Just a hello as new to the forum and thought i’d share my new set up.
So..
Got an old pine side board off eBay and shabby chicced it with all kinds of Laura Ashley vibes, reinforced it with 3x2” timber on the inside.
The tank is an Aquaone nano60 100litre water capacity.
The light is a diy 10w led 6500k floodlight 800 ish lumen under a copper bnq lamp shade and for the goose neck I bent a piece of 22mm copper and connected it with a 22mm brass tank connector (nice and sturdy), it will swivel away from the tank for maintenance.
The flex runs down the inside of the tube to keep it neat.
The tank is meant to come with the aqua one plant glo light but is on back order hence the diy light for now.
I cant find much info other than the wattage for the plantglo light.
I’ve got tropica aqua soil powder and substrate.
I went trawling the local aquatics, centres for some nice hard scape, but found nothing I liked.
My original plan was to separate the front of the tank from the back with a length of bog wood and keep the front un planted with a light coloured gravel... I wasn't feeling the bog wood so opted for some shards of slate, I suppose My water will be clearer.
As im new to this i’ve gone for mainly less demanding plants with a couple more challenging plants simply to see if i have what it takes to grow them well.
So this is the morning after planting, I still might try and cover the front with something lighter once the back has grown out.
Along the back left to right.. Hottina palustris, Rotala Rotundifloria, Bacopa Compact .. I'm hoping the Hotina will be the biggest, bushiest and tallest, the Rotala will brake up the bright green with a little red/orange and be second tallest and finally the Bacopa will carpet or cover a wide area.
In the mid ground I've got Anubis nana, Nana mini and weeping moss, in the foreground I've got S.repems again I've got fingers crossed for a carpet.
The led flood light seems to have a nice shimmering effect.
Managed to get the Co2 under the power head and have since fitted a spray bar directed downwards giving the bubbles a second crack of the whip to desolve.
Also the original jet was blasting the substrate everywhere.
I think to start with my co2 was way too high and th drop checker was a yellowish green, I've since scaled it back to 1.4 bubbles every 2 seconds, it's still not perfect, but I guess my plants still haven't got going yet.
Surface skimmer on order, I'm getting loads of scum.
More to come ..