Hi there, I started my first proper aquascape about one month ago. I'm a bit late creating this journal but better late than never. The idea was based very much around a secret garden with a feeling of being over-grown and whimsical.
Details are as follows:
70 litre Dennerle Scapers tank
Eheim Ecco Pro 130
Co2 art inline diffuser
Twinstar 450 SA
ProdiBio Aquagrowth aquarium soil
Tropica aquarium soil
Plants are -
Monte Carlo
Pogostemon Helferi
Anubias nana bonsai
Bucephalandra red
Hydrocotyle tripartita japan
Rotala Vietnam H'ra
Ludwigia mini super red
Microsorum pteropus trident
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Fertiliser - 4 mils a day of Evolution Aqua complete fertiliser
About one week ago I swapped to 3/4 RO water 1/4 tap water and I really feel growth has slowed. I also can't get the monte carlo to grow at the back or the right side but I suspect that's because of the hydrocotyle tripartita is blocking light at the back and it's too cramped at the side. I'm not convinced the Co2 is quite right either - I thought it was green for a good few weeks only to discover it was yellow when I yanked the drop checker out of the tank and placed it against a white wall! It's now most definitely green but maybe too dark. There is brown algae and a little green but the nitrates are very high so I'm hoping this will go once everything calms down. The H'ra - which you can't see - is at the back and not turning red - but again I suspect this is because of the high nitrate. I have the light on for 7 hours at 80% intensity. I was going to move to 8 hours at 100% but the algae has been worrying me. Be great to hear what you all think - particularly about the light schedule and intensity, and the type of fertiliser.
Details are as follows:
70 litre Dennerle Scapers tank
Eheim Ecco Pro 130
Co2 art inline diffuser
Twinstar 450 SA
ProdiBio Aquagrowth aquarium soil
Tropica aquarium soil
Plants are -
Monte Carlo
Pogostemon Helferi
Anubias nana bonsai
Bucephalandra red
Hydrocotyle tripartita japan
Rotala Vietnam H'ra
Ludwigia mini super red
Microsorum pteropus trident
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Fertiliser - 4 mils a day of Evolution Aqua complete fertiliser
About one week ago I swapped to 3/4 RO water 1/4 tap water and I really feel growth has slowed. I also can't get the monte carlo to grow at the back or the right side but I suspect that's because of the hydrocotyle tripartita is blocking light at the back and it's too cramped at the side. I'm not convinced the Co2 is quite right either - I thought it was green for a good few weeks only to discover it was yellow when I yanked the drop checker out of the tank and placed it against a white wall! It's now most definitely green but maybe too dark. There is brown algae and a little green but the nitrates are very high so I'm hoping this will go once everything calms down. The H'ra - which you can't see - is at the back and not turning red - but again I suspect this is because of the high nitrate. I have the light on for 7 hours at 80% intensity. I was going to move to 8 hours at 100% but the algae has been worrying me. Be great to hear what you all think - particularly about the light schedule and intensity, and the type of fertiliser.