Please note, I have now begun 'building' this tank. You can see it's progress in my journal
Hi!
I’m currently in the process of setting up my Rio 180, I’ve got all of my equipment but I’m trying to decide on plants. I’ve got a pretty basic layout and map below, but it needs a lot more. I was hoping to have some input from as many people as possible. I’ve had a couple of planted tanks in the past, however this is the first which I am actually doing properly with high-lighting, cO2 e.t.c...
Basic Equipment:
4x T5 HO Bulbs (Each with reflectors) - 168w (3.4wpg)
FE CO2 / Rhinox 5000 Diffuser
Tropica Plant Substrate (1cm base layer) topped with Black Fine Gravel (2-3mm grain) 2-4â€
Here’s a crudely potatoshopped layout of the sort of aquascape I have in mind
The map to above aquascape
And the key to above map
Red – Amazon Sword Echinodorus bleheri
Orange – Echinodorus ‘Red Flame’
Teal - Alternanthera reineckii
Green - Pogostemon helferi
Yellow - Java Fern Microsorum pteropus
Blue - Hygrophila corymbosa "Compact"
Purple - Nymphaea lotus (zenkeri)
Turquoise - Eleocharis vivipara
Pink - Vallisneria spiralis
Olive - Cryptocoryne balansae
Grey - Rock
Brown – Wood
On the photoshopped aquascape you can see some moss on (as yet) unbought wood, ideally something ‘weeping’ (i.e. Vesicularia ferriei) or just another type of moss.
The black areas are so far undecided and is where I need the most help with. I really haven’t a clue what plants to slot into these areas, for the back areas I can envision some bushy tall plants, and the fronts something thin that will sprout out through everything else.
So if anyone would be so kind as to offer some comments and suggestions for what to add/replace/remove I’d be really grateful
Thank you,
Steve
Hi!
I’m currently in the process of setting up my Rio 180, I’ve got all of my equipment but I’m trying to decide on plants. I’ve got a pretty basic layout and map below, but it needs a lot more. I was hoping to have some input from as many people as possible. I’ve had a couple of planted tanks in the past, however this is the first which I am actually doing properly with high-lighting, cO2 e.t.c...
Basic Equipment:
4x T5 HO Bulbs (Each with reflectors) - 168w (3.4wpg)
FE CO2 / Rhinox 5000 Diffuser
Tropica Plant Substrate (1cm base layer) topped with Black Fine Gravel (2-3mm grain) 2-4â€
Here’s a crudely potatoshopped layout of the sort of aquascape I have in mind
The map to above aquascape
And the key to above map
Red – Amazon Sword Echinodorus bleheri
Orange – Echinodorus ‘Red Flame’
Teal - Alternanthera reineckii
Green - Pogostemon helferi
Yellow - Java Fern Microsorum pteropus
Blue - Hygrophila corymbosa "Compact"
Purple - Nymphaea lotus (zenkeri)
Turquoise - Eleocharis vivipara
Pink - Vallisneria spiralis
Olive - Cryptocoryne balansae
Grey - Rock
Brown – Wood
On the photoshopped aquascape you can see some moss on (as yet) unbought wood, ideally something ‘weeping’ (i.e. Vesicularia ferriei) or just another type of moss.
The black areas are so far undecided and is where I need the most help with. I really haven’t a clue what plants to slot into these areas, for the back areas I can envision some bushy tall plants, and the fronts something thin that will sprout out through everything else.
So if anyone would be so kind as to offer some comments and suggestions for what to add/replace/remove I’d be really grateful
Thank you,
Steve