parotet
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Hi all
Here’s another project, this time for testing some new things I have never done: using rocks (!), using a ceramic diffuser, high light, soft water and a fertilization approach mainly based on a rich substrate and lean fert regime.
Tank: 36x27x26 cm. 25ish liters (real volume: 15 liters)
2 liters of ADA AquaSoil
2,5 kg of lava rocks
Led light (Blau Aquaristic Nano Led. No PAR readings available, 21x0.5W leds, 11,000 lux at 25 cm)
Ceramic diffuser attached to a 2 kg CO2 cylinder
Nano CalAqua lily pipes
JBL e401 filter (400 lph, completely packed with filtering media, around 3 liters)
Weekly 50% WC (7 liters): 50% RO + 50% (hard) tap water (gives something around 4dKH)
Plants:
Eleocharis mini
Micranthemum spec. ´Montecarlo´
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Rotala indica (Rotala “red”, with narrow, small and red leaves)
Some bits of Bolbitis hedeulotii
Some bits of Christmas moss
Some bits of a moss found in a fountain (Fontinalis antipyretica?)
From the aesthetic point of view the aim is to create a mixed carpet of Eleocharis, Monte Carlo and mosses in the foreground that hopefully will climb upwards and will fill the spaces between the lava rocks. In the mid and background I want H. pinnatifida and Rotala indica (trimmed very short) to give a red contrast… but, let’s see what I can achieve! As mentioned the priority is to test some new equipment and techniques to gain more experience.
The tank was set up 12 days ago. All the plants are doing very well. Rotala indica has still the emersed form but growing really fast. For the moment I am just adding daily a few drops of a DIY K2SO4 solution (gives 17 ppm K+ weekly) and DIY micros (gives around 0,1 ppm Fe weekly)…. Plants will tell if they need anything else in the future.
Short clip!
Jordi
Here’s another project, this time for testing some new things I have never done: using rocks (!), using a ceramic diffuser, high light, soft water and a fertilization approach mainly based on a rich substrate and lean fert regime.
Tank: 36x27x26 cm. 25ish liters (real volume: 15 liters)
2 liters of ADA AquaSoil
2,5 kg of lava rocks
Led light (Blau Aquaristic Nano Led. No PAR readings available, 21x0.5W leds, 11,000 lux at 25 cm)
Ceramic diffuser attached to a 2 kg CO2 cylinder
Nano CalAqua lily pipes
JBL e401 filter (400 lph, completely packed with filtering media, around 3 liters)
Weekly 50% WC (7 liters): 50% RO + 50% (hard) tap water (gives something around 4dKH)
Plants:
Eleocharis mini
Micranthemum spec. ´Montecarlo´
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Rotala indica (Rotala “red”, with narrow, small and red leaves)
Some bits of Bolbitis hedeulotii
Some bits of Christmas moss
Some bits of a moss found in a fountain (Fontinalis antipyretica?)
From the aesthetic point of view the aim is to create a mixed carpet of Eleocharis, Monte Carlo and mosses in the foreground that hopefully will climb upwards and will fill the spaces between the lava rocks. In the mid and background I want H. pinnatifida and Rotala indica (trimmed very short) to give a red contrast… but, let’s see what I can achieve! As mentioned the priority is to test some new equipment and techniques to gain more experience.
The tank was set up 12 days ago. All the plants are doing very well. Rotala indica has still the emersed form but growing really fast. For the moment I am just adding daily a few drops of a DIY K2SO4 solution (gives 17 ppm K+ weekly) and DIY micros (gives around 0,1 ppm Fe weekly)…. Plants will tell if they need anything else in the future.
Short clip!
Jordi
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