Restarting my four living room tanks just in time for the new year.
Moved this 30x18x12 cm tank to the study.
Wanted to do those mini pond/waterfall setup seen on Youtube but me I got potatoes for hands so very limited DIY-wise. Simply sandwiched the submersible filter between a few rocks haha. As long there's enough flow for the plants, Saul Goodman!
CU shot of THE STUDY TANK. Plopped two unknown kinds of plants out of the water (not sure if they can grow emersed nor what plants they are; the back one resembles Bacopa sp. while the front looks like a reed; please help ID plant experts, please!)
The rest are your typical gang: moss, anubias and floaters (finally found the red one, I think P. fluitans?)
I'm waiting for the H. tripartita to grow out of the water and (hopefully) spread like weeds. Will it?
Rocks and sand recycled from breakdown of previous setups.
So thus three tanks left in the living room, two on the three-tier rack and one upon the white TV cabinet (both from IKEA). Decided to scape this 45x22x20cm palu-able tank last (let's call this: THE BOTTOM TANK). Hence, for now, it shall remain a temporary plant grower/storage tank. Slowly starting a collection so that plant selection will be easier later on. Not gonna rush to scape nor plant anytime soon so I can wait (going to try out the dark start method; if you can drop any advice please provide aid).
I'll work on this 40x23x27cm tank first (yes, I'm not good at naming: THE UP TANK). Hardscape, then substrate, then flood and run a dark start for three weeks minimum. Maybe I'll find a way to cover the tank entirely too. Any simple creative ideas/hacks?
Lastly, the fourth tank, 60x30x24cm (THE MAIN TANK), I'll work on thereafter, upon the completion of the above aforementioned tank. The former needs more tender care; been struck with the most algae compared to the rest three, so I did a bit of a diluted bleach treatment. Will require a few water changes and gentle scrubbing before I'm confident enough to restart it. The plan is to run a dark start too but will need to cover it entirely somehow because its two adjacent neighbours will, by then, be up, bright and running.
So, I'll try my best to update my progress: with what's, warts and all. Meantime, it's plant collection week while I think about how to scape the UP Tank with what substrate to use with what hardscape, you know, those yada-yada...
Moved this 30x18x12 cm tank to the study.
Wanted to do those mini pond/waterfall setup seen on Youtube but me I got potatoes for hands so very limited DIY-wise. Simply sandwiched the submersible filter between a few rocks haha. As long there's enough flow for the plants, Saul Goodman!
CU shot of THE STUDY TANK. Plopped two unknown kinds of plants out of the water (not sure if they can grow emersed nor what plants they are; the back one resembles Bacopa sp. while the front looks like a reed; please help ID plant experts, please!)
The rest are your typical gang: moss, anubias and floaters (finally found the red one, I think P. fluitans?)
I'm waiting for the H. tripartita to grow out of the water and (hopefully) spread like weeds. Will it?
Rocks and sand recycled from breakdown of previous setups.
So thus three tanks left in the living room, two on the three-tier rack and one upon the white TV cabinet (both from IKEA). Decided to scape this 45x22x20cm palu-able tank last (let's call this: THE BOTTOM TANK). Hence, for now, it shall remain a temporary plant grower/storage tank. Slowly starting a collection so that plant selection will be easier later on. Not gonna rush to scape nor plant anytime soon so I can wait (going to try out the dark start method; if you can drop any advice please provide aid).
I'll work on this 40x23x27cm tank first (yes, I'm not good at naming: THE UP TANK). Hardscape, then substrate, then flood and run a dark start for three weeks minimum. Maybe I'll find a way to cover the tank entirely too. Any simple creative ideas/hacks?
Lastly, the fourth tank, 60x30x24cm (THE MAIN TANK), I'll work on thereafter, upon the completion of the above aforementioned tank. The former needs more tender care; been struck with the most algae compared to the rest three, so I did a bit of a diluted bleach treatment. Will require a few water changes and gentle scrubbing before I'm confident enough to restart it. The plan is to run a dark start too but will need to cover it entirely somehow because its two adjacent neighbours will, by then, be up, bright and running.
So, I'll try my best to update my progress: with what's, warts and all. Meantime, it's plant collection week while I think about how to scape the UP Tank with what substrate to use with what hardscape, you know, those yada-yada...