Aquascape: Edens Gate

[Aqua Hero]

i thought i would just show my new aquascape

aquascape: Edens Gate

Tank: 61 x 41 x 58 Juwel Lido 30 UK Gallons

Lights: Odyssea Quad T5HO Unit, 2 x 24W 6400K Bulbs, 2 x 24W IQuatics Plant Growth Bulbs. 9 hours per day

Substrate: ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia mixed with ADA Power Sand, White Sand

Hardscape: Lava Rocks, Bonsai Driftwood

Filtration: Tetra Tec EX800 Plus, Pondguru setup with biohome ultimate and ultra mini

CO2: 1.5% Glutaraldehyde Solution in DI water (its the same stuff used in Seachen Excel and EasyCarbo)

Fertilisers: EI Ferts

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Plants: Eleocharis parvula, Hydrocotyle Tripantita, Water Lettuce, Weeping Moss, Taiwan Moss, Christmas Moss and some stem plant

Fish: 12 Strawberry Rasbora, 4 Otocinclus sp, 7 Pygmy Cories, 6 Amano Shrimp, 1 Crystal red shrimp (i got it free with the amanos), a ton of Red Cherry Shrimp

and 1 awesome Black Orchid Crowntail Betta. his name is Ryuu (which in Japanese means 'Dragon')


This was inspired by the lake i live next to. it has weeping willow trees that grow alongside the lake so i thought why not recreate it. the bonsai trees obviously represent the willow trees and the sand is suppose to represent the river. i bought nano fish to keep a sense of scale and to make my tank look bigger than it actually is. the rasboras are suppose to be birds and pygmies, shrimp and otos are land animals. Ryuu is actually suppose to be a dragon in the forest.

the water lettuce are supposed to be clouds which the betta (dragon) spends most of its time.

 

[Aqua Hero]

Hardscape

 

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[CanisDraco]

Oooh, I like! I'm looking forward to seeing this grow in and seeing the dragon swooping through his domain 😀

 

[Aqua Hero]

He's been flying through checking out his new Land.

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[Aqua Hero]

Here are pictures on Ryuu terrorising the forest dwellers XD









I got a black orchid because they add mystery to the tank. Also the tip Ryuu fins change colour and reflect the colour of the light. So it will change from blue to white or pink.

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[Aqua Hero]

Nice pic of Ryuu soaring through the skies

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[Aqua Hero]

Week 3

sorry for the poor quality, it was taken on my phone

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

Probably, you want to know that betta is very good at hunting on cherry shrimps. Over time it will eat all of them.

 

[Aqua Hero]

Probably, you want to know that betta is very good at hunting on cherry shrimps. Over time it will eat all of them.

Lool I have had this tank set up for quite a while and I haven't seen my betta once my shrimp. He doesn't hurt them, he just ignores them. My shrimp population has depleted at all, it's only increasing.

Not all bettas are killers you know, it all depends on their personality. I got lucky I bought myself a peaceful one

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[Roman B]

Loving it!
Looks great, waiting for some photos with crystal clear water 🙂

 

[Aqua Hero]

Well the scape hasn't exactly finished growing yet

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[rebel]

Lovely scape which is very unique. You have kept to your brief really well! Dragon in the sky!! Classic stuff.

 

[Manuel Arias]

Maybe stupid question, but... what´s the name of the wood you use here? I saw it in the last months in quite many aquascapes but not found reference to it. 🙂

 

[Aqua Hero]

Maybe stupid question, but... what´s the name of the wood you use here? I saw it in the last months in quite many aquascapes but not found reference to it. 🙂

Bonsai driftwood. The only places I know they sell it at is shrimpcorner UK and bonsaidriftwood.com.

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[Manuel Arias]

Thanks a lot Aqua Hero! 😀 That was very useful.

 

[Aqua Hero]

no problem. i prefer bonsaidriftwood.com because the have more wood in different sizes. Shrimpcorner only have small sizes, however, it does come with free moss

 

[Aqua Hero]

Well I'm not sure what week it is lool but here's what the tank looks now.

There is some good news and some bad news

Good news that all the mosses are growing in nicely on the wood and lava rocks. Also my cheery shrimp population is going out of control and the hydrocotyle sp Japan is exploding with growth.





The bad news are Snails. Lots and lots of snails. Mostly ramshorn and pond snails. I defeated the ramshorn before but they have seem to come back. It's so bad that they got into my spray bar and blocked the spray holes. Water pressure built up and the tip of my bar came off and now I can't find it . For a week I haven't had much flow in my tank. No algae problems came but that stupid oily film built up. I had to do some DIY to increase the flow. I have to wait for my LFS to have more assassin snails in stock. Right now i only have two.



Another minor is that my hydrocotyle on the right is growing slower than the one on the left. Not sure why but both are healthy. I will give it some more time.



Overall everything seems to he growing in well. And Ryuu is enjoying him self. Soon i will be using diy c02 and i will buy some tiger shrimp to add some diversity to the tank. might re name the tank to Tiger Woods XD

 

[rebel]

Tiger woods,... Classic stuff!!