'Patience' - Dennerle Nano Cube 60 Litre

[pepedopolous]

Ahoj aquascapers!

This is my first (UKAPS-enlightened) attempt at an aquascape. I'm going on holiday shortly so I'm not planting for 10 days or so

So, here is my current attempt at positioning the hardscape. Upon planting, I'm going for a jungle look as I just want to see what I can grow- some easy species to (hopefully) outcompete algae and some hard ones too.

Aquarium: Dennerle Nano Cube 60L (38x38x43cm)
Lighting: 2x Dennerle Nano 11W
Substrate: ADA Aquasoil Amazonia
Filtration/Flow: JBL CristalProfi e701GL
Heating: JBL Protherm 50W
CO2: Lunapet.de pressurized 2kg system, solenoid, internal glass/ceramic diffuser, Aquasabi
Nano dropchecker
Fertilisers: Tropica TPN+, EasyLife EasyCarbo
Decor: Moorwood, Dragonstone
Cabinet: Custom

 

[JamesD]

Looks good, will be interested to see the results.

Just one thing, your drop checker is upside down!

 

[Tom.Verey]

looks nice, so much inspiration.

 

[pepedopolous]

Just one thing, your drop checker is upside down!

Ha ha! Whoops! Thanks for comments. can't wait till I can get some plants...

 

[pepedopolous]

An update! I know journals are supposed to be 'warts and all' but I've had quite a few 'warts' so I thought I'd update now everything's more established (4 weeks with plants, 1 with fauna). Photos were taken by my girlfriend, whose compact camera does better than mine!

Plants: -
Vallisneria asiatica
Hygrophila polysperma
Egeria densa
Ceratopteris siliquosa
Cryptocoryne tropica
Myriophyllum sp.
Eleocharis parvula

Fauna: -
Neocaridna multidenticulata
Clea helena
Danio margiratus
Boraras urophthalmoides
Poecilia wingei 'red scarlet'
Otocinclus affinus
Hisonotus leucofrenatus (sold as Otocinclus negros)
Corydoras hastatus

Dosing: 3 ml of TPN+ daily
Lights: 8 hours, 15:00 - 23:00
CO2: 8 hours, 12:00 - 20:00, ~3 BPS

So on to the lessons learned: -
I removed some of the rocks which I had needed to keep the wood from floating.
I got a Hydor ETH200 in-line heater and an Up in-line atomiser. Both work great, and now there's more room for the tank for plants. However, jubilee clips are a must. Somehow I managed to fit everything in the cabinet!

'Warts': -
Non-working solenoid, now replaced by seller.
Ran out of gas, I think I might have had a leak from the needle valve from when I had to remove the faulty solenoid.Used EasyCarbo for a week, while I sourced a new bottle.
Did not get on with the 'Super' Up atomiser, so I exchanged it for the normal one.
Snails- effectively dealt with by the Assassins.
Lost 3 of 6 Corydoras in the first few days.
I need to take my Endler females and about 15 fry back to the LFS, I thought any fry would get eaten.

So, on to the future. I want to get some more interesting plants- e.g. Staurogyne and Pogostemon erectus. Despite some problems I'm really enjoying this and my better half is on side too!

He likes it too!

 

[Radik]

Dobry den, moc hezke. Keep it going

 

[pepedopolous]

Diky moc! Ale mluvim jenom trochu cesky. Jsem Anglican.