Nico Felici
Member
Hi people,
First thread for me here and first tank in 10 years. What a joy!
I've let this one running for nearly a month with only soil and hardscape in (red moor wood and a variety of seiryu's). No light, no water changes, nothing. Just the bio filter maturing a bit, and me re-filling what was evaporating. Then changed 50% of the water a week ago, and again a couple of days ago. And only today, when I really couldn't wait any longer, I planted.
Details:
Tank is a 13 year-old 30cm cube
Light is a 10W LED bulb at 6,500k
Tropica Aquarium Soil
Eheim mini-up (how tiny is this !?)
Aquael Ultra heater 25w
Plants:
Hygrophila Pinnatifida
Microsorum Pteropus narrow leaf
Vesicularia Montagnei
Hydrocotyle Tripartita (Japan)
Rotala Rotundifolia
You can't really see the rotala yet, it's planted behind the root. Let's give it a couple of weeks and see what happens. Hopefully the trial stage I've endured will help the plants kick starting quick and reduce the risk of severe algae explosions. I should also point out that I use (London's) tap water, treated with Seachem Prime, and that embarrassingly enough I haven't really tested the water yet. Started with 5h of light today and aiming to get to 8 in around 6 weeks. I've also bought Tropica's Specialised Fertiliser but won't dare using it for at least 10 days from now.
Sorry for the quality of the picture.
Glad to have joined
First thread for me here and first tank in 10 years. What a joy!
I've let this one running for nearly a month with only soil and hardscape in (red moor wood and a variety of seiryu's). No light, no water changes, nothing. Just the bio filter maturing a bit, and me re-filling what was evaporating. Then changed 50% of the water a week ago, and again a couple of days ago. And only today, when I really couldn't wait any longer, I planted.
Details:
Tank is a 13 year-old 30cm cube
Light is a 10W LED bulb at 6,500k
Tropica Aquarium Soil
Eheim mini-up (how tiny is this !?)
Aquael Ultra heater 25w
Plants:
Hygrophila Pinnatifida
Microsorum Pteropus narrow leaf
Vesicularia Montagnei
Hydrocotyle Tripartita (Japan)
Rotala Rotundifolia
You can't really see the rotala yet, it's planted behind the root. Let's give it a couple of weeks and see what happens. Hopefully the trial stage I've endured will help the plants kick starting quick and reduce the risk of severe algae explosions. I should also point out that I use (London's) tap water, treated with Seachem Prime, and that embarrassingly enough I haven't really tested the water yet. Started with 5h of light today and aiming to get to 8 in around 6 weeks. I've also bought Tropica's Specialised Fertiliser but won't dare using it for at least 10 days from now.
Sorry for the quality of the picture.
Glad to have joined