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The Quick Planted Tank - 80 or 90liter Juwel Rekord

justissaayman

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So after a long battle with everything from camera and PC gear giving up on me and re-doing the shrimp rack I have finally made up my mind and decided to do the Juwel Rekord 96 as its my first tank and I dont wanna sell it... ever.

Sorry for pictures, Ill get better ones and the video will be up at some stage.

So without further ado here we go (please dont give me too much grief...):

Gear Used:
Juwel Rekord 96 tank in black (lid removed)
All Pond Solutions Black Twin T5 90cm light unit
JBL CrystalProfi E401 External Filter
JBL Protemp b20 Undergravel Heating system
Marina (i think) 150W heater

Hardscape:
Dragon stone I had left over
Red Moor Root

JBL Sansibar River Gravel (fine) used 1 3/4 bags so about 18kg

Plants:
Tropica Eleocharis 1,2 Grow x1
Tropica Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo' 1,2 Grow x1
Tropica Anubias Nana Bonsai x3
Tropica Lilaeopsis brasiliensis 1,2 Grow x1
Aquadip Anubias Nana
Aquadip Anubias Coffee (spelling)
One lowly Java Fern

Animals:
Amano Shrimp
Sakura Red Shrimp
Lesser Long Nose Shrimp
(200-300 Sakura on their way)

So I started by cleaning out the tank and trying different locations with the stone, but when it came to planting my assistant had an emergency so I gave up and just places stuff, so this is truly a one placement layout. The wood and the stone really blend nicely in my mind and I have more small stones so please any comments are welcome.

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Set up looks nice will you be adding any taller plants to the back of the tank?
 
No I'm not adding taller plants. Will be adding some left over crypts tonight to the bottom of the wood.

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Pictures will be uploaded soon

Did a 50% change this week and added all the shrimp from my low tech into this. Not much but will have to do whilst I wait for my Sakura Army.

Video uploaded though:
 
Too many variables to be specific, anywhere between 3&10 maybe depending on bubble counter, method of diffusion, flow/distribution in the tank, most efficient method is to chart a ph profile from co2 on until lights on aiming for a 1 point ph drop holding steady through the photoperiod, alternatively aim for a lime green to yellowish drop checker at lights on and keep a stable colour through the photoperiod.
 
Hey everyone, getting a bit of brown algae on the substrate now and im planning on doing another 25-50% water change tomorrow. Would this be the best course of action?

Also connecting up a FE system this weekend for CO2 and will keep you up to date.
 
Also red army is in and the horned nerite snails as well.

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Well I think its coming along. A big water change helped today with the brown on the substrate as well for some reason, but I might cut down on lighting if it doesnt come right with the CO2 being installed tomorrow or Saturday

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All looks set up perfect justin. Although on the video the bps looks far less than 1 per second and you should be getting a much greater mist coming from thr intense bazooka.
Nice to see co2 art selling the intense bazookas as they were THE best duffusers when they came out a while back
 
Alastair, can you elaborate on that please? Should I turn the left small knob till I get 1 bps and then turn the big knob to still maintain 3 to 4 bar?

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So I quickly turned it on, got the bar to read 3.5 to 4 and got the bubbles (according to an online metronome) to be 1bps. Then I turned the timer on again and this will now activate in about 50 minutes. Will it slowly start with the diffusion, or straight away?
 
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