sanj
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I havent really got off to a good start on this tank picture wise. I was not sure if I would do a journal and so I have not really documented the initial start up very well, but I guess most of you have seen it all before so it is nothing new really.
I set this tank up at the begining of February 2014 and then for 2 1/2 weeks its was left to its own devises while I swanned off to Thailand...
Anyway the name is derived a river in Indonesia (West Papua province or formerly Irian Jaya) where the key fish habitants are found:
Melanotaenia sp. "Wapoga" ( looks like a red striped M. praecox, but is not the same species).
Chilatherina alleni "Wapoga"
In no way shape of form have I attempted to source flora specific to that river, probably next to impossible and rather dull.
I havent even tried to scape a river bed, it is very much lifted of a classic Amano design.
The details:
Tank: NA 120cm x 50cm x 55cm
Lighting: Metis Hyperion 8 channel led (from Pacific Sun led) 150 watt.
Filtration: Aquamanta Efx 400
Additional flow: 2x Hydor Koralia 1600s
CO2: 2kg bottle with a Sera reactor.
O2: Rena air pump that comes on over night
Substrate: ADA aquasoil, over alfagrog in filter bags, A blend of Nile and La Plata sand.
Hardscape: Manzanita and Yamaya stone
Additional nonsense (possibly): Twinstar Nano
Plants:
Lagenandra thwaitesii
Lagenandra meaboldii (red)
Cryptocoryne affinis
Cryptocoryne legroi
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Needle leaf java fern (short version)
Hymenasplenum obscurum (its a fern)
Bucephalandra (many types most obvious being Dark and Green Achilles)
Polygonum sp. Sao Paulo
Potomogeton gayii
Weeping moss
Java Moss (was supposed to be Xmas).
Some others I currently cant recall...
Fauna:
Melanotaenia sp. "Wapoga"
Chilatherina alleni "Wapoga"
Otocinclus sp.
Blue neocaridinia shrimp.
Ok so as I said I did not document the start up properly and managed to take a series of blurred photos (sorry) but you can get the gist...
I used one of those plastic flappy doorstrips as a substrate divider secured with tape:
Clear Flexible PVC Door Strip Curtain 100mm x 2mm x 1 metre length items in Flexible Trading store on eBay!
Yamaya stones, I really liked the feel of these, not dramatic in themselves, but works well when used to complement other hardscape. No fancy ground breaking scaping here, but my primary aim is a nice environment for some very rare rainbowfish. At this point in time I think I am the only person in the country with M. sp "Wapoga" and I know of only one other who keeps this C. alleni strain. I have been raising these fish from fry since June 2013. They are F1 generation.
So, yes dont get too excited.
Anyway big gap as I got a little disheartened with several issues (albeit minor ones) with my NA tank. The short of it was I had to empty a filled and scaped tank in order to remove an inadequate number of "feet" at the bottom of the tank.
Off I went to Thailand (excellent country), came back and well this is the current state of things:
There is a bit of algae, but nothing disasterous yet.
Light duration is 8 hours, but 3 of these are ramp up/down and 5 hours ate 25% output. I think PAR was in the 30-40 range, but I will need to re-check.
I set this tank up at the begining of February 2014 and then for 2 1/2 weeks its was left to its own devises while I swanned off to Thailand...
Anyway the name is derived a river in Indonesia (West Papua province or formerly Irian Jaya) where the key fish habitants are found:
Melanotaenia sp. "Wapoga" ( looks like a red striped M. praecox, but is not the same species).
Chilatherina alleni "Wapoga"
In no way shape of form have I attempted to source flora specific to that river, probably next to impossible and rather dull.
I havent even tried to scape a river bed, it is very much lifted of a classic Amano design.
The details:
Tank: NA 120cm x 50cm x 55cm
Lighting: Metis Hyperion 8 channel led (from Pacific Sun led) 150 watt.
Filtration: Aquamanta Efx 400
Additional flow: 2x Hydor Koralia 1600s
CO2: 2kg bottle with a Sera reactor.
O2: Rena air pump that comes on over night
Substrate: ADA aquasoil, over alfagrog in filter bags, A blend of Nile and La Plata sand.
Hardscape: Manzanita and Yamaya stone
Additional nonsense (possibly): Twinstar Nano
Plants:
Lagenandra thwaitesii
Lagenandra meaboldii (red)
Cryptocoryne affinis
Cryptocoryne legroi
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Needle leaf java fern (short version)
Hymenasplenum obscurum (its a fern)
Bucephalandra (many types most obvious being Dark and Green Achilles)
Polygonum sp. Sao Paulo
Potomogeton gayii
Weeping moss
Java Moss (was supposed to be Xmas).
Some others I currently cant recall...
Fauna:
Melanotaenia sp. "Wapoga"
Chilatherina alleni "Wapoga"
Otocinclus sp.
Blue neocaridinia shrimp.
Ok so as I said I did not document the start up properly and managed to take a series of blurred photos (sorry) but you can get the gist...
I used one of those plastic flappy doorstrips as a substrate divider secured with tape:
Clear Flexible PVC Door Strip Curtain 100mm x 2mm x 1 metre length items in Flexible Trading store on eBay!
Yamaya stones, I really liked the feel of these, not dramatic in themselves, but works well when used to complement other hardscape. No fancy ground breaking scaping here, but my primary aim is a nice environment for some very rare rainbowfish. At this point in time I think I am the only person in the country with M. sp "Wapoga" and I know of only one other who keeps this C. alleni strain. I have been raising these fish from fry since June 2013. They are F1 generation.
So, yes dont get too excited.
Anyway big gap as I got a little disheartened with several issues (albeit minor ones) with my NA tank. The short of it was I had to empty a filled and scaped tank in order to remove an inadequate number of "feet" at the bottom of the tank.
Off I went to Thailand (excellent country), came back and well this is the current state of things:
There is a bit of algae, but nothing disasterous yet.
Light duration is 8 hours, but 3 of these are ramp up/down and 5 hours ate 25% output. I think PAR was in the 30-40 range, but I will need to re-check.
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