Niton
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Hi everyone,
I was planning on starting a new scape in the new year inspired by Cinescaper's Lost World scape
So I've been patiently collecting the following hardware:
There are a few things going on here:
A couple of queries I have that I'd appreciate any input about:
When the scape is ready for livestock I plan on getting some yellow cardina from @Steve Buce, some Otos and may be a Betta (trying to read up on keeping them)
A few more tank pictures:
As always any comments, suggestions or observations are welcomed.
I was planning on starting a new scape in the new year inspired by Cinescaper's Lost World scape
So I've been patiently collecting the following hardware:
- 30cm cube aquarium (https://www.amazon.co.uk/CROCI-Wave-Zen-Artist-Tank)
- All Pond Solutions HO+ 800 filter
- Concrete Buddha statue!
- Tropica plant substrate 3l
- Twinstar 300e with in-line dimmer
- Bolbitis heudelotii
- Micrsorum
- Hydrocotyle tripartita
- Crypts
- Rotala (species tbc)
- Limnophila sessiliflora
- Bacopa Caroliniana
- Liliaeopsis Brasiliensis
- A few mosses here and there
There are a few things going on here:
- Testing the tank and light listed above are in good working order
- Planning on moving my 60L from it's current position and the cube and that tank are going to be placed together on a sideboard. The sideboard is being sanded and oiled before it is tank ready so the above is temporary for a couple of weeks (I hope)!
- When I move the 60L I'm going to use the external Oase FiltoSmart Thermo 100 (from @Deano3 ) on that tank so I thought it would be an opportunity to start cycling that filter... I've 'pimped' it as per the video here adding some Biohome media from PondGuru (https://filterpro.co.uk/biohome-media-3-c.asp)
- It's the temporary tank for keeping the Bolbitis going until I'm ready to plant 'properly'. There is going to be loads spare!
A couple of queries I have that I'd appreciate any input about:
- Without adding livestock how long should I leave the Oase running on this tank before I can consider it cycled and ready to swap on to the 60L? I've added decholrinated tap water and will continue to do so during the cycling period.
- Are there any devices that can control output flow to lilypipes? The Oase has no option to reduce output flow so I was wondering if flow could be otherwise adjusted.
When the scape is ready for livestock I plan on getting some yellow cardina from @Steve Buce, some Otos and may be a Betta (trying to read up on keeping them)
A few more tank pictures:
As always any comments, suggestions or observations are welcomed.
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