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Nature's river **New journal**

Re: [NANO]Nature's River(Filled up and cycling)

Okay so a quick update, Added a black background today:) personally i think it looks better, brings the colours of the moss out more. Speaking of moss i have added more to add some greenery ;) Sorry for this journal being so slow, but after my exams i will be getting a 'proper' job so this tank will really take off! Heres the pic:
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IMG_0206 by Harry.R, on Flickr

So for the awful Photography, i will have to borrow my grandads SLR soon :lol:
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River(Filled up and cycling)

Okaayyyy, after a long period of time i have an update :)

After my last update things went from good to bad. I sort of negleted the tank for a while because i concentrated on my gcse's at school, during this period my tank developed lots and lots of diatom algae and also the moss began to die off. the tank as it stands now doesn't look exactly the same as the picture above which is expected. Next week i will get my first pay so i will start for definite on the tank to get it looking 'spic and span' :) i will get the items listed here: Curved scissors, Pincettes, liquid carbon, tpn+ and a crook pipe for the outlet (better than my diy method :D). I might also replace my led lghting system for a clip on pc lamp rated at 18w, this is becuase i really dont think that my leds are giving out enough 'umph' for growing anything other than algae it seems. I cant wait to get this looking amazing, and finally getting some plants in there with a few shrimp!! My next update will include the before and after pictures of the deep cleanse and also info on what i have ordered. Stay Tuned!!
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River(Filled up and cycling)

Look forward to it Harry, this tank has lots of potential!

P.S don't upgrade the light until youre fully planted :)
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **BIG CLEAN UP**

Okay, so i couldn't wait any longer looking at the dismal, algae infested tank so i got around to doing the BIG CLEANUP. So i'll start off with showing you what the tank looked like due to neglect and poor maintenance.
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As it looked BEFORE by Harry.R, on Flickr

As you can see from the picture, Most of the moss had died. I don't know what caused this but possibly the lack of light from my led's must of made it melt away. You can also see that my river had started to merge with the soil which i was expecting and it looks so ugly haha! Finally the worst part, the diatom algae all over the wood and some on the soil. This accumulated over around 5 weeks and makes the wood look terrible. SO, after sizing up my task i started to clean the tank starting off with removing the moss.
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Moss removed BEFORE by Harry.R, on Flickr
From this picture you can see that all of the moss has been removed. When inspecting the moss i only found a few shoots that where alive and salvageable, you will see in the next picture what i did with it. Okay so now i had the moss removed it was time to sort out that river and soil!
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Cloudy AFTER by Harry.R, on Flickr

In this picture you can see that i have sorted out the river and soil and made it as neat as i could, it is harder to do than it looks! I backed up the soil from the front to the back as a little had fallen down the 'hill' and also did the same to the sand. So now for the moss, as you can see, from all of that moss this is the only remains of it that where alive :( BUT, i put them to good use by tieing them to the wood near the surface of the water to hopefully get a bit of light to them and get back the amount i had before :) You can see that the river looks wider than before and this is because the moss before covered a little of the edges making it seem narrower. Also i removed as much of the algae from the wood as possible, but it hard to see due to the cloudiness.
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Cleared up AFTER by Harry.R, on Flickr
Okay so finally after 2 hours, the water cleared for a FTS. Here you can see the wood is looking a little cleaner than before. This tank is now ready for next week when i will be adding lots of plants and swapping that horrible inlet for a legit Eheim crook one , thank god! ;) Stay tuned
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **BIG CLEAN UP**

Hi Harry,
im suffering a little bit with a similar issue on my weeping moss, however i think it is down to too much light and not enough c02! My thinking in my instance is melting due to too much light driving a greater need for c02 which isnt available so im going to reduce lighting intensity and see how that goes. Are you supplementing c02 at all in any form, sorry i cant remember. Too much liquid carbon also may effect moss negatively. If your dosing no liquid carbon, again it suggests too much light. Mosses are tolerant of lower lighting so unless your really low on par and below the Light Compensation Point i wouldnt think lack of light to be the issue.
Cheerio,
Ady.
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **BIG CLEAN UP**

Looking good mate that was some clean up ! :D


What kind of plants are you looking to have ?

Oh and don't get a crook, make a spraybar mate :D
Much better flow and won't blow your substrate round, as well as directing flow around ALL your plants.

