Been thinking for a while to see if it is necessary to start a new journal for my new planted tank. As this one is so special, it worths to start a new one
Idea
I wanted nothing but just a classic layout that you can see in any NA tank. It's a convex or island scape. As it was the last quarter of the year, I did not think I had enough time to start and take care of it alone. I talked with Manh, founder of Aqua Minh Long, and asked for his help. Luckily he agreed and started building a 1250x600x600mm tank
Hardscape
As we have many types of rock available at the local market, Manh offered me few different types such as dragon stone, elephant skin... But I told him I need him to use big rocks with different shapes and sizes for this layout instead. So the final 'chosen' one was Sedimentary rock
Choosing wood was not easy at all. In the mock layout Manh used Spider-wood with big branches and it was a disaster. The layout lost its balance and gave no impression. I told Manh I'm not happy with it and asked him to look for spider-wood with smaller and thin branches. I had to wait for one month to get what I wanted
Reused left over material
I had lots of material from my 350mm cube and from 1250x450x550mm tank. So I decided to reuse the ADA Colorado sand and ADA Powersand and ADA Amazonia
Plants
I'd been thinking very carefully about the plant lists. I am living in a subtropical humid area of Vietnam. In this area we experience different type of climate throughout the year. What concerns me most is the summer. During summer temperature can reach to 40oC mid-day. Therefore the plants must be able to cope with such extreme heat. And plants are
Anubias nana petite
Anubias nana
Rotala super red
Microsorum pteropus v. 'needle leaf'
Trident java fern
Mini taiwan moss
Manh also added
Juncus repens
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Crinum calamistratum
And after short discussion Manh's brother successfully convince me to used Bolbitis heudelotii
Result
Before planting
1st planting
Final planting
Next post: Lots of algae and how we removed them
Idea
I wanted nothing but just a classic layout that you can see in any NA tank. It's a convex or island scape. As it was the last quarter of the year, I did not think I had enough time to start and take care of it alone. I talked with Manh, founder of Aqua Minh Long, and asked for his help. Luckily he agreed and started building a 1250x600x600mm tank
Hardscape
As we have many types of rock available at the local market, Manh offered me few different types such as dragon stone, elephant skin... But I told him I need him to use big rocks with different shapes and sizes for this layout instead. So the final 'chosen' one was Sedimentary rock
Choosing wood was not easy at all. In the mock layout Manh used Spider-wood with big branches and it was a disaster. The layout lost its balance and gave no impression. I told Manh I'm not happy with it and asked him to look for spider-wood with smaller and thin branches. I had to wait for one month to get what I wanted
Reused left over material
I had lots of material from my 350mm cube and from 1250x450x550mm tank. So I decided to reuse the ADA Colorado sand and ADA Powersand and ADA Amazonia
Plants
I'd been thinking very carefully about the plant lists. I am living in a subtropical humid area of Vietnam. In this area we experience different type of climate throughout the year. What concerns me most is the summer. During summer temperature can reach to 40oC mid-day. Therefore the plants must be able to cope with such extreme heat. And plants are
Anubias nana petite
Anubias nana
Rotala super red
Microsorum pteropus v. 'needle leaf'
Trident java fern
Mini taiwan moss
Manh also added
Juncus repens
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Crinum calamistratum
And after short discussion Manh's brother successfully convince me to used Bolbitis heudelotii
Result
Before planting
1st planting
Final planting
Next post: Lots of algae and how we removed them
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