Following a house move, I'm soon to be moving the tank home and thought I'd take the opportunity to rescape it completely having been inspired by the many amazing tanks on this site. I've lost original photos of the tank in it's former prime as that computer bit the dust, but managed to salvage a photo via my phone:
The old tank was low tech with twin T8s, no CO2, tetra substrate and very rarely ferts. I'm adding twin 54W T5s, CO2 injection and EI ferts. Due to a disaster with my car the planned upgrade from the juwel internal has been shelved, but will add cirax media and probably a small pump for added circulation. I've currently got the juwel structured background and was going to keep them in an attempt to disguise the filter, but after reading on this site about possible circulation interference will strip them out.
Hardscapewise will be mini landscape rock and sumatra driftwood with fluval plant stratum for substrate. I've had a bit of a play with the hardscape:
Please excuse the terrible picture quality. I intend to bank the substrate up on either side, possibly with a path. As i was just mucking around I didn't use a substrate subsitute so some of the rocks are leant against each other and not placed exactly as I will, but comments welcome on the hardscape.
Plantwise I won't decide until the hardscape is in place, but am considering:
Hemianthus calitrichoides carpet
Eleocharis parvula
Crypts (wenditii/nevelli?)
Blyxa
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Micranthemum umbrosum
Pogostemon erectus
Pogostemon helferi
Rotala rotundifolia
Staurogyne repens
I'll probably stock rainbows and cory's bolstering my existing stock and rehome the rest. Planning for the first week of october!!!!! 🙂
The old tank was low tech with twin T8s, no CO2, tetra substrate and very rarely ferts. I'm adding twin 54W T5s, CO2 injection and EI ferts. Due to a disaster with my car the planned upgrade from the juwel internal has been shelved, but will add cirax media and probably a small pump for added circulation. I've currently got the juwel structured background and was going to keep them in an attempt to disguise the filter, but after reading on this site about possible circulation interference will strip them out.
Hardscapewise will be mini landscape rock and sumatra driftwood with fluval plant stratum for substrate. I've had a bit of a play with the hardscape:
Please excuse the terrible picture quality. I intend to bank the substrate up on either side, possibly with a path. As i was just mucking around I didn't use a substrate subsitute so some of the rocks are leant against each other and not placed exactly as I will, but comments welcome on the hardscape.
Plantwise I won't decide until the hardscape is in place, but am considering:
Hemianthus calitrichoides carpet
Eleocharis parvula
Crypts (wenditii/nevelli?)
Blyxa
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Micranthemum umbrosum
Pogostemon erectus
Pogostemon helferi
Rotala rotundifolia
Staurogyne repens
I'll probably stock rainbows and cory's bolstering my existing stock and rehome the rest. Planning for the first week of october!!!!! 🙂