mattyc
Member
This scape has been taken down and a new scape is now in this tank, http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=9138
i have decided to put a journal togeather of my first real try at a planted tank.
I have had the tank for 6 months and neaver realy did a scape, it had lots of plants in it (and algie ) but it was just a jungle.
ok the set up of the tank is a Aqua one horison 60 which came with a light heater and filter.
the filter got thrown in the bin and i put a Fluval 205 680 l/h external filter on the tank.
next i put in the substrate ADA aqua soil i also played around with the look of the tank and eventialy settled on this,
in the tank is a big peace of redmoor root and TGM blue stone.
Next i ordered my plants again from TGM the plants i used are,
Cryptocoryne undulata
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Juncus repens
Vallisneria nana
the plants arrived so i split them down ready for planting.
Most of the plants in the tank and just the HCto plant which i split into individual plantlets.
after planting all the plants which took me over 5 hours (bloody HC ) and filling the tank with water i left the tank 2 days then put my fish in.
the tank has a fermenting co2 kit on it and am doasing with tropica plant nutrition at 0.9ml per day.
I want to put a FE CO2 system on the tank just waiting to get paid so i can buy all the stuff!
i just hope it grows well.
I am getting a bit of crypt melt now after 4 days am just hoping that they recover quickley and get their roots down.
Thanks For looking Matt
i have decided to put a journal togeather of my first real try at a planted tank.
I have had the tank for 6 months and neaver realy did a scape, it had lots of plants in it (and algie ) but it was just a jungle.
ok the set up of the tank is a Aqua one horison 60 which came with a light heater and filter.
the filter got thrown in the bin and i put a Fluval 205 680 l/h external filter on the tank.
next i put in the substrate ADA aqua soil i also played around with the look of the tank and eventialy settled on this,
in the tank is a big peace of redmoor root and TGM blue stone.
Next i ordered my plants again from TGM the plants i used are,
Cryptocoryne undulata
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Juncus repens
Vallisneria nana
the plants arrived so i split them down ready for planting.
Most of the plants in the tank and just the HCto plant which i split into individual plantlets.
after planting all the plants which took me over 5 hours (bloody HC ) and filling the tank with water i left the tank 2 days then put my fish in.
the tank has a fermenting co2 kit on it and am doasing with tropica plant nutrition at 0.9ml per day.
I want to put a FE CO2 system on the tank just waiting to get paid so i can buy all the stuff!
i just hope it grows well.
I am getting a bit of crypt melt now after 4 days am just hoping that they recover quickley and get their roots down.
Thanks For looking Matt