+2.5ft Iwagumi Shallow Tank

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Tank Specs:
Dimension: 77cm (L) x 35cm (W) x 30cm (H).
Light: 24w T5HO x 4, currently turn on ~5hours daily.
Substrate: ADA Amazonia I + ADA Powersand Special + Small lava rocks + BorneoWild substrate additives (BorneoWild Balance, Boost P, Bacter Crystal and Bacter Energy - 1 bottle for each).
Hardscape: Lava rock.
Filtration: Eheim Ecco Pro 2036 connected to Cal Aqua Lab nano glass lilypipe (in+out).
Co2: Approx 1bps via glass ceramic diffuser.
Additives/Supplement: 1/3 push of Brighty K daily and sprinkle small amount of BorneoWild Bacter Crystal after each water change.
Flora: Glosso
Fauna: None atm but will keep high grade CRS in future.
Maintenance: 70% WC every day.

 

[Celestial]

wow looks very nice! good job, will be following this!

 

[foxfish]

Nice tank, nice photo - it will be nice to see how it develops.

 

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More pictures during the setup . . .

BorneoWild complete substrate system (similar to ADA subs system)

Dump in used soil/powersand/lava rock from 5ft tank. Hardscape (big lava rock) is recycled from previous 1ft tank.

Perform WIWO before planting.

. . . more coming up

 

[Tony Swinney]

Lovely layout Prox - look forward to more pics as it matures

Tony

 

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More pictures . . .

Glosso is separated into each "node" and planted one by one. Best if you got assistant otherwise be prepared to get backache after planting.

Result after don't-know-how-long of planting

Slowly filling up with water.

 

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Growth after Day 2
Note - apologize for the mis-focus picture but I hope you guys can see the new shoots.

Growth after Day 7. More new shoots emerging from the soil

 

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Day 8

It is greener now . . .

 

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Replace 2 x 24W T5HO Original light bulb (Katana) with 2 x 24W T5HO Giesemann Powerchrome Midday.

I guess I am now a sucker for German made stuff.

 

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Day 12

Yet to be dirty glassware

Update:

-Added in 5 baby otos.
-Start to dose liquid fert BorneoWild Growth and ADA Brighty K. Both <1ml daily.
-Continue to dose 2 drops of ADA Phyton Git and dilute small amount of BorneoWild Bacter Crystal after each water change.

 

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Day 15.

Bought 5 of this little cute otos. Can't resist myself.

Supplement/fert to boost the growth.

 

[Themuleous]

Love the rocks!

 

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Added 2 x Badis bengalensis. I noticed small little creatures/bugs moving all over my soil at night. Let see if this little fish can eat it all.

Read the 2nd paragraph..something interesting.

Themuleous: thanks.

 

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Very hard to capture picture of this little fish. Probably camera shy...

Day 18... Fluorescent green Glosso.

 

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Day 1 >>>> Day 18

From the 1st picture, you can see the original Katana T5 spectrum compare to Giesemann.

 

[logi-cat]

I know people have already mentioned it, but the formation of those rocks are amazing!

 

[Vito]

Tank is looking great and no sign of problems, looks like you'll have tones of glosso in no time.

 

[schraptor]

Nicely looking tank mate ! Will surely look amazing once glosso grows in.

 

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More updates...

Day 25

WC every 3 days - 30-50%
1ml of BorneoWild Growth & ADA Brighty K everyday

 

[JenCliBee]

Love the rocks and tanks coming along nicely