"The roots of petite"

[Lauris]

Hi!

It has been a while since my last tank was scaped... now I'm in the process of RIPping
apart my current tank, and woke up last Sunday with a tiny inspirational mood.
I'm taking it as a little warm up before I re-escape my current project..

A little about this nano project:

Tank: Fluval spec 19
Capacity: 19L
Light: Beamswork Hi-Lumen 1000 LED
Light suspension: DIY
Filtration: Fluval spec 19
Heating: 50w

Soil system:
ADA Power sand
ADA Bacter100
ADA Claer Super
ADA Amazonia
ADA Amazonia powder

Seiruy stone: 1Kg
Roots: Azaela

Plants:
Anubias petite
Peacock moss

Water: RO+JBL Aquadur
Fertilisation: Tropica Specialized, EL Potassium
Co2: Liquid carbon

Live stock: Shrimp

and a bit in photos:
Yesterdays..in the process..

out of shed. DIY the suspension rail. and new cover from 4mm polycarbonate

Ready for scape

Some goodies for soil system

Robbed my current tank

Planted and cycled media added

Transferred to bedroom and flooded

Now.. day 2.
Water cleared. Waiting for the cycle to come down with its current amonia spikes

my Sunday inspiration

Thanks for watching/reading

 

[alto]

Fantastic inspiration!
I'm so pleased that you saved that wonderful planted root from Colisia Vallem (where did the fish go?)

- especially as I have a couple of these tanks
I threw one up a couple weeks ago when I found baby shrimp in the filter, very boring though, just added used ADA soil & plant scraps & wood ... it's doing surprisingly well given the Spec 19 LED

 

[Ady34]

Very nice little scape and great use of a mature planted branch

 

[Martin in Holland]

Are you planning some carpet planting or why did you use Amazonia substrate?

 

[parotet]

Hi Lauris

Another great tank!

Jordi

 

[Lauris]

Are you planning some carpet planting or why did you use Amazonia substrate?

Martin,
it helps to maintain better water quality, stabilise ph and lower kh. Also it has good uptake and release of nutrient rates in water column. I have no plans to make it carpet. And besides that this was the only substrate available in my shed.

I am planted!

 

[Martin in Holland]

As I was posting, I thought that this would be the reason using Amazonia.

 

[Lauris]

Fantastic inspiration!
I'm so pleased that you saved that wonderful planted root from Colisia Vallem (where did the fish go?)

- especially as I have a couple of these tanks
I threw one up a couple weeks ago when I found baby shrimp in the filter, very boring though, just added used ADA soil & plant scraps & wood ... it's doing surprisingly well given the Spec 19 LED

thanks. I still have vallem running. I guess I will re-home rams and keep the embers. and my one puffer. I will borrow tank to keep them in, while I will drystart new project

I am planted!

 

[Jose]

Great design!. I feel like something of a darker background would make more mysterious.

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

Brilliant! Esp. like the branch at left top flying in the "air". Nice reuse of petite as well!

 

[Lauris]

Great design!. I feel like something of a darker background would make more mysterious.

Thanks!

Tried to add black background but the result didn't justify. went very heavy, more depressing.. need something easy to perceive in my bedroom

I am planted!

 

[banthaman.jm]

great tank
Jim

 

[ismayandi]

aaahhhh beautiful tank.....

 

[Lauris]

gave it a little cut today.
Still no live stock in. From 8ppm it went down to 4ppm, 2ppm and now 1ppm in amonia. as amonia dropping nitrites spiking. but well should be good in a week as nitrates raising well after each wc. currently doing 70% twice a week..




I am planted!

 

[Lauris]

Tank cycled in 2 weeks. Shrimp in for a week already. Seems happy to me.
Played a bit with my camera around, equipment in use Canon 5DMK III + HELIOS-44M and 2 extender rings

 

[Sarpijk]

H! Nice looking tank! Could you share some info on the DIY hanging rail?

 

[Marius_20]

Hi, you have a nice tank. The shrimps are so beautiful.

 

[Lauris]

Just a quick one.
1 Months Update. All good, looks like all settling in. Anubias getting thicker
Shrimps getting more red and I have now 3 pregnant. Moss is growing really fast.

dosing so far: Tropica specialized 5 pushes on wc, Potassium Easy Life 3 pushes on wc, easy life ferrum 1ml on wc, easy life carbo - daily 1ml

Light for 7hours a day (raised from 6 hours in month) works a trick so far

 

[Lauris]

H! Nice looking tank! Could you share some info on the DIY hanging rail?

Hi! This was made with some plastic T joints and rails, painted with Magnolia (found in shed).
Rails and joints came of my daughters old bed tent cover like this one:

 

[Lauris]

And... long time since I updated this one

Still alive. My wife is 100% against any changes in this tank. So I think no rescape for 19L any soon