Hi,
After posting many questions throughout the forum I’ve decided to start this journal to document the life of my second planted tank!
Tank: 60cmx30cmx46cm Juwel Rekord 70
Substrate: ADA Amazonia 2
Lights: 4x 24w T5 Aracdia luminaire
Photoperiod: 2 x 6hours with a 2hour overlap
Filter: Eheim 2324
C02: JBL easy set 2
Diffuser: Rhinox 1000
Fertilisation: EI
Plants
After reading numerous articles from Amano and reading and studying his Natural Aquarium World book 1, I’ve decided to try and get a kind of structured jungle look with this tank... Well I hope so anyway!
After getting everything I needed from my LFS (MA @ Morden) I sat down to what seemed like an afternoon of planting Glosso, Glosso, more Glosso, oh, and a few stem plants This is the bit I like, deciding on what to plant and trying to imagine what the whole scape could look like once it has grown in.
This time I planted without water in the tank which made the whole process so much easier, I used an atomiser to keep the plants and soil damp during this time.
I planted on Sunday and dosed trace and macro mix, so far I’ve carried out 50% water changes each day and dosed macro on Tuesday after WC and Trace today after WC.
Here is a picture of tank so far, I've noticed the Rotala sp. and Ludwigia arcuata have already started to show signs of growth and so far no algae (fingures crossed)
Steve
After posting many questions throughout the forum I’ve decided to start this journal to document the life of my second planted tank!
Tank: 60cmx30cmx46cm Juwel Rekord 70
Substrate: ADA Amazonia 2
Lights: 4x 24w T5 Aracdia luminaire
Photoperiod: 2 x 6hours with a 2hour overlap
Filter: Eheim 2324
C02: JBL easy set 2
Diffuser: Rhinox 1000
Fertilisation: EI
Plants
- Glossostigma elatinoides
Echinodorus tenellus
Rotala macrandra (green form)
Rotala sp.(green)
Ludwigia arcuata
Micranthemum micranthemoides
Eleocharis vivipara
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
Cryptocoryne petchii
Java Moss
After reading numerous articles from Amano and reading and studying his Natural Aquarium World book 1, I’ve decided to try and get a kind of structured jungle look with this tank... Well I hope so anyway!
After getting everything I needed from my LFS (MA @ Morden) I sat down to what seemed like an afternoon of planting Glosso, Glosso, more Glosso, oh, and a few stem plants This is the bit I like, deciding on what to plant and trying to imagine what the whole scape could look like once it has grown in.
This time I planted without water in the tank which made the whole process so much easier, I used an atomiser to keep the plants and soil damp during this time.
I planted on Sunday and dosed trace and macro mix, so far I’ve carried out 50% water changes each day and dosed macro on Tuesday after WC and Trace today after WC.
Here is a picture of tank so far, I've noticed the Rotala sp. and Ludwigia arcuata have already started to show signs of growth and so far no algae (fingures crossed)
Steve