viktorlantos
Aquascaper
Before i begin to introduce my current Nano tank i would like to let you know that i am a fan and a frequent reader of UKAPS.org however i am from Hungary . You guys have an amazing community here and a great forum. You may not know, but you inspire a hell lot of people in the World with your daily posts. So i would like to say thank you first for this amazing site and community. Many of you inspire us to do better in aquascaping.
We're in the process of building a similar aquascaping community in Hungary. We made a few scapes before like the ones below, but this was the first time when we involved our community too.
We had a great evening in my flat a month ago, when we created this Nano tank.
Since my flat has only a limited space and we wanted to show the moments of the setup to our community, we used live streaming for the 6! hour show...
Used 2 webcams and had 25-30 people continuously on our show. We've had 2000 comments on this nite, so some of the folks had a chance to ask questions while we worked on the Nano. A very cool interactive feeling.
Because of this i decided to name the tank to "Memorable Night"
Tank details:
Tank: ADA Cube Garden Mini M (20 liter)
Light: Started with 2 Arcadia Arc Pod 11Watt, later installed an ADA Solar Mini M lamp
Substrate: ADA Power Sand Spec S, ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia, ADA Nile Sand
Decor: ADA Dark Iron wood
Filter: EHEIM Ecco Pro 130, ADA transparent tubes. Currently i am working on to replace the original Eheim tubes to glass nano inlet and outlet.
CO2: Aqua Medic 0.5kg bottle, Papillon Regulator, Aqua Medic valve, ADA non-return valve, ADA bubble counter, Nano diffuser, ADA CO2 tubing, ADA Drop Checker
Fertilizers: In the first 2 weeks only ADA Brighty K. Currently Brighty K, Step 1, ECA, Green Brighty Spec. Lights, Easy Carbo
We used one ADA Bacter Ball for the filter start additionally to the Power Sand Spec built-in Bacter 100.
At the end of the setup:
Plants: Taxiphyllum barbieri (Vesicularia), Pogostemon Heliferi, Didiplis diandra, Ludwigia arcuata, Urticularia graminifolia (this is gone after the setup unfortunatelly), Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba", Eleocharis parvula, Rotala sp. green, Microsorum pteropus "Narrow". Lately i added in an Xmass Moss and Fissidens too which is still shaping.
2 weeks after setup:
All of the plants came from Tropica.
After 2 weeks my setup was up and running. I started to use the daily ferts and slowed down on water changes. The water quality was perfect so i added in 2 Otocinclus affinis and 6 Nannostomus beckfordi. An additional group of Sulawesi Cardinal shrimp will come this week. So i am getting closer to the completion phase.
The plants are growing nicely. The HC runs well. At the beginning i had to put some small stones to keep it down because of the elevated background. Now i removed them and it seems fine.
current images: need some pruning shortly..
Will add a glass inlet and i guess the scape will be final by then. I just need to focus on the plants from that time
This is still very early, but if you compare the result with the first images from the start a month ago, i guess we did well. This was supposed to be an ADA Showcase, so we mostly used ADA stuff to bulid it.
Anyway your comments are welcome on this tank. Thanks UKAPS and to the community. The World is watching you
The original images in large resolution are to be found on my Flickr account. If you're interested in the details.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viktorlantos/
We're in the process of building a similar aquascaping community in Hungary. We made a few scapes before like the ones below, but this was the first time when we involved our community too.
We had a great evening in my flat a month ago, when we created this Nano tank.
Since my flat has only a limited space and we wanted to show the moments of the setup to our community, we used live streaming for the 6! hour show...
Used 2 webcams and had 25-30 people continuously on our show. We've had 2000 comments on this nite, so some of the folks had a chance to ask questions while we worked on the Nano. A very cool interactive feeling.
Because of this i decided to name the tank to "Memorable Night"
Tank details:
Tank: ADA Cube Garden Mini M (20 liter)
Light: Started with 2 Arcadia Arc Pod 11Watt, later installed an ADA Solar Mini M lamp
Substrate: ADA Power Sand Spec S, ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia, ADA Nile Sand
Decor: ADA Dark Iron wood
Filter: EHEIM Ecco Pro 130, ADA transparent tubes. Currently i am working on to replace the original Eheim tubes to glass nano inlet and outlet.
CO2: Aqua Medic 0.5kg bottle, Papillon Regulator, Aqua Medic valve, ADA non-return valve, ADA bubble counter, Nano diffuser, ADA CO2 tubing, ADA Drop Checker
Fertilizers: In the first 2 weeks only ADA Brighty K. Currently Brighty K, Step 1, ECA, Green Brighty Spec. Lights, Easy Carbo
We used one ADA Bacter Ball for the filter start additionally to the Power Sand Spec built-in Bacter 100.
At the end of the setup:
Plants: Taxiphyllum barbieri (Vesicularia), Pogostemon Heliferi, Didiplis diandra, Ludwigia arcuata, Urticularia graminifolia (this is gone after the setup unfortunatelly), Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba", Eleocharis parvula, Rotala sp. green, Microsorum pteropus "Narrow". Lately i added in an Xmass Moss and Fissidens too which is still shaping.
2 weeks after setup:
All of the plants came from Tropica.
After 2 weeks my setup was up and running. I started to use the daily ferts and slowed down on water changes. The water quality was perfect so i added in 2 Otocinclus affinis and 6 Nannostomus beckfordi. An additional group of Sulawesi Cardinal shrimp will come this week. So i am getting closer to the completion phase.
The plants are growing nicely. The HC runs well. At the beginning i had to put some small stones to keep it down because of the elevated background. Now i removed them and it seems fine.
current images: need some pruning shortly..
Will add a glass inlet and i guess the scape will be final by then. I just need to focus on the plants from that time
This is still very early, but if you compare the result with the first images from the start a month ago, i guess we did well. This was supposed to be an ADA Showcase, so we mostly used ADA stuff to bulid it.
Anyway your comments are welcome on this tank. Thanks UKAPS and to the community. The World is watching you
The original images in large resolution are to be found on my Flickr account. If you're interested in the details.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viktorlantos/
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