Lloyds 3foot (name pending) 56K!

[Lloyd]

Hi Guys/Gals here with new scape.

So lets start with tank Specs ect.

Ferts
KNO3
KH2PO4
CSM+B
Aqua Vitro GH booster

Substrate
Florite red and black mixed
Flourite black sand in the front

Hardscape
Dragon Stone

Lights
Odyssey Quad 39watt (DIY alanod reflectors)
2x8000 skywhite
1x6500 Daylight
1xGro lux
Total photo period 8hours

Co2
Pressurized. running a cheapie ceramic
diffuser through a small internl power head for more flow and Co2
distribution.
currently @ 2.5bps
Co2 comes on 1 hour before
lights.

Filter
1x Tetra Tec
ex700 (no chemical filtration)

Flora
Staurogyne Repens
Hemianthus
Cuba
Echinodorus tenellus
Subwassertang
Blyxa Japonica
Rotala
Macrandra sp. green
Pogostemon Helferi "Downoi"
hydrocotyle
tripartita

Fuana
GMO's
Otocinclus
Crossocheilus siamensis
Corydoras pygmaeus (Pygmy
Cory)
Amano shrimp

Soooo..

didn’t have time to get a nice BG so my dirty white wall will have to do for now

Thanks for watching!

 

[G H Nelson]

looks much larger than 3 foot.
Nice set-up Lloyd.
hoggie

 

[AndyVox]

Looks like a great start!
Can't wait to see how the carpet looks grown in!

 

[Dewald Coetzer]

Wow Wow.

 

[MARKCOUSINS]

Like the placement of hardscape the way the rocks are and the different size and amount on each side of the tank do make it seem like a larger tank.Nice pearling on the macrandra Sp. Nice plant grows fast.Cheers mark

 

[Gary Nelson]

That's a really nice scape and you have got the sense of scale spot on! Well done, I will be watching this one.

 

[Alastair]

Very nice. Love the layout and perfect contrast of colours between the plants. Those fish seem almost illuminous.

 

[clone]

Nice tank mate. Very natural and wild look. Love the cubotai colours🙂

 

[Lloyd]

looks much larger than 3 foot.
Nice set-up Lloyd.
hoggie

Thanks Hoggie. i was aiming for the tank to look bigger than it is. this tank is only H32cm and D30cm 🙂

Looks like a great start!
Can't wait to see how the carpet looks grown in!

ME TOO! i just love a nice HC carpet..

Like the placement of hardscape the way the rocks are and the different size and amount on each side of the tank do make it seem like a larger tank.Nice pearling on the macrandra Sp. Nice plant grows fast.Cheers mark

Thanks Mark.
my reason for using the Rotala Macrandra sp.green was i can change its colour without much hassle to give a sunset “feel” with shades of yellow and red. After a few trims this will be more evident

 

[Lloyd]

WOW, completely forgot i haven’t updated this thread.. whoops😳

Sorry for the crappy pics. these pic are 1.5months old. Made some slight changes, will update later in the week
1. Removed all the stems and replaced with Hydrocotyle tripartite Japan
2. Added some Tenellus to the left of the Staurogyne.
3. Removed the Blyxa on the left and replaced with more Staurogyne
4. added 10 more GMO's and 2x more otto's

FTS












comments welcome🙂

 

[Jack12]

awesome!!!

 

[LondonDragon]

Hi Lloyd you forgot about the thread again 😉 did you ever complete this one? 🙂

 

[Lloyd]

Hi Lloyd you forgot about the thread again 😉 did you ever complete this one? 🙂

Better late then never 🙂




This is the only pic i could find. Unfortunately it was passed its prime at this stage and i was too busy to spend time taking pics of this scape.
meh, life happens. this tank has been taken down and destroyed.
i now have a new 900x450x450 starefire that is being setup. i will keep you posted on this hopefully on a more regular basis.