JohnC
Member
Hi Everyone,
It's been years since i've journalled properly here, so as promised here is the first of my new batch.
I've been busy as hell with work and moving house 8 months ago (and again a year and a half before that) that i'd had little time or space for bigger in house tanks. Brighid Sleeps was my only real scape in the last place (see sig) which I didn't keep a log of photos of as it developed.
Now, i've got plenty on the cards. All of which i'll do my hardest to detail here.
This 30cm cube was actually set up in a rush as i stumbled apone a single dwarf puffer in a shop I visited. Fell in love and had to do it. I had a tiny 20L running to keep some plants alive so set to work on the 30cm cube.
The aim was low maintenance regarding plants while high spec in terms of puffer habitat.
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Specifics
Tank Size - 30x30x30 P@H Opti-White
Lights - 1 x Eheim PowerLED 7w
Filter - Eheim Ecco Pro 200 (turned down a little), Glass lily intake with grill and outtake
Substrate - Tropical plant substate capped with gravel and sand
CO2 - 24 hours a day
Ferts - 1ml DIY TPN+ daily
Flora - microsorum mini, microsorum trident, various crypts, anubias nana petite, Taxiphyllum barbieri, fissidens fontanus, Eleocharis acicularis mini, hemianthus cuba, Drosera capensis, Poaceae sp. ˜Purple Bamboo', Maiden Hair sp., salvinia cucullata
Fauna - Carinotetraodon travancoricus x 3, Hisonotus notatus x 2, Neritina Nataensis x 2, Caridina multidentata x 3, Neocaridina heterododa var. Rili
Time Running - 2 months
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In the spirit of journals and a not starting at the finish I failed to take a photo of the tank a couple of weeks back before the crypts suffered a big melt (probably due to off gassing of CO2 when the water level dropped).
So we start here. With a set of photos.
And then see where this small, dark and cutely dangerous rabbit hole takes us....
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Front - 18th Sep 2015
Angle - 18th Sep 2015
Puffer "Long Spot" Hunting snails - 18th Sep 2015
"Long Spot" posing for the camera - 18th Sep 2015
Hisonotus notatus (Black Oto) - 18th Sep 2015 - (note to self - clean back side glass )
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Things on my to do list with this tank.
Best Regards,
John
It's been years since i've journalled properly here, so as promised here is the first of my new batch.
I've been busy as hell with work and moving house 8 months ago (and again a year and a half before that) that i'd had little time or space for bigger in house tanks. Brighid Sleeps was my only real scape in the last place (see sig) which I didn't keep a log of photos of as it developed.
Now, i've got plenty on the cards. All of which i'll do my hardest to detail here.
This 30cm cube was actually set up in a rush as i stumbled apone a single dwarf puffer in a shop I visited. Fell in love and had to do it. I had a tiny 20L running to keep some plants alive so set to work on the 30cm cube.
The aim was low maintenance regarding plants while high spec in terms of puffer habitat.
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Specifics
Tank Size - 30x30x30 P@H Opti-White
Lights - 1 x Eheim PowerLED 7w
Filter - Eheim Ecco Pro 200 (turned down a little), Glass lily intake with grill and outtake
Substrate - Tropical plant substate capped with gravel and sand
CO2 - 24 hours a day
Ferts - 1ml DIY TPN+ daily
Flora - microsorum mini, microsorum trident, various crypts, anubias nana petite, Taxiphyllum barbieri, fissidens fontanus, Eleocharis acicularis mini, hemianthus cuba, Drosera capensis, Poaceae sp. ˜Purple Bamboo', Maiden Hair sp., salvinia cucullata
Fauna - Carinotetraodon travancoricus x 3, Hisonotus notatus x 2, Neritina Nataensis x 2, Caridina multidentata x 3, Neocaridina heterododa var. Rili
Time Running - 2 months
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In the spirit of journals and a not starting at the finish I failed to take a photo of the tank a couple of weeks back before the crypts suffered a big melt (probably due to off gassing of CO2 when the water level dropped).
So we start here. With a set of photos.
And then see where this small, dark and cutely dangerous rabbit hole takes us....
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Front - 18th Sep 2015
Angle - 18th Sep 2015
Puffer "Long Spot" Hunting snails - 18th Sep 2015
"Long Spot" posing for the camera - 18th Sep 2015
Hisonotus notatus (Black Oto) - 18th Sep 2015 - (note to self - clean back side glass )
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Things on my to do list with this tank.
- Plant more mosses on the branches coming out of the top of the tank.
- Tidy the sand area at the front left
- Consider adding in dwarf clover as carpet replacing hairgrass
- Remove current lily and use the bowl type i have waiting so the surface film issue is solved.
- Remove obstructing redmoor section that blocks proper sitting of lily
- Need to add root tabs to crypts or analyse my fert regime a touch to make sure things are getting what they need.
Best Regards,
John