Paul M
Seedling
As the title suggests this is my first go at aquascaping and my first aquarium for 30 yrs.
The tank is a Fluval 80 litre and I'm running it on an Oase 250 thermo canister filter with pressure CO2 through an inline diffuser. I used 9 litres Tropica aquasoil and have planted with:
Micranthemum monte carlo
S. Repens
Christmas Moss
Microsorum Trident
Anubias Nana
Bucephelandra Kedegang
Bucephelandra wavy green
H. Pinnatifida
Rotala H'Ra
Lymnophilla Sessiflora
Fertilising with EA Aquascaper complete.
The livestock is a small crew of Amano Shrimp, 10 Cardinal Tetra and 6 Otocinclus. I'm considering my options for adding to this manifest. I may add a few more Cardinals and stick with a single schooling species, or I could get a small group of Lemon Tetra, or maybe consider a pair of Bolivian Rams as feature fish.
I'm really happy with how it's going so far. I do have a small ammount of algae but not the algae jungle that I was frightened of. I'm currently doing 50% water change weekly but am going to try doing 25% twice a week so I'm not hitting it with as big a change in one go. There is a bit of a Mohican thing going at the moment bescause I trimmed the Lymnophilla and not the Rotala. My biggest disappointment is that Rotala H'Ra. It just doesn't seem to be as lush and colourful as I've seen it elsewhere. If anyone has any suggestions about how to get it growing better I will be very glad for your input.
Please feel free to criticise, advise and generally offer your opinions. That is the main reason for me being on this forum, to learn and improve.
The tank is a Fluval 80 litre and I'm running it on an Oase 250 thermo canister filter with pressure CO2 through an inline diffuser. I used 9 litres Tropica aquasoil and have planted with:
Micranthemum monte carlo
S. Repens
Christmas Moss
Microsorum Trident
Anubias Nana
Bucephelandra Kedegang
Bucephelandra wavy green
H. Pinnatifida
Rotala H'Ra
Lymnophilla Sessiflora
Fertilising with EA Aquascaper complete.
The livestock is a small crew of Amano Shrimp, 10 Cardinal Tetra and 6 Otocinclus. I'm considering my options for adding to this manifest. I may add a few more Cardinals and stick with a single schooling species, or I could get a small group of Lemon Tetra, or maybe consider a pair of Bolivian Rams as feature fish.
I'm really happy with how it's going so far. I do have a small ammount of algae but not the algae jungle that I was frightened of. I'm currently doing 50% water change weekly but am going to try doing 25% twice a week so I'm not hitting it with as big a change in one go. There is a bit of a Mohican thing going at the moment bescause I trimmed the Lymnophilla and not the Rotala. My biggest disappointment is that Rotala H'Ra. It just doesn't seem to be as lush and colourful as I've seen it elsewhere. If anyone has any suggestions about how to get it growing better I will be very glad for your input.
Please feel free to criticise, advise and generally offer your opinions. That is the main reason for me being on this forum, to learn and improve.