french tony
Seedling
- Joined
- 29 Jul 2009
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Hi all
I am relatively new here although I have been lurking a while.
The following is my attempt at aquascaping. The tank was given to me a long time ago by a friend and was first home to a couple of fancy goldfish. After moving in my present house 3 years ago I decided to go tropical and very quickly the plants grabbed my interest. Recently I took the plunge and decided to overall the tank and give myself an opportunity to achieve the tank I always wanted. We'll see if I get there eventually...
Constructive criticism and helpful advice of the UKAPS massive will help me get this project to it's full potential I hope.
The tank is 60cm x 30 x 35. The filter is Eheim classic 2213. I also have a small eheim power head for circulation. the light is Arcadia T8 luminaire (2x15W). I use easy carbo for carbon and ------------- as fert at the moment. I am thinking about going EI at some point. I have used carbon before, albeit cheapo fermentation, and I'd rather keep growth rate down hence the liquid carbon.
Substrate is 1" layer of JBL aquabasis + balck sand. Wood and stones come from my LFS.
Plants are tropica except the christmas moss which I bought online (got far too much, keeping excess for potential shrimp + moss tank)
The tank has been set-up for 3 weeks, and apart a significant melt from the Glosso everything is going fine, just waiting for the plants to grow and fill-up the space a bit.
Fauna: 6 CPDs, 6 ember tetra, 6 X-ray tetra (to go as soon as I catch them!), 2 ottos, so overstocked at the moment.
Flora:
Microsorum pteroporus 'Narrow' on wood
Anubias BArteri var. nana
Glossostigma elatinoides
Pogosemon Helferi
X-mas moss
Here's a couple of pics:
All the plants are doing great except the Glosso, which I hope is slowly establishing itslef. I have thought about going for another form of CO2 for a while to try to help it but I don't want to fluctuate levels too much so I'd rather not.
The stone were placed to hold the wood in place so I might move them at some point. Once again I'll wait to see the glosso's progress before disturbing anything.
All in all I am pleased with the tank. It's a step forward towards what I'd call a nice tank. I'll get there one day!
Thanks for looking
PS: apology about the photography, I only have an old compact and an awkward tripod....
I am relatively new here although I have been lurking a while.
The following is my attempt at aquascaping. The tank was given to me a long time ago by a friend and was first home to a couple of fancy goldfish. After moving in my present house 3 years ago I decided to go tropical and very quickly the plants grabbed my interest. Recently I took the plunge and decided to overall the tank and give myself an opportunity to achieve the tank I always wanted. We'll see if I get there eventually...
Constructive criticism and helpful advice of the UKAPS massive will help me get this project to it's full potential I hope.
The tank is 60cm x 30 x 35. The filter is Eheim classic 2213. I also have a small eheim power head for circulation. the light is Arcadia T8 luminaire (2x15W). I use easy carbo for carbon and ------------- as fert at the moment. I am thinking about going EI at some point. I have used carbon before, albeit cheapo fermentation, and I'd rather keep growth rate down hence the liquid carbon.
Substrate is 1" layer of JBL aquabasis + balck sand. Wood and stones come from my LFS.
Plants are tropica except the christmas moss which I bought online (got far too much, keeping excess for potential shrimp + moss tank)
The tank has been set-up for 3 weeks, and apart a significant melt from the Glosso everything is going fine, just waiting for the plants to grow and fill-up the space a bit.
Fauna: 6 CPDs, 6 ember tetra, 6 X-ray tetra (to go as soon as I catch them!), 2 ottos, so overstocked at the moment.
Flora:
Microsorum pteroporus 'Narrow' on wood
Anubias BArteri var. nana
Glossostigma elatinoides
Pogosemon Helferi
X-mas moss
Here's a couple of pics:
All the plants are doing great except the Glosso, which I hope is slowly establishing itslef. I have thought about going for another form of CO2 for a while to try to help it but I don't want to fluctuate levels too much so I'd rather not.
The stone were placed to hold the wood in place so I might move them at some point. Once again I'll wait to see the glosso's progress before disturbing anything.
All in all I am pleased with the tank. It's a step forward towards what I'd call a nice tank. I'll get there one day!
Thanks for looking
PS: apology about the photography, I only have an old compact and an awkward tripod....