Alastair
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Following on from my soon to be dismantled chocolate puddle A Chocolate Puddle - picture update | UK Aquatic Plant Society I thought id get my follow on journal started in the lead up to my tank arriving.
This like my other journal won't have any specific planning as to scape etc but will try to keep it looking as nice as possible whilst still staying in the low tech category.
Details are:
Tank: 1200x1200x420(h) @12mm thick so roughly about 600 litres
DIY cabinet with design knocked up by aron off here ( thanks mate)
Substrate:
original pond aquasoil capped with used Columbo florabase/ Ada Amazonia new and 60 litres of tmc nutrasoil
I've chosen the specific pond aqua soil as it doesn't contain the lime etc that John innes does so wont make my ph or gh sky high.
Filtration:
2 x eheim 2080s with mech rings and alfa grog
Lighting:
20 x gu10 fixtures using 11w 4000k energy saving bulbs giving me about 1.3 Wpg so nice and low
Ferts: ill be testing out a range of fetilisers and root tabs out that arent available in the uk yet. Will have more info when they arrive plus some equilibrium to add minerals.
Fauna:
my existing chocolate gouramis and licorice gouramis and will be looking to get another 20 chocolate gouramis to add to the group, possibly 30 to make it 40 in total.
My trusty 3 year old otto
S.Elegans goby
Albino cories
7 amano shrimp, 11 crs, and however millions of cherries I find when I've stripped the puddle down.
I'm aiming to keep ph around 6 so will be filtering through peat aswell which will or may give a slight tinge to the water but should bring out the fish colours much more and adding leaf litter and alder cones however ill see how the soils and leaf litter go at keeping the ph lower first.
Flora:
e.tennelus, C.Wendetti, C.wendetti tropica C.parva, cyperus helferi both submerged and emmersed. Bolbitus, microsorum needle Leaf and trident. Anubias and lots of moss. Possibly add E.ocelot red and red tiger lotus for colour and will have some floating H. Luecocephela as the choccos love to hang out under them.
I'm still unsure about an emmersed section, other than cyperus helferi tucked behind one of the pieces of wood and some trailing pothos I'm not quite sure what or if I'm adding yet.
There's two very large pieces of bogwood going into it which will come out of the water so will be attempting to have emmersed moss attached to it.
Ill pop up some pics of the wired and working light unit shortly and am still racking my brains as to how to suspend it as I can't find where the joists are in the ceiling with the floor above having a solid floor laid over it!!
Thanks for looking so far 😉
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This like my other journal won't have any specific planning as to scape etc but will try to keep it looking as nice as possible whilst still staying in the low tech category.
Details are:
Tank: 1200x1200x420(h) @12mm thick so roughly about 600 litres
DIY cabinet with design knocked up by aron off here ( thanks mate)
Substrate:
original pond aquasoil capped with used Columbo florabase/ Ada Amazonia new and 60 litres of tmc nutrasoil
I've chosen the specific pond aqua soil as it doesn't contain the lime etc that John innes does so wont make my ph or gh sky high.
Filtration:
2 x eheim 2080s with mech rings and alfa grog
Lighting:
20 x gu10 fixtures using 11w 4000k energy saving bulbs giving me about 1.3 Wpg so nice and low
Ferts: ill be testing out a range of fetilisers and root tabs out that arent available in the uk yet. Will have more info when they arrive plus some equilibrium to add minerals.
Fauna:
my existing chocolate gouramis and licorice gouramis and will be looking to get another 20 chocolate gouramis to add to the group, possibly 30 to make it 40 in total.
My trusty 3 year old otto
S.Elegans goby
Albino cories
7 amano shrimp, 11 crs, and however millions of cherries I find when I've stripped the puddle down.
I'm aiming to keep ph around 6 so will be filtering through peat aswell which will or may give a slight tinge to the water but should bring out the fish colours much more and adding leaf litter and alder cones however ill see how the soils and leaf litter go at keeping the ph lower first.
Flora:
e.tennelus, C.Wendetti, C.wendetti tropica C.parva, cyperus helferi both submerged and emmersed. Bolbitus, microsorum needle Leaf and trident. Anubias and lots of moss. Possibly add E.ocelot red and red tiger lotus for colour and will have some floating H. Luecocephela as the choccos love to hang out under them.
I'm still unsure about an emmersed section, other than cyperus helferi tucked behind one of the pieces of wood and some trailing pothos I'm not quite sure what or if I'm adding yet.
There's two very large pieces of bogwood going into it which will come out of the water so will be attempting to have emmersed moss attached to it.
Ill pop up some pics of the wired and working light unit shortly and am still racking my brains as to how to suspend it as I can't find where the joists are in the ceiling with the floor above having a solid floor laid over it!!
Thanks for looking so far 😉
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