120cm Nature Aquarium

[ChrisD80]

I wouldn’t if I were you.

I used a little tap water instead for the most recent water change, KH 3.

 

[ChrisD80]

I'd agree, I'm not personally an advocate of heavy fertiliser dosing,

I will look to further reduce fertiliser dosing and monitor plant condition to see what happens.
I thought AIO such as TNC complete were pretty commonplace, haven't aquarium gardens been using it with success (and invertebrates) for a long time now?

 

[ChrisD80]

I enjoy the scape during the twilight moments, when the lighting is ramping down for the night. Atmospheric.

 

[ChrisD80]

Hi folks. Been a while, here are some updated pics.
Changes include:

• new Chihiros light
• echinodorus palaefolius growing out of the surface
• java fern taking over!
• healthy population of Amano shrimp and Nerite snails for 9 months (using a small amount of tap water for KH rather than potassium bicarbonate)
• ember tetra
• bad times with BGA (eventually removed using Ultra Life Blue Green Slime Stain Remover)
• much leaner fertiliser dosing (only 7ml per day)
• Excel auto dosing - BBA nearly all gone now

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

Beautiful work @ChrisD80 😍