MadMupps
Seedling
Hello ! First post here
This is my first fish tank, and my first attempt at planting. It is three months old, and has been planted for 3 weeks now. Stocked with Neon Tetra, Bronze Corys, Chain Loach, Platys and a young angel which I plan to move soon to my friends larger tank. I am fighting an ongoing algae battle but things seem to be improving !
Tank Stats:
It is 80L x 30W x 40H, holding 95Litres (21 UK Gallons)
Just over 3WPG Lighting with 2x T8 20W, AquaGlo and PowerGlo and 1 T8 25W, LifeGlo-2.
Lights on from 12-7pm.
Feed once a day in the evening, alternating live food, frozen food, flake food and tablet food.
Currently using Internal Filtration that came with the tank, but would love to upgrade to external once I get some more cash.
DIY CO2 Yeast method with 2xCoke bottles diffused with a Hagen Ladder system. Again, would love to upgrade to FE.
I dose Aquarium Gardening Fertiliser range; Trace Elements 2mls every other day, Potassium 4mls every other day and Ferrous Iron 4mls every third day.
I do a 30-50% water change once weekly.
Prune the plants and clean the glass whenever it is needed. And in my case.. this is quite often
Plants:
Anubias barteri var. nana
Blyxa Japonica
Didipilis Diandra
Egeria Densa
Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba'
Limnophila sessiliflora
Ludwigia repens
Riccia fluitans
Rotala rotundifolia
Vallisneria spiralis `Tiger`
Weeping Moss- Coming soon on the driftwood.
Some of these plants have been in around three weeks and are showing good growth, such as the vallis, Egeria densa, riccia and ludwigia, however others have only been in a matter of days; the limnophila, blyxa, didipilis diandra and the anubias.
This was how the tank looked a few days after being set up.. As you can tell, my aquascaping skills were pretty poor..
After researching and thinking a little about my fish, plants and scaping, as well as being inspired by the stunning tanks on this site, this is how my tank looks Mid-August 2009. IMO Ive leared alot.
Mid-August 2009
Any comments are welcome. Thanks for looking.
Dan.
This is my first fish tank, and my first attempt at planting. It is three months old, and has been planted for 3 weeks now. Stocked with Neon Tetra, Bronze Corys, Chain Loach, Platys and a young angel which I plan to move soon to my friends larger tank. I am fighting an ongoing algae battle but things seem to be improving !
Tank Stats:
It is 80L x 30W x 40H, holding 95Litres (21 UK Gallons)
Just over 3WPG Lighting with 2x T8 20W, AquaGlo and PowerGlo and 1 T8 25W, LifeGlo-2.
Lights on from 12-7pm.
Feed once a day in the evening, alternating live food, frozen food, flake food and tablet food.
Currently using Internal Filtration that came with the tank, but would love to upgrade to external once I get some more cash.
DIY CO2 Yeast method with 2xCoke bottles diffused with a Hagen Ladder system. Again, would love to upgrade to FE.
I dose Aquarium Gardening Fertiliser range; Trace Elements 2mls every other day, Potassium 4mls every other day and Ferrous Iron 4mls every third day.
I do a 30-50% water change once weekly.
Prune the plants and clean the glass whenever it is needed. And in my case.. this is quite often
Plants:
Anubias barteri var. nana
Blyxa Japonica
Didipilis Diandra
Egeria Densa
Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba'
Limnophila sessiliflora
Ludwigia repens
Riccia fluitans
Rotala rotundifolia
Vallisneria spiralis `Tiger`
Weeping Moss- Coming soon on the driftwood.
Some of these plants have been in around three weeks and are showing good growth, such as the vallis, Egeria densa, riccia and ludwigia, however others have only been in a matter of days; the limnophila, blyxa, didipilis diandra and the anubias.
This was how the tank looked a few days after being set up.. As you can tell, my aquascaping skills were pretty poor..
After researching and thinking a little about my fish, plants and scaping, as well as being inspired by the stunning tanks on this site, this is how my tank looks Mid-August 2009. IMO Ive leared alot.
Mid-August 2009
Any comments are welcome. Thanks for looking.
Dan.
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