Rolands next tank.......50L full Optiwhite!

[Roland]

Hello,
I would like to present my next tank. This time full optiwhite 50l.
-Substrate-Tropica soil + pieces of pumice stone
- Fertilization - dry salts + seachem fe + micro Aqua Rebell + my own mineralizer for water RO / ca 28 mg 8 /

-Light-Skylihgt intense 48w
-Decorations - large pieces of lignite
-Filtration-EDEN 521 + pumice
-Co2 with a fire extinguisher
-The tank was planted with plants about 1.5 months ago
-Now i have to decide what kind of small fish will live there, any idea is welcome

 

[KirstyF]

Looking great! 👍

Celestial Pearl Danio are fab and (depending on your temps) I just got some Vietnamese Mountain Minnows (or cardinal minnows if you prefer) Only put them in today but they are little beauty’s.😊

 

[Maf 2500]

Now i have to decide what kind of small fish will live there, any idea is welcome

Soft, low mineral water perfect for small South American tetras or pencilfish such as Paracheirodon simulans or Nannostomus marginatus (depending on temperature)

 

[bazz]

Lush as always Roland!

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Decorations - large pieces of lignite

I like them, where did you get them from?

cheers Darrel

 

[plantnoobdude]

looking good mate, qiunquangulare is a tricky one as well.

 

[Conort2]

Brilliant as always @Roland

Small tank with soft water, how about tucano tetras?

 

[Garuf]

I don’t know where you are in the world but for those still in the uk brown coal is readily available around Cannock Chase if you dodged the wild panthers, aliens and ghost children.

 

[Roland]

Hello,as first thanks for all fish propositions! Also obtained in old lignite depots, peat bogs in Eastern Europe.it is called non-flammable soft carbon and has a number of excellent properties like this...-

• acidifies the water, maintains a lowered pH, which varies depending on the amount of lignite used, experimentally even a pH of 5.7 was obtained
• softens the water
• secretes rich in minerals

For example, it can be stated that 1 kg of lignite contains the following amounts of chemical elements:
phosphorus (P) ..................... 10-20 mg
potassium (K) ................... 20-100 mg
magnesium (Mg) ............. 300-500 mg
calcium (Ca) ............. 1500-2500 mg
sulphate (SO4) .............. 10-20 mg
iron (Fe) ................... 10-30 mg
zinc (Zn) ....................... 2-5 mg
copper (Cu) ....................... 2-4 mg
molybdenum (Mo) ............... 0.1-1 mg
boron (B) ........................... 2-5 mg
(source aquarium.net.pl)

• inhibits the spread of compounds that are toxic to plants and animals
• in an appropriate concentration it inhibits the development of cyanobacteria of the genus Oscillatoria.

I have lignite in my all tanks as well.Under the substrate, in filters as a biological contribution to bacteria and as an ornament
It is worth asking in the UK, maybe a supplier will have it in stock too

 

[plantnoobdude]

looking very nice mate.

 

[Alex Papp]

looks great!! how about Ladigesia roloffi, or Barbus hulstaerti ?