Ben M
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Hi, I am choosing the plants for my Superfish Aqua-qube 40. Its dimensions are: (l) 33cm (w) 33cm (h) 40cm and it holds 40l. The lighting is the standard 18w clip on light, and the substrate is Colombo Flora Base. I will be dosing EI ferts and liquid carbon.
The stocking will be red cherry shrimp, juvi lemon BN's and maybe some tiny fish in the distant future, but I'd like to get it properly planted first.
Here is a plan of the tank from above:
Do you think these plants will all grow well in the conditions above?
The circle labelled wood is the base of this piece of wood:
Which will have mosses growing on it, so may shade some of the plants below it (which is why I've chosen Cryptocoryne species for around the base).
I want the scape to start tall at the back left, and then slope down to the front right. Will that work with these plants?
Which species would you recommend for the back left corner? I'd like a red stem plant, would a Ludwigia sp. be suitable? If so which one would you recommend? If not, could you recommend another 25cm ish red stem (other than Rotala rotundifolia)?
I'm not 100% sure on the crypt species. Which is the smallest species that will do well at the front left of the tank?
Also, which would you suggest the the right of the wood where i've put beckettii? Would a brownish/purplish crypt species be a good idea, and if so, which would you suggest?
The part labelled 'path' will have no plants, and will just have the Colombo Flora Base substrate. It will be edged with little pebbles (to keep it scaled down).
Is there anything that you would add/take away from this scape? And, do you think I'm cramming too many plants in?
and how do you think the tank will look when finished?
Finally, if anyone has any of the plants I want for this scape spare I'd be interested in buying.
cheers 😀
The stocking will be red cherry shrimp, juvi lemon BN's and maybe some tiny fish in the distant future, but I'd like to get it properly planted first.
Here is a plan of the tank from above:
Do you think these plants will all grow well in the conditions above?
The circle labelled wood is the base of this piece of wood:
Which will have mosses growing on it, so may shade some of the plants below it (which is why I've chosen Cryptocoryne species for around the base).
I want the scape to start tall at the back left, and then slope down to the front right. Will that work with these plants?
Which species would you recommend for the back left corner? I'd like a red stem plant, would a Ludwigia sp. be suitable? If so which one would you recommend? If not, could you recommend another 25cm ish red stem (other than Rotala rotundifolia)?
I'm not 100% sure on the crypt species. Which is the smallest species that will do well at the front left of the tank?
Also, which would you suggest the the right of the wood where i've put beckettii? Would a brownish/purplish crypt species be a good idea, and if so, which would you suggest?
The part labelled 'path' will have no plants, and will just have the Colombo Flora Base substrate. It will be edged with little pebbles (to keep it scaled down).
Is there anything that you would add/take away from this scape? And, do you think I'm cramming too many plants in?
and how do you think the tank will look when finished?
Finally, if anyone has any of the plants I want for this scape spare I'd be interested in buying.
cheers 😀
