Ray_Norwich
Member
Hello all,
I'm starting this a little late (five weeks after planting) but thought I'd share progress to date and start giving updates as things develop. Its one of the 50L Dennerle tanks with:
Equipment:
Twinstar 450E lights (with inline dimmer)
Columbo CO2 Profi Set
Neo diffuser
Aquael 300 internal filter (not ideal, I know, but smaller than the 500 I started with)
Dennerle nano thermo heater 50W
Twinstar M5
Dosing:
- EA The Aquascaper Complete Plant food (5 mls per day from day one)
- Seachem Flourish Excel (2mls per day)
- Seachem Flourish Advance (2 mls per day)
Flaura
- Java trident (centre mid / background)
- Rotala H'Ra (left and right mid/ background)
- Hygrophila Pinnatifida (several locations mid / background)
- Bacopa compact (mid ground)
- Marsilea Hirsuta (foreground carpet)
- Dwarf Hairgrass (foreground carpet)
Fauna
- Six horned nerites
- A few red cherry shrimp (more to follow)
- Fish (TBD)
Have to say the tank was a bit of an ugly little spud to start with (thanks to all of the internal equipment), but as the plants have grown it has started to look a bit better. No major issues to date, no algae, just one dead shrimp that got into the filter and didn't get back out. Anyway, pics below showing how its developed over the past five weeks and will update more in future posts.
Day 1
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
I'm starting this a little late (five weeks after planting) but thought I'd share progress to date and start giving updates as things develop. Its one of the 50L Dennerle tanks with:
Equipment:
Twinstar 450E lights (with inline dimmer)
Columbo CO2 Profi Set
Neo diffuser
Aquael 300 internal filter (not ideal, I know, but smaller than the 500 I started with)
Dennerle nano thermo heater 50W
Twinstar M5
Dosing:
- EA The Aquascaper Complete Plant food (5 mls per day from day one)
- Seachem Flourish Excel (2mls per day)
- Seachem Flourish Advance (2 mls per day)
Flaura
- Java trident (centre mid / background)
- Rotala H'Ra (left and right mid/ background)
- Hygrophila Pinnatifida (several locations mid / background)
- Bacopa compact (mid ground)
- Marsilea Hirsuta (foreground carpet)
- Dwarf Hairgrass (foreground carpet)
Fauna
- Six horned nerites
- A few red cherry shrimp (more to follow)
- Fish (TBD)
Have to say the tank was a bit of an ugly little spud to start with (thanks to all of the internal equipment), but as the plants have grown it has started to look a bit better. No major issues to date, no algae, just one dead shrimp that got into the filter and didn't get back out. Anyway, pics below showing how its developed over the past five weeks and will update more in future posts.
Day 1
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
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