JamieB
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Hi all
After making a plan with the girlfriend to repurpose my 40CM cube tank into a proper planted, high tech tank, we ventured to The Green Machine to buy some ADA Aqua Soil during their 20% off sale. I saw a 60P and thought... Well.. 20% off... So I bought it, a 250T filter, 2 bags of aqua soil, the rocks, and a new plant... That was unexpected... And so here we are!
Aquarium: ADA 60P (60x30x36cm)
Filter: Eheim eXperience 250T with Eheim Substrat Pro and 3 foam pads
Light: Aquatlantis Easy LED 43CM, 8 hours
Substrate: ADA Amazonia AquaSoil topped with the powder
Stone: TGM Fossilised wood
Fertiliser: EI standard dosing
Flora:
Eleocharis acicularis 'Mini'
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Fissidens fontanus
Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini'
Alternanthera reineckii 'Rosanervig'
Rotala rotundifolia
Ludwigia sp 'Mini Super Red'
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Fauna:
Bloodfin Tetra
Neon Tetra
Glowlight Tetra
Ember Tetra
Otocinclus
Red Cherry Shrimp
Amano Shrimp
Hopefully my pictures get better with practice.. Reflections and over exposure near the light is not something I know how to cope with..
The hardscape and most of the plant locations are entirely my girlfriends, she has an amazing eye for it and I'm really really happy with how it came out.
Initial layout:
Eleoocharis planted.. Adding in water and the rest:
I didn't get a picture once completed but here is 7 days later, growing in nicely:
Looking from the right:
Looking from the left:
Close up of the Reineckii Rosanervig.. Beautiful plant, love the details it has:
You can see some of the ADA soil has mixed with the powder, this was because my girlfriend was changing the water in the tank whilst I was away with work and whilst filling it up, let the water flow into the soil mixing it all up! She's been extremely helpful to change the water whilst I was away so I can't grumble and I should be able tidy it up a bit.
The next plan is to get some lily pipes to clear up the tank and make it neater and add Purigen into the filter to aid with keeping the water nice and clear and also an inline diffuser to get rid of the CO2 bubbles in the tank.
Any comments appreciated
After making a plan with the girlfriend to repurpose my 40CM cube tank into a proper planted, high tech tank, we ventured to The Green Machine to buy some ADA Aqua Soil during their 20% off sale. I saw a 60P and thought... Well.. 20% off... So I bought it, a 250T filter, 2 bags of aqua soil, the rocks, and a new plant... That was unexpected... And so here we are!
Aquarium: ADA 60P (60x30x36cm)
Filter: Eheim eXperience 250T with Eheim Substrat Pro and 3 foam pads
Light: Aquatlantis Easy LED 43CM, 8 hours
Substrate: ADA Amazonia AquaSoil topped with the powder
Stone: TGM Fossilised wood
Fertiliser: EI standard dosing
Flora:
Eleocharis acicularis 'Mini'
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Fissidens fontanus
Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini'
Alternanthera reineckii 'Rosanervig'
Rotala rotundifolia
Ludwigia sp 'Mini Super Red'
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Fauna:
Bloodfin Tetra
Neon Tetra
Glowlight Tetra
Ember Tetra
Otocinclus
Red Cherry Shrimp
Amano Shrimp
Hopefully my pictures get better with practice.. Reflections and over exposure near the light is not something I know how to cope with..
The hardscape and most of the plant locations are entirely my girlfriends, she has an amazing eye for it and I'm really really happy with how it came out.
Initial layout:
Eleoocharis planted.. Adding in water and the rest:
I didn't get a picture once completed but here is 7 days later, growing in nicely:
Looking from the right:
Looking from the left:
Close up of the Reineckii Rosanervig.. Beautiful plant, love the details it has:
You can see some of the ADA soil has mixed with the powder, this was because my girlfriend was changing the water in the tank whilst I was away with work and whilst filling it up, let the water flow into the soil mixing it all up! She's been extremely helpful to change the water whilst I was away so I can't grumble and I should be able tidy it up a bit.
The next plan is to get some lily pipes to clear up the tank and make it neater and add Purigen into the filter to aid with keeping the water nice and clear and also an inline diffuser to get rid of the CO2 bubbles in the tank.
Any comments appreciated
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