Look forward to the next update :D
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **BIG CLEAN UP**

Okay so here's my shopping list to order today or tomorrow:

• Eheim crook x1
• Eheim Suction cups x2
• 12w Gu10 Led’s x2
• Thermometer x1
• Scissors + Pincettes x1
• Easy Carbo x1
• Tropica Plant Nutrition+ x1

Anddd the plants list to order when those items all get here:

• Microsorium minor x1
• Pogostemon Erectus x2
• Styrogene repens (1-2) x1
• Hemainthus Callitroides (1-2) x1
• Eleocharis mini (1-2) x1
• Crypotcoryne Wendtii green x1
• Marsilea crenata x1
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **BIG CLEAN UP**

Okay, so i recieved some diffusing backing from whitey today! Must say its a b****** to apply but it looks very nice :) (Sorry for the horrible point and shoot pictures, i will have to borrow my grandads SLR for when i do my big order and put it all together :)

As it looks
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IMG_0222 by Harry.R, on Flickr

With a sunset effect
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IMG_0223 by Harry.R, on Flickr
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **ITEMS ORDERED, now the wait**

Okay so basically this week is going to be christmas everyday with lots of packages arriving, and the first being today, THE NEW LED'S! Wow, the difference these have made is immense! Here's a before, after and a situ shot of them:

So first the old led's on the tank
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IMG_0222 by Harry.R, on Flickr

Now the new
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new led's by Harry.R, on Flickr

In situ, look how bright they are! (in person, the difference is amazing)
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new leds's in situ by Harry.R, on Flickr

More packages coming this week :)
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **ITEMS ORDERED, now the wait**

Okay so today I finally had time to setup the goodies that I had been receiving throughout the week :) On Monday i will be ordering the plants and ferts etc from AE.

Anyway as always, onto the pictures:

So first here are the tools that i've got, very nice for the money! :thumbup:
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Tools by Harry.R, on Flickr
Now showing the equipment: The pipe, clips, and thermometer are all new :)
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New Equipment by Harry.R, on Flickr
The amazing amount of riccia from darren636 ready to go onto slate, Thanks matey! Really pleased with it!
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Prep of riccia by Harry.R, on Flickr
A few scraps to try and grow as an experiement
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Riccia test growing by Harry.R, on Flickr
A hitchhiker from the riccia, a bit of hairgrass it seems
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Mystery hairgrass by Harry.R, on Flickr
I love macros
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Macro riccia 2 by Harry.R, on Flickr
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Macro riccia 1 by Harry.R, on Flickr
Finally an FTS, don't worry the riccia is just placed in ideal spots for growing, i will move it and possibly remove some when all of my other plants arrive :)
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FTS by Harry.R, on Flickr

Thanks for looking, just waiting on my Seachem Purigen, i'll order my plants come monday!
 
Re: [NANO]Nature's River **ITEMS ORDERED, now the wait**

Looks nice mate.

Will be good when the Riccia grows in for a carpet !

Looking forward to the planting :D
 
Re: [NANO] Nature's River **got more stuff!**

Looking good! What are the "new" LEDs that you got Harry? Are they the GU10s that you linked waaay back in the thread, or something else?
 
Re: [NANO] Nature's River **got more stuff!**

Just a quick question :) My Plants should be arriving tomorrow and i guessing sometime in the morning, so would it be okay to plant and have the lights on all day to give them a kick start? My lights normall turn on at 3:30 and go off at 8:30:) Also Can you suggest a photo period for the course over the first month? Thanks
 
Re: [NANO] Nature's River **got more stuff!**

glad you are happy with the riccia. Comes from my wild tank- tried to wash it and clean it as much as possible.
 
Re: [NANO] Nature's River **Planted!**

My shipping of the plants came today, pretty pleased with the quality and the amount that i got for the plants and also fast shipping! Thanks AE :) Will post some piccys tonight of the tank once its cleared up :thumbup:
 
Re: [NANO] Nature's River **Planted!**

Tank has cleared already, and i had some spare time so here goes :)

FTS
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IMG_0241 by Harry.R, on Flickr

Left Side
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IMG_0243 by Harry.R, on Flickr

Right Side
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IMG_0244 by Harry.R, on Flickr

This 1-2 grow stuff is amazing! So many stems
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IMG_0247 by Harry.R, on Flickr

TPN+
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IMG_0248 by Harry.R, on Flickr

Easy carbo
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IMG_0249 by Harry.R, on Flickr

Thats all folks! Now for the growing in stage, that pogostemon has alot of growing to do indeed. Will order Eleocharis sp. 'mini' and Styrogene repens when they are back stock, so its not got all of the plants in yet :thumbup:
 
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