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I posted this late last night on APC because I felt embarrassed that I hadn't updated a thread I posted over there over 4 months ago!! anyway this is the tank George posted a couple of weeks back for the PFK teaser thread. I actually have a different layout in this tank now which is pretty well finished so I will post those pics in due course.
This tank was entered into The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2007 and was ranked position 204 which I was happy with, I also entered it into the PFK competition as well so Im really only getting around to posting pics online now, anyway here they are with some extra ones to give it some continuity.
Heres the spec for the tank
60x30x30cm tank (24x12x12 inch) volume 54 litres stripped out Juwel Reckord 60
Eheim 2211 filter
2x24W osram T5s (cheapo lamps basically, thanks Sam)
Lighting 9 hours per day
Pressurised CO2 @ 1BPS via glass diffuser
ADA Aquasoil amazonia
Fertiliser routine PPS PRO with TPN for trace
Plants
HC
Eleocharis parvula
E tennellus
Fish - Danio choprai or Glowlight danio
The hardscape was originally like this
and then I changed it to this
2 weeks later added otocinclus for diatom bloom
5 1/2 weeks from start
Danio choprai
Overall it was a pretty easy tank really, it came out pretty much exactly as I originally had envisaged it, I had no major problems with algae except for the diatom bloom which the otto cats sorted pretty quickly, one thing I did note was that the Eleocharis parvula grew incredibly compact under the Osram lighting, it was almost hugging the surface of the substrate as it grew over each other. Under different lighting (using Geismann lamps now) it grows more upright in the same tank and substrate even when I add extra watts.
Ph is about 6, kh is about 1dkh or less
Thats all I can think of really atm, any questions just ask and I will do my best to answer for you.
Thanks for looking
Peter
This tank was entered into The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2007 and was ranked position 204 which I was happy with, I also entered it into the PFK competition as well so Im really only getting around to posting pics online now, anyway here they are with some extra ones to give it some continuity.
Heres the spec for the tank
60x30x30cm tank (24x12x12 inch) volume 54 litres stripped out Juwel Reckord 60
Eheim 2211 filter
2x24W osram T5s (cheapo lamps basically, thanks Sam)
Lighting 9 hours per day
Pressurised CO2 @ 1BPS via glass diffuser
ADA Aquasoil amazonia
Fertiliser routine PPS PRO with TPN for trace
Plants
HC
Eleocharis parvula
E tennellus
Fish - Danio choprai or Glowlight danio
The hardscape was originally like this
and then I changed it to this
2 weeks later added otocinclus for diatom bloom
5 1/2 weeks from start
Danio choprai
Overall it was a pretty easy tank really, it came out pretty much exactly as I originally had envisaged it, I had no major problems with algae except for the diatom bloom which the otto cats sorted pretty quickly, one thing I did note was that the Eleocharis parvula grew incredibly compact under the Osram lighting, it was almost hugging the surface of the substrate as it grew over each other. Under different lighting (using Geismann lamps now) it grows more upright in the same tank and substrate even when I add extra watts.
Ph is about 6, kh is about 1dkh or less
Thats all I can think of really atm, any questions just ask and I will do my best to answer for you.
Thanks for looking
Peter