viktorlantos
Aquascaper
Allright i did that... Did a rescape on my nano yesterday. 
Had that for a year, a few months longer than i expected, but did not had time to do a new tank.
Who is not familiar with the past form here it is: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6440&start=50&hilit=memorable+night
The new tank updates:
Substrate: ADA Penac P, Powersand Spec M, Amazonia I, Amazonia I Powder
Plants: hemianthus callitrichoides, utricularia graminifolia, bit of byxa, lilaeopsis brasiliensis, crypto parva, rotala. The rotala i may will remove later but i kind of like the redish color behind the stone now.
The rest of the specs is the same as before.
Decor: Seiryu stones
Ferts: same as before ADA Step 1, Brighty K, ECA. At WC Green Bacter, Green Gain, Phyton Git
Started the rescape with a removal. Removed everything, plants, wood, fishes, shrimps, soil. I had the filter running with NA Carbon for 4 months now. I left it run til i worked on the scape in a bucket full with my fishes and shrimps.
This time i did some kind of Iwagumi, but i was limited in many ways. Did not got the plants i needed, i was not sure to do a stone, stone and wood or a wood scape again. Did not spent enough time to work out a scape and decide on the stone form. Manten or Seiryu. At the end Seiryu won because the smallest Manten was still too much in this small tank.
This time i did not spent too much to think about how this will look like i just did it. And will see how this goes in the next month, but really refreshing to see a new scape again, and finally i see my shrimps. Haven't seen any babies as all of them was hided in the moss forest earlier.
The steps:
Penac P and Powersand Spec M
Amazonia is in with the stones
Powder is in, and i messed up the landscape a bit
Plants are in and tank is filled up with water. Amazonia cloud is here as i expected
Then i switched on my filter with the old NA Carbon in it and after 5 minutes it was ok
At this point i did the following. Since my filter was matured i thought i will put back all my fishes and shrimps to this tank. Of course i tested the water hourly etc, and additionally added Green Bacter to the water and used Seachem Prime to handle the tap water which was fresh in the tank (not used any water from the old tank except the filter).
The water looked ok so i added in all of my shrimps, baby shrimps and fishes. And turned on an air pump next to the filter inlet to boost the bacterial activity in the first day.
Today was ok. Shrimps and fishes felt good, and as i tested the water several times a day there was no danger at all.
Was amazing to see these beauties as they walked in the new tank. Really enjoyed the open view.
made a quick video from the tank to see how this looks with all the movement. just a quick vid nothing fancy
(The DC is blue because i added that in before the video to test my CO2 in the next few days til i set up the right ammount again.)
So this was the first day after the setup. Was nice to see a fresh tank, all my shrimps, this is my first iwagumi tank. Hopefully will do well in the next few months so this will look better probably
Also was intresting to see which is the strongest, how the start will work out:
Matured filter with a 4 month old NA Carbon in it, Seachem Prime, Green Bacter, Air Pump
or the Fresh setup 1 liter substrate fert (powersand spec), 4 liter of Amazonia with 100% tapwater.
From what i see now the first group handled the job pretty well, however this is not something what i would recommend to anyone. The goal was not to test things on my fav shrimps and fishes, but i did not had a container to hold them for a week or 2 til the tank is prepared. So i decided to throw in all kind of booster, as i had to speed up the process. Also if i found that the test shows unaccceptable results i would never add in the residents.
That's it. A new scape. Will update this journal in the future. And of course your questions, comments, concerns or ideas are welcome
Who read all of this won a baby shrimp already from me
Had that for a year, a few months longer than i expected, but did not had time to do a new tank.
Who is not familiar with the past form here it is: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6440&start=50&hilit=memorable+night
The new tank updates:
Substrate: ADA Penac P, Powersand Spec M, Amazonia I, Amazonia I Powder
Plants: hemianthus callitrichoides, utricularia graminifolia, bit of byxa, lilaeopsis brasiliensis, crypto parva, rotala. The rotala i may will remove later but i kind of like the redish color behind the stone now.
The rest of the specs is the same as before.
Decor: Seiryu stones
Ferts: same as before ADA Step 1, Brighty K, ECA. At WC Green Bacter, Green Gain, Phyton Git
Started the rescape with a removal. Removed everything, plants, wood, fishes, shrimps, soil. I had the filter running with NA Carbon for 4 months now. I left it run til i worked on the scape in a bucket full with my fishes and shrimps.
This time i did some kind of Iwagumi, but i was limited in many ways. Did not got the plants i needed, i was not sure to do a stone, stone and wood or a wood scape again. Did not spent enough time to work out a scape and decide on the stone form. Manten or Seiryu. At the end Seiryu won because the smallest Manten was still too much in this small tank.
This time i did not spent too much to think about how this will look like i just did it. And will see how this goes in the next month, but really refreshing to see a new scape again, and finally i see my shrimps.
Haven't seen any babies as all of them was hided in the moss forest earlier.The steps:
Penac P and Powersand Spec M
Amazonia is in with the stones
Powder is in, and i messed up the landscape a bit
Plants are in and tank is filled up with water. Amazonia cloud is here as i expected
Then i switched on my filter with the old NA Carbon in it and after 5 minutes it was ok
At this point i did the following. Since my filter was matured i thought i will put back all my fishes and shrimps to this tank. Of course i tested the water hourly etc, and additionally added Green Bacter to the water and used Seachem Prime to handle the tap water which was fresh in the tank (not used any water from the old tank except the filter).
The water looked ok so i added in all of my shrimps, baby shrimps and fishes. And turned on an air pump next to the filter inlet to boost the bacterial activity in the first day.
Today was ok. Shrimps and fishes felt good, and as i tested the water several times a day there was no danger at all.
Was amazing to see these beauties as they walked in the new tank. Really enjoyed the open view.
made a quick video from the tank to see how this looks with all the movement. just a quick vid nothing fancy
(The DC is blue because i added that in before the video to test my CO2 in the next few days til i set up the right ammount again.)
So this was the first day after the setup. Was nice to see a fresh tank, all my shrimps, this is my first iwagumi tank. Hopefully will do well in the next few months so this will look better probably
Also was intresting to see which is the strongest, how the start will work out:
Matured filter with a 4 month old NA Carbon in it, Seachem Prime, Green Bacter, Air Pump
or the Fresh setup 1 liter substrate fert (powersand spec), 4 liter of Amazonia with 100% tapwater.
From what i see now the first group handled the job pretty well, however this is not something what i would recommend to anyone. The goal was not to test things on my fav shrimps and fishes, but i did not had a container to hold them for a week or 2 til the tank is prepared. So i decided to throw in all kind of booster, as i had to speed up the process. Also if i found that the test shows unaccceptable results i would never add in the residents.
That's it. A new scape. Will update this journal in the future. And of course your questions, comments, concerns or ideas are welcome
Who read all of this won a baby shrimp already from me
