Zante
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This is basically what I'm planning:
Acrylic tank 220x70cm base 60cm tall.
Lights are 4x36w LED spotlights on goosenecks. 6500k light temperature (no idea on PAR values).
The flora in the water will be a couple of amazon swords, no more. The exact variety to be determined, probably ozelot.
Substrate will be plain sand, nothing else. The swords will be fed with root tabs.
Along the back wall of the tank I will have a row of small plastic baskets (food grade) filled with clay pellets from which I'll be growing (emersed) a selection of the following plants:
Anthurium
Carludovica
Ctenanthe
Dieffenbachia
Maranta leuconeura
Monstera deliciosa
Nephrolepis exaltata
Spathiphyllum
Peperomia
Philodendron
Polypodium
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
Siderasis fuscata
Syngonium
Zamia
Schlumbergera
Calathea
Not all of them, but my research has coughed these as possible candidates. Hopefully my research brought up only amazon plants as that is the theme of the tank. There will be a trellis behind the tank for the creepers, backed by policarbonate to protect the wall from the roots.
There will be wood in the tank, with some of it emersed. On the emersed portions I'm considering bromeliads and orchids.
The fauna of the tank will be discus, sterbai corys, rummynose tetras and L183 bristlenose plecs. Also considering splashing tetras. Might have to house a pair of blue rams which will be out of theme, but we'll see how the other tank develops...
Please break it apart and find any problems or inconsistencies there may be with this setup.
Acrylic tank 220x70cm base 60cm tall.
Lights are 4x36w LED spotlights on goosenecks. 6500k light temperature (no idea on PAR values).
The flora in the water will be a couple of amazon swords, no more. The exact variety to be determined, probably ozelot.
Substrate will be plain sand, nothing else. The swords will be fed with root tabs.
Along the back wall of the tank I will have a row of small plastic baskets (food grade) filled with clay pellets from which I'll be growing (emersed) a selection of the following plants:
Anthurium
Carludovica
Ctenanthe
Dieffenbachia
Maranta leuconeura
Monstera deliciosa
Nephrolepis exaltata
Spathiphyllum
Peperomia
Philodendron
Polypodium
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
Siderasis fuscata
Syngonium
Zamia
Schlumbergera
Calathea
Not all of them, but my research has coughed these as possible candidates. Hopefully my research brought up only amazon plants as that is the theme of the tank. There will be a trellis behind the tank for the creepers, backed by policarbonate to protect the wall from the roots.
There will be wood in the tank, with some of it emersed. On the emersed portions I'm considering bromeliads and orchids.
The fauna of the tank will be discus, sterbai corys, rummynose tetras and L183 bristlenose plecs. Also considering splashing tetras. Might have to house a pair of blue rams which will be out of theme, but we'll see how the other tank develops...
Please break it apart and find any problems or inconsistencies there may be with this setup.
