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The forgotten nano... taiwan bee's vanished.

Iain Sutherland

Iain Sutherland

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This tank has been running a while now and had a previous incarnation of a crab paludarium, since then i just flooded it about 4 months ago and added a few cuttings. This is what has pretty much created itself.

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Super low tech, 11w light, couple of ml of ferts once a week and a 25% water change when i feel like it. Ill be honest, this tank has really endeared me to low tech. :shh: I tend to just forget about it with no consequences which i like.

Only plan is to finish the carpet and add some decent grade CRS when im feeling flush.

Just realised no front on shot :oops: ill add one next time.

Hope you likey.
 
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Lush, loving the emersed plants too.
What size is this please?
Riccia carpet looks v.nice.
What ferts do you use for this?
and nevermind next time, add a fts now!
 
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Ady34 said:
Lush, loving the emersed plants too.
What size is this please?
Riccia carpet looks v.nice.
What ferts do you use for this?
and nevermind next time, add a fts now!
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lol, it try and grab a FTS, had a few beers though!
25ltr tank ady, with about 4ltrs of fluval stratum which i put in a couple of months ago. Probably cant see but the tank is cut diagonally with a 4" high piece of slate which was the dry area for the crabs.
ferts are EI salts, couldnt tell you how much as not weighed or measured i just chucked some in dosing bottles and added RO 4 months ago. i kinda figured that as ferts dont cause algae it really doesnt matter.
Im quite suprised how well the tank does considering i give it no real love.
Also amazed at the dwarf riccia carpet, it was just an experiment really (wanted to use my ADA riccia stones :lol: ) ... it surpassed my expectations thats for sure.
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This looks great Iain. Wouldn't have guessed it was low tech mate!

very well done :D
 
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Nice bit of nature. Really amazed by riccia carpet without co2.
Amano would be jelous :wideyed:
 
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KrisHumphreys1991 said:
This looks great Iain. Wouldn't have guessed it was low tech mate!

very well done :D
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Cheers kris, ill take that 8)

Piece-of-fish said:
Nice bit of nature. Really amazed by riccia carpet without co2.
Amano would be jelous :wideyed:
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Does riccia tend to be more difficult without co2 then ed?? first time ive tried it :crazy: must be the ADA stones!
Im going to split it up maybe next week to spread over more stones, see what happens after that...
 
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Alastair said:
Really really nice mate. I like it a lot
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thanks al, me too :lol:

sr20det said:
That's lovely. Well done. Is that a almond leaf? For shrimp? Or by outlet to reduce ph?
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cheers, almond leaf is for the shrimp mate but the hamshorn snails seem to appreciate it more!
 
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great little nano! well done mate, as as Ed says, that riccia is in really good nick. This proves how little we can actually do with our tanks with a decent soil substrate.
 
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ianho said:
great little nano! well done mate, as as Ed says, that riccia is in really good nick. This proves how little we can actually do with our tanks with a decent soil substrate.
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thanks iain, pretty sure this tank had convinced me to go low tech in the big tank next scape, then i see alistairs rotala and im sold!

Aqua sobriquet said:
Very nice looking Nano Iain.
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Need more plant mass now, some more needle leaf and other bits from piece of fish will help a lot. cheers aqua.

sarahtermite said:
Looking very good! And that dwarf riccia is lush :thumbup: - let me know if you have any going spare next time you trim it? :D
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got it super healthy from logi-cat, wasnt expecting dwarf but chuffed it was. Will be a long while as i'm splitting it this week to complete the carpet, touch wood, and takes a couple of months to fill in. Maybe flick logi a message...
 
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Hi all,
Nice tank.
Does riccia tend to be more difficult without co2 then....
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No, it grows like an absolute weed without CO2, but when I've had it, it always escapes and ends up as a floating mass just below the surface. I now just leave it mixed up with Utricularia gibba and let them get on with it.

cheers Darrel
 
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This is awesome mate!!! :D I didn't know we could grow riccia without co2.!! Iain could you kindly share with us how you had it tied down to the stone,...
 
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