nry
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Moving on from my previous journal:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=438
I figured this was time to change things, with luck for the better!
Tank details:
60x30x30cm Juwel Rekord60 with internal filter removed
Original Juwel hood stripped and fitted with 2x15w T8's = 2wpg
D-D Pressurised CO2 with (currently) Jaqno external reactor
TetraTec EX600 external filter
eBay glass lily pipe set
Tropica Substrate topped with Hagen Black River Sand
'Vine root' wood and 'black' pebble decor
EI fertilisation:
Powders pre-mixed with water (all dosed on same days):
KN03 10ml 3 times per week
KP04 5ml 3 times per week
Tropica PN for trace 2ml 3 times per week
50% water change weekly
Fish:
7 x Rasbora maculatus
7 x Pygmy corydoras
Millions of mixed shrimp
Planting:
Tropica Windelov fern
Tropica Rotalla Wallachii
Tropica Crypt Wendtii green and brown
AquaFleur Anubias 'Bonsai'
Tropica HC
Tropica Hair Grass
Piccy time after tonights planting hence the slight mistiness (50% water change done after planting):
Over time, as the new plants grow in, I am planning to either remove or re-plant (in a different location perhaps) the HC, possibly removing all the hair grass (of which there isn't much anyhow). There was enough anubias to split into 6 plantlets, so 3 of these are tied to the vine root and will hopefully grow up and along each 'arm', with the other 3 tied to rocks and placed on the substrate between the crypts and rocks. I'm hoping to get a group of oto's again as my last group died off over the past few months. Once the wallichii has settled in I'll give it a good prune and replant some of the longer stems back in the substrate.
Comments welcome, constructive or otherwise
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=438
I figured this was time to change things, with luck for the better!
Tank details:
60x30x30cm Juwel Rekord60 with internal filter removed
Original Juwel hood stripped and fitted with 2x15w T8's = 2wpg
D-D Pressurised CO2 with (currently) Jaqno external reactor
TetraTec EX600 external filter
eBay glass lily pipe set
Tropica Substrate topped with Hagen Black River Sand
'Vine root' wood and 'black' pebble decor
EI fertilisation:
Powders pre-mixed with water (all dosed on same days):
KN03 10ml 3 times per week
KP04 5ml 3 times per week
Tropica PN for trace 2ml 3 times per week
50% water change weekly
Fish:
7 x Rasbora maculatus
7 x Pygmy corydoras
Millions of mixed shrimp
Planting:
Tropica Windelov fern
Tropica Rotalla Wallachii
Tropica Crypt Wendtii green and brown
AquaFleur Anubias 'Bonsai'
Tropica HC
Tropica Hair Grass
Piccy time after tonights planting hence the slight mistiness (50% water change done after planting):
Over time, as the new plants grow in, I am planning to either remove or re-plant (in a different location perhaps) the HC, possibly removing all the hair grass (of which there isn't much anyhow). There was enough anubias to split into 6 plantlets, so 3 of these are tied to the vine root and will hopefully grow up and along each 'arm', with the other 3 tied to rocks and placed on the substrate between the crypts and rocks. I'm hoping to get a group of oto's again as my last group died off over the past few months. Once the wallichii has settled in I'll give it a good prune and replant some of the longer stems back in the substrate.
Comments welcome, constructive or otherwise