GreenNeedle
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After the premature end of Nursery Island I quickly rescaped with a simple design I thought about during the whole day whilst doing other things of course. As soon as the kids were in bed work commenced on pulling all the plants, hardscape and substrate from Nursery Island and then cleaning the tank up.
Specs:
TANK : 33cm x 15cm x 20cm homemade 10 litres
FILTRATION : Boyu external 200lph
HEATER : Newattino K 10W
LIGHTING : 3 x 3W 5500K Luxeon LED - underpowered to circa 7.35W (3.5WPG)
SUBSTRATE : Leonardite bottom layer, Natural sand.
DOSING : Non CO2 with 1 dose of macros per week. No water changes
PLANTS : Microsorum Pteropus 'Needle', Java Moss, Cryptocoryne Parva, Riccia Fluitans
INHABITANTS : Corydoras Schultzei Black (Fry), Cherry Shrimp
The idea is for a moss wall in a triangular shape to grow with the collection of cobbles and pebbles in the corner to provide a feature whilst leaving the rest of the substrate bare. The Riccia is floating to take up nutrient and also block a little light. The plants chosen should be ideal for a fry tank.
Measuring the 'triangle'.
the Leonardite goes in.
The sand is added.
The hardscape positioned.
A couple of shots of the tank back in Situ and running.
The scape is in it's third day now and the single remaining Cory fry is still swimming around so fingers crossed.
AC
Specs:
TANK : 33cm x 15cm x 20cm homemade 10 litres
FILTRATION : Boyu external 200lph
HEATER : Newattino K 10W
LIGHTING : 3 x 3W 5500K Luxeon LED - underpowered to circa 7.35W (3.5WPG)
SUBSTRATE : Leonardite bottom layer, Natural sand.
DOSING : Non CO2 with 1 dose of macros per week. No water changes
PLANTS : Microsorum Pteropus 'Needle', Java Moss, Cryptocoryne Parva, Riccia Fluitans
INHABITANTS : Corydoras Schultzei Black (Fry), Cherry Shrimp
The idea is for a moss wall in a triangular shape to grow with the collection of cobbles and pebbles in the corner to provide a feature whilst leaving the rest of the substrate bare. The Riccia is floating to take up nutrient and also block a little light. The plants chosen should be ideal for a fry tank.
Measuring the 'triangle'.
the Leonardite goes in.
The sand is added.
The hardscape positioned.
A couple of shots of the tank back in Situ and running.
The scape is in it's third day now and the single remaining Cory fry is still swimming around so fingers crossed.
AC