Manu
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Hello everybody,
Here is the beginning of my second journal
It’s only been 10 months that I discovered aquascaping, and here comes a second tank in the house! Actually, a third one arrived last sunday… maybe another journal later…
The first time I went in our lfs with my girlfriend to look at fish, we loved a particular fish: the Boraras brigittae, or Mosquito Rasbora. Reading about their needs, we knew that the tank we were setting up at that time would not suit them and we decided to postpone our dream of keeping them…
But in November, Kirk from our great forum, sold me his fantastic set up:
a TMC signature 45*45*30 and all the gear that went with it
It was then the time to set up biotope for our loved Boraras brigittae!!!
Here is a brief description of the set up:
Tank - TMC signature 45*45*30
Substrate - ADA Amazonia and ADA Sarawak sand
Filtration - JBL 701e
Light - Maxspect R420R LED 120w
Plants
-Cryptocoryne balansea - at the right back corner, the long leaves will grow toward the front of the tank, giving shade and cover for the other plants and fish.
-Limnophila rugosa - in front of the crypt balansea, I will try to get this bushy.
-Hygrophila polysperma - on the front right of the DW.
-various cryptocoryne which I don't know the names - between the DW and the sand.
-Rotala wallichi - completely on the left side, a bit worried about that one but I wanted to give it a go...
-Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
-Microsorum pteropus "orange narrow" - Thank you Roy and Marcel
-Microsorum pteropus "Trident"
-Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java moss)
-Fissiden fontanus
-Bucephalandras (various species arriving on tuesday)
I am planing to do a dry start using the greek yogurt recipe from George to cover about 50% of the wood in moss. There will be crypts, ferns, bucephalandras and more
Here are some pictures:
I hope you like it...
Can't wait to plant
Cheers,
Manu
Here is the beginning of my second journal
It’s only been 10 months that I discovered aquascaping, and here comes a second tank in the house! Actually, a third one arrived last sunday… maybe another journal later…
The first time I went in our lfs with my girlfriend to look at fish, we loved a particular fish: the Boraras brigittae, or Mosquito Rasbora. Reading about their needs, we knew that the tank we were setting up at that time would not suit them and we decided to postpone our dream of keeping them…
But in November, Kirk from our great forum, sold me his fantastic set up:
a TMC signature 45*45*30 and all the gear that went with it
It was then the time to set up biotope for our loved Boraras brigittae!!!
Here is a brief description of the set up:
Tank - TMC signature 45*45*30
Substrate - ADA Amazonia and ADA Sarawak sand
Filtration - JBL 701e
Light - Maxspect R420R LED 120w
Plants
-Cryptocoryne balansea - at the right back corner, the long leaves will grow toward the front of the tank, giving shade and cover for the other plants and fish.
-Limnophila rugosa - in front of the crypt balansea, I will try to get this bushy.
-Hygrophila polysperma - on the front right of the DW.
-various cryptocoryne which I don't know the names - between the DW and the sand.
-Rotala wallichi - completely on the left side, a bit worried about that one but I wanted to give it a go...
-Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
-Microsorum pteropus "orange narrow" - Thank you Roy and Marcel
-Microsorum pteropus "Trident"
-Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java moss)
-Fissiden fontanus
-Bucephalandras (various species arriving on tuesday)
I am planing to do a dry start using the greek yogurt recipe from George to cover about 50% of the wood in moss. There will be crypts, ferns, bucephalandras and more
Here are some pictures:
I hope you like it...
Can't wait to plant
Cheers,
Manu
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