Cayambe
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Right, I might as well get started on my Journal!
After 15 years away from the hobby my "comeback" project will be a rather ambitious 864L setup, with a focus on the Amazon. I'm still dusting off my fathers old aquarium books from the 70'ties, while trying to get up to speed with what have happened in the hobby. Which Is massive! And I'm humbled by why I have seen here.
While the aquarium is being built in Germany, I have visited every LFS in a 200km radius, to see if I could find some good driftwood.
Will be updated as I go along:
Aquarium: Custom built Diamant Aquarien Germany in cm: 180Lx80Dx60H (Free standing/room devider, with one of the ends against the wall)
Biotope/Theme: Rio Negro / Black Water
Filtration: Eheim 2180 Thermal
Heating: 500W inside the Eheim 2180
Lighting: 1x Econlux Sunstrip 70, 145cm, 101w. 28 PAR at 60cm
Co2: -
Fertilzer: Tropica Premium
Hardscape: 3 Large pieces of driftwood, and Botanicals from Tannin Aquatics
Substrate: "Light river sand" 0,3mm
Fauna:
L168 Dekeyseria brachyura
L183 Ancistrus dolichopterus
C. Duplicares
(maybe L114 - Rio Demini, Tributary of Rio Negro)
Flora:
With little known plants in the Rio Negro, other than flooded forest plants, I have decided on a compromise using the following:
Limnobium Laevegatum (floating)
Helanthium Tenellus (around roots)
Staugoryne Repens (around roots)
Vesicularia Dubyana xmas (roots)
(from alto)
I'd include some of the bigger Echinodorus
Bacopa australis - nice small leaf for contrast, lovely color
Heteranthera zosterifolia is a good "startup" plant as it's very fast growing (assuming suitable nutrients)
Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo' - good carpet, it will grow slower in lower light but will usually still establish
Potamogeton gayi - this is another favorite
Staurogyne sp. 'Porto Velho'
Sagittaria subulata - this looks very good in a bigger tank
These are the first tryouts with the roots:
After 15 years away from the hobby my "comeback" project will be a rather ambitious 864L setup, with a focus on the Amazon. I'm still dusting off my fathers old aquarium books from the 70'ties, while trying to get up to speed with what have happened in the hobby. Which Is massive! And I'm humbled by why I have seen here.
While the aquarium is being built in Germany, I have visited every LFS in a 200km radius, to see if I could find some good driftwood.
Will be updated as I go along:
Aquarium: Custom built Diamant Aquarien Germany in cm: 180Lx80Dx60H (Free standing/room devider, with one of the ends against the wall)
Biotope/Theme: Rio Negro / Black Water
Filtration: Eheim 2180 Thermal
Heating: 500W inside the Eheim 2180
Lighting: 1x Econlux Sunstrip 70, 145cm, 101w. 28 PAR at 60cm
Co2: -
Fertilzer: Tropica Premium
Hardscape: 3 Large pieces of driftwood, and Botanicals from Tannin Aquatics
Substrate: "Light river sand" 0,3mm
Fauna:
L168 Dekeyseria brachyura
L183 Ancistrus dolichopterus
C. Duplicares
(maybe L114 - Rio Demini, Tributary of Rio Negro)
Flora:
With little known plants in the Rio Negro, other than flooded forest plants, I have decided on a compromise using the following:
Limnobium Laevegatum (floating)
Helanthium Tenellus (around roots)
Staugoryne Repens (around roots)
Vesicularia Dubyana xmas (roots)
(from alto)
I'd include some of the bigger Echinodorus
Bacopa australis - nice small leaf for contrast, lovely color
Heteranthera zosterifolia is a good "startup" plant as it's very fast growing (assuming suitable nutrients)
Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo' - good carpet, it will grow slower in lower light but will usually still establish
Potamogeton gayi - this is another favorite
Staurogyne sp. 'Porto Velho'
Sagittaria subulata - this looks very good in a bigger tank
These are the first tryouts with the roots:
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