flygja
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Hey guys 
I wanted to post pictures of my tank in the gallery section, but my tank never seems to be complete! So I present to you an extremely backdated account of my tank's progress 
I started somewhere in April last year.
I know you guys love specs so here goes:
90cm x 45xm x 60cm
4x 36W PLLs with reflectors 6 hours a day
Fluval 405
Eheim 2215
ADA Amazonia II and ADA Shirui white sand
Full EI dosing with JBL Ferropol for traces and iron
Pressurised CO2 at 2 to 3 bps
The plant list changed throughout its lifetime, this is the latest:
Rotala rotundifolia sp green
Rotala rotundifolia
Rotala nanjenshan
Rotala wallichi
Didiplis diandra
Bolbitis heudelotti
Microsorium pterous sp Narrow
Anubias barteri
Anubias barteri sp Nana
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Fauna:
Trigonostigma hengeli
Ottocinclus
Siamese algae eaters
Amano shrimps
Red cherry shrimps
Blue cories
One lonely nerite
One lonely white cloud mountain minnow
Bit of a mad list of living things
On to the build! First, the Amazonia II and Shirui.
In goes the driftwood
And the Okho stones plus some pebbles in an attempt at graded gravels.
Planted the stems, ferns and crypts. I don't remember what I planted to be honest
After some months. Got rid of the roundish pebbles, didn't suit the scape. Smashed up some Okho and added the bits instead. You guys are the real masters of graded gravel.
After some more months. Shifted rocks around as I was fed up of Aquasoil crumbling onto the white sand.
I originally planned for Staurogyne sp to be the foreground plant, poking up between the rocks and forming a really nice a lush hedge. It was badly infected with Staghorn algae and while I won that battle, the Staurogyne never looked the same. Skinny and stemmy. Could never get it back to good shape.
So I dumped them and replaced them with the Anubias that was growing madly. Also had a huge hair algae infection. Had to throw away all my moss. Won that battle too, but any newly planted moss will be chewed up by my SAEs within 2 days. So I can't have any moss either.
Here's what it looks like now. Just getting some practice for the final shot
Left side. Ferns growing whichever what way they want. I'm at a lost on how to trim them.
Right side. The ferns and Bolbitis are integrating really well here, just wished the left side was the same!
The Cascades. Shifting soil has caused it to lose its perception of depth somewhat.
Phew! Comments are welcomed!
I wanted to post pictures of my tank in the gallery section, but my tank never seems to be complete! So I present to you an extremely backdated account of my tank's progress I started somewhere in April last year. I know you guys love specs so here goes:
90cm x 45xm x 60cm
4x 36W PLLs with reflectors 6 hours a day
Fluval 405
Eheim 2215
ADA Amazonia II and ADA Shirui white sand
Full EI dosing with JBL Ferropol for traces and iron
Pressurised CO2 at 2 to 3 bps
The plant list changed throughout its lifetime, this is the latest:
Rotala rotundifolia sp green
Rotala rotundifolia
Rotala nanjenshan
Rotala wallichi
Didiplis diandra
Bolbitis heudelotti
Microsorium pterous sp Narrow
Anubias barteri
Anubias barteri sp Nana
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Fauna:
Trigonostigma hengeli
Ottocinclus
Siamese algae eaters
Amano shrimps
Red cherry shrimps
Blue cories
One lonely nerite
One lonely white cloud mountain minnow
Bit of a mad list of living things
On to the build! First, the Amazonia II and Shirui.
In goes the driftwood
And the Okho stones plus some pebbles in an attempt at graded gravels.
Planted the stems, ferns and crypts. I don't remember what I planted to be honest
After some months. Got rid of the roundish pebbles, didn't suit the scape. Smashed up some Okho and added the bits instead. You guys are the real masters of graded gravel.
After some more months. Shifted rocks around as I was fed up of Aquasoil crumbling onto the white sand.
I originally planned for Staurogyne sp to be the foreground plant, poking up between the rocks and forming a really nice a lush hedge. It was badly infected with Staghorn algae and while I won that battle, the Staurogyne never looked the same. Skinny and stemmy. Could never get it back to good shape.
So I dumped them and replaced them with the Anubias that was growing madly. Also had a huge hair algae infection. Had to throw away all my moss. Won that battle too, but any newly planted moss will be chewed up by my SAEs within 2 days. So I can't have any moss either.
Here's what it looks like now. Just getting some practice for the final shot
Left side. Ferns growing whichever what way they want. I'm at a lost on how to trim them.
Right side. The ferns and Bolbitis are integrating really well here, just wished the left side was the same!
The Cascades. Shifting soil has caused it to lose its perception of depth somewhat.
Phew! Comments are welcomed!
Got greedy and increased my photo-period by 2 hours to try to get the stems to bush up. Failed miserably 
