zig
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Hi everyone here's my entry from this years ADA IAPLC 2009 competition.
This tank wasn't finished when I entered it, I needed more time to finish it off, but I entered it anyway 😀 it was low light tank so I should have allowed plenty of time, lesson there. The second picture is nearer to what I had in mind when I started this aquascape and that shot was taken about mid July just gone, the shot for the ADA entry was taken right up to the deadline, probably just a couple of days before entry deadline day. I didn't use any special photography techniques other than a tripod, I did add more lights over the tank for the second shot though, just another overtank luminaire, both shots are taken at about 1/20 sec so the fish are a bit blurred. I photographed it with a point and shoot Canon powershot A610. Click on the pics for larger images.
The spec for the tank
Tank 90x45x45cm
Lighting 4x24W T5 about 9 hours per day
EI method dosing
CO2 2bps
50% Water change every week
Plants
Eleocharis parvula
Long leaf Java fern
Anubias (nana I think)
Cyperus helferi
Vallisneris nana
Various crypts
Java Moss
Spiky moss
Fish
White cloud mountain minnows
This tank recieved 90th position, I was happy enough with that all things considered, I will give it another shot next year and hopefully will be a bit more organised
This tank wasn't finished when I entered it, I needed more time to finish it off, but I entered it anyway 😀 it was low light tank so I should have allowed plenty of time, lesson there. The second picture is nearer to what I had in mind when I started this aquascape and that shot was taken about mid July just gone, the shot for the ADA entry was taken right up to the deadline, probably just a couple of days before entry deadline day. I didn't use any special photography techniques other than a tripod, I did add more lights over the tank for the second shot though, just another overtank luminaire, both shots are taken at about 1/20 sec so the fish are a bit blurred. I photographed it with a point and shoot Canon powershot A610. Click on the pics for larger images.
The spec for the tank
Tank 90x45x45cm
Lighting 4x24W T5 about 9 hours per day
EI method dosing
CO2 2bps
50% Water change every week
Plants
Eleocharis parvula
Long leaf Java fern
Anubias (nana I think)
Cyperus helferi
Vallisneris nana
Various crypts
Java Moss
Spiky moss
Fish
White cloud mountain minnows
This tank recieved 90th position, I was happy enough with that all things considered, I will give it another shot next year and hopefully will be a bit more organised