Been running a number of tanks (well 7 actually) for a while now, all containing plants but none planned and scaped and all of which have for one reason or another been a disappointment so I am having a go using a 24x8x8 tank and a cheap over tank led light off Ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aquarium-...UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&var=&hash=item51c6fa7005
This might well also be a disaster but being a small tank it is good to experiment with. The shape of the tank makes layout particularly tricky and limited depth may well mean that there is too much light but as they say he who tries...
Got some small pieces of bogwood from Maidenhead sold by weight so only a few quid and juggled with layouts.
Substrate is a thin layer of soil which has been in a bucket for months flooded by an overflowing gutter and emptied a few times so probably mineralised. Cap is Tesco cat litter left over from an earlier tank.
Decided to try In vitro plants and was pleasantly surprised by how many there were. Plenty of pogo, HC, pygmy chain sword and Hemianthus Micranthemoides for my needs.
Add some anubia nana cuttings from another tank
5 days later and some christmas moss added, visibly growing after only a couple of days
Two weeks later
Anubias had to be replaced as I had stupidly wiped the leaves with Easycarbo. Reduced water level as getting a little algae, roots should be down enough by now.
Still having trouble with anubias, might be too much light as had been running whites and blues
Aiming to flood New Years day.
This might well also be a disaster but being a small tank it is good to experiment with. The shape of the tank makes layout particularly tricky and limited depth may well mean that there is too much light but as they say he who tries...
Got some small pieces of bogwood from Maidenhead sold by weight so only a few quid and juggled with layouts.
Substrate is a thin layer of soil which has been in a bucket for months flooded by an overflowing gutter and emptied a few times so probably mineralised. Cap is Tesco cat litter left over from an earlier tank.
Decided to try In vitro plants and was pleasantly surprised by how many there were. Plenty of pogo, HC, pygmy chain sword and Hemianthus Micranthemoides for my needs.
Add some anubia nana cuttings from another tank
5 days later and some christmas moss added, visibly growing after only a couple of days
Two weeks later
Anubias had to be replaced as I had stupidly wiped the leaves with Easycarbo. Reduced water level as getting a little algae, roots should be down enough by now.
Still having trouble with anubias, might be too much light as had been running whites and blues
Aiming to flood New Years day.
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