scape. BorneoWild Boost A is really boosting the growth faster than I want it to. :?

Courtesy of my friend. Limnophila Vietnam.

Big boss of the tank.

Iriantherina werneri. commonly known as Threadfin Rainbow. Looking for female but can't find any yet.

Microrasboras Galaxy. Bought 4 but 3 of it decided to live out of the water

 

[PROX]

Equipment used for trimming and cleaning.
from left to right > ADA Spring Washer (for cleaning my glass lilypipe. Didn't dismantle it for cleaning. Basically just insert this brush into the opening of lilypipe..lazy way of doing it) > BW Spring Cutter > BW Wave Cutter > Old toothbrush.

If only this could be eaten...fresh vege.

After trimming. Next week will trim the back portion.