Cube 40, planted tank

[Nick_V]

Hi all,

I started my new tank a week ago. It's a cube 40 (40L).
I hope I can place an update every 1 or 2 weeks

technics:
-eden 501 filter
-jbl protemp 25 heater
-standard led light, with an extra lamp
-co2 system

plants:
-I don't know the names of most plants

fish:
-5 rasbora maculatus
-5 corydoras pychmaeus
-15 crystal red/black shrimp with taiwan bee gen + some baby shrimp

cube40 update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

cube40 update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

cube40 update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

cube40 update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

planted cube update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

planted cube update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

planted cube update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

planted cube update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

planted cube update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

planted cube update by Nick in t Veld, on Flickr

hope you like it!

~Nick

 

[Mark-jan]

Looks nice! Curious how its going to look when the plants have grown a bit more!

 

[Nick_V]

me too

 

[ADA]

Nice, get yaself a cheap submersible electric toothbrush for cleaning your diffuser .

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Nick,

Looking good

 

[Nick_V]

thanks
I tried cleaning the diffusor with a normale toohbrush, but that didn't work... Nut het still gives very fine bubbles

 

[Ady34]

thanks
I tried cleaning the diffusor with a normale toohbrush, but that didn't work... Nut het still gives very fine bubbles

Hi Nick,
good start to the tank

Regards the diffusor, to clean it properly you need to remove it and soak it in a 10:1 bleach/water solution, preferably overnight. Then rinse repeatedly to remove the bleach smell and soak, ideally again overnight, in water treated with a dechlorinator. Because it takes a day or two to complete the process people often have two diffusors so they can swap them out when one is being cleaned Otherwise you can do the process whilst lights out or even leave the lights off for a day. Its amazing the difference it makes to the efficiency.
Cheerio,
Ady.

 

[Nick_V]

thanks for the tip
but I bought a new one yesterday, should be here tomorrow

 

[banthaman.jm]

Really good start Nick, will watch it's progress.
Jim