icepotato89
Member
hello everyone, this is my first post on UKAPS. i'm not from the UK but i was compelled to join because 2 of my favorite aquascapers are regular contributors on this site and the snippets i get of their tanks from other sites are just not enough for me.
This is my first time going "high tech" with ferts and pressurized CO2 so a i had to do heaps of research but the hardscape was defiantly the most time consuming part of the setup. it took me a few weeks to get it how i wanted but it was much more fun than i expected i almost didn't want to plant it. this is also the first time i'll be using plastic dividers to keep the lilaeopsis from getting into the foreground, i've had trouble controlling plants in the past.
equipment:
60x30x36cm rimless starphire tank
eheim 2213 with glass lily pipes & clear tubing
hanging dual 24w t5ho
200w Hydor ETH inline heater
2.6kg pressurized co2 with glass nano diffuser
hardscape:
20kg fine gravel
10kg seiryu stone
plants:
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Hydrocotyle sp. tripartita??
Blyxa japonica
inhabitants:
ember tetras - Hyphessobrycon amandae
red cherry shrimp - Neocaridina heteropoda var. red
tank in place
seiryu stone
figuring out rock placement and substrate in an old tank so i don't scratch the new one
visualizing plant selection with paint
rocks and substrate in
plastic divider
planted and filled
the next day after settling and purigen
fish and shrimp introduced
This is my first time going "high tech" with ferts and pressurized CO2 so a i had to do heaps of research but the hardscape was defiantly the most time consuming part of the setup. it took me a few weeks to get it how i wanted but it was much more fun than i expected i almost didn't want to plant it. this is also the first time i'll be using plastic dividers to keep the lilaeopsis from getting into the foreground, i've had trouble controlling plants in the past.
equipment:
60x30x36cm rimless starphire tank
eheim 2213 with glass lily pipes & clear tubing
hanging dual 24w t5ho
200w Hydor ETH inline heater
2.6kg pressurized co2 with glass nano diffuser
hardscape:
20kg fine gravel
10kg seiryu stone
plants:
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Hydrocotyle sp. tripartita??
Blyxa japonica
inhabitants:
ember tetras - Hyphessobrycon amandae
red cherry shrimp - Neocaridina heteropoda var. red
tank in place
seiryu stone
figuring out rock placement and substrate in an old tank so i don't scratch the new one
visualizing plant selection with paint
rocks and substrate in
plastic divider
planted and filled
the next day after settling and purigen
fish and shrimp introduced
.
