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midground dynamics(anubias nana petite mini) 11th April 2012 - FTS
final emersed start 1st January 2012
first emersed start 4 December 2011
final hardscape 5th November 2011
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hello,
my first journal in ukaps, going to take a very very long time till i start planting, no money, but my father insisted on buying me a 3 foot tank, even when i told him i've given up the hobby, my previous tank was a 2 foot tank(ADA cube 60-p), a failed endeavour which was expected because of my usual self am prone to giving up half way, the tank was actually quite good on the way to filling with corals but again money issues and when the algae started coming, i didn't sit it through... 😳
if your wondering why i dont just have two tanks(salt and fresh)... the most obvious problem would be finding a bank loan, then its the small house got no space..
straight to my current attempt again at a planted tank here is my tank with some driftwood
and here it is after some meddling and filling
Soo... after some research i'll list out my plans and whatnot,
equipment
2x39 watt t5ho daylight.. i'm usually used to high light say 3 watts per gallon, but after some advice and reading wanted to go ahead with lower lighting which hopefully will decrease the chances of algae coming, light at 1.6 watt per gallon
co2 tank 2.3 kg using selonoid
AS amazonia 2 normal
eheim 2217
chiller because of hot and humid country/place
when it come to dosing i plan on trying out EI method with seachem, hve already calculated the dosage will post it here again for the sake of it, i used this coverter http://www.fishfriend.com/fertfriend.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nitrate 20-30 ppm per week 8ppm per dose - 21ml
Phosphates 3ppm per week 1ppm per dose - 40ml
potassium 30ppm per week 8ppm per dose - 36ml
iron 0.5ppm per week 0.17ppm per dose - 3ml
unlike most nature aquarium scaping is not meant to mimick landscape or garden but more like an underwater river or the edge of a river bank, but still having some garden look to it with dwarf hairgrass...
for plants, i was thinking HC but i have never had any success with it previously, very very newbie, also i like the look of dwarf hairgrass trimmed and growing packed tightly together as a foreground, some moss on the wood, then some other plants not to sure what... but will figure out when the time comes.. broke... to much month at the end of money.. kind of problem, I hope some of you understand.
like most people i think i would be doing water changes every other day at early weeeeeee!!! in the morning and then dose at the same time so if i'm busy during the day at least i'll either be back doing the routine or sleeping and have forgotten about it, the water changes will be done every other day during the initial month or weeks ill just have to see.
for fish i would like green neon tetra, i like to blue look... looks nice...
finally i want to warn that this tank is gonna progress really really slowly, so dont get excited for this tank, if that even happens, going back to school(uni if ur curious) next year, might take more than 5 months before i get planting...
midground dynamics(anubias nana petite mini) 11th April 2012 - FTS
final emersed start 1st January 2012
first emersed start 4 December 2011
final hardscape 5th November 2011
____________________________________________________________________________________________
hello,
my first journal in ukaps, going to take a very very long time till i start planting, no money, but my father insisted on buying me a 3 foot tank, even when i told him i've given up the hobby, my previous tank was a 2 foot tank(ADA cube 60-p), a failed endeavour which was expected because of my usual self am prone to giving up half way, the tank was actually quite good on the way to filling with corals but again money issues and when the algae started coming, i didn't sit it through... 😳
if your wondering why i dont just have two tanks(salt and fresh)... the most obvious problem would be finding a bank loan, then its the small house got no space..
straight to my current attempt again at a planted tank here is my tank with some driftwood
and here it is after some meddling and filling
Soo... after some research i'll list out my plans and whatnot,
equipment
2x39 watt t5ho daylight.. i'm usually used to high light say 3 watts per gallon, but after some advice and reading wanted to go ahead with lower lighting which hopefully will decrease the chances of algae coming, light at 1.6 watt per gallon
co2 tank 2.3 kg using selonoid
AS amazonia 2 normal
eheim 2217
chiller because of hot and humid country/place
when it come to dosing i plan on trying out EI method with seachem, hve already calculated the dosage will post it here again for the sake of it, i used this coverter http://www.fishfriend.com/fertfriend.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nitrate 20-30 ppm per week 8ppm per dose - 21ml
Phosphates 3ppm per week 1ppm per dose - 40ml
potassium 30ppm per week 8ppm per dose - 36ml
iron 0.5ppm per week 0.17ppm per dose - 3ml
unlike most nature aquarium scaping is not meant to mimick landscape or garden but more like an underwater river or the edge of a river bank, but still having some garden look to it with dwarf hairgrass...
for plants, i was thinking HC but i have never had any success with it previously, very very newbie, also i like the look of dwarf hairgrass trimmed and growing packed tightly together as a foreground, some moss on the wood, then some other plants not to sure what... but will figure out when the time comes.. broke... to much month at the end of money.. kind of problem, I hope some of you understand.
like most people i think i would be doing water changes every other day at early weeeeeee!!! in the morning and then dose at the same time so if i'm busy during the day at least i'll either be back doing the routine or sleeping and have forgotten about it, the water changes will be done every other day during the initial month or weeks ill just have to see.
for fish i would like green neon tetra, i like to blue look... looks nice...
finally i want to warn that this tank is gonna progress really really slowly, so dont get excited for this tank, if that even happens, going back to school(uni if ur curious) next year, might take more than 5 months before i get planting...
when i realized that i essentially bought slightly less amounts of dry ferts 453g-500g at a slightly higher price, for the same products in comparison to the bargain offered by Aquarium Plant Food UK... 
felt like months though... but two days back the same place where i bought the HC i just found out that they actually sold dry fertz, so i didnt really need to order... maybe just those the LFS doesn't have available.