After a couple of years away from the game due to uni/financial constraints, I lucked out when my uncle asked if I wanted his Rena Aquacube 100!
It's been sat in the garage since June but I've finally decided to give it a go..
Rena Aquacube 100 ~ 25 gallons
Stock lighting; 29w through 2 T8 tubes and I've added an Internet double strip LED unit (6 hours a day)
Ripped the Juwel style internal filter box out and replaced with an All Ponds Solution 1000lph external
Co2 through a fluval 88 pressurised system I picked up cheap on eBay
Tropica substrate capped with unipac Zambezi fine gravel
Plants from AE:
Stargrass - Heterantha Zosterfolia
Echinodorus Rose
Hygro Pinattedifina
Rotala Sp Green
Staurogyne Repens
Echinodorus Tennellus
(Apologies for any spelling mistakes, posting from my phone on my lunch break!)
Redmood wood and Dragon stone make up the hard scape
Dosing with Tropica specialised fertiliser atm but after reading the EI article on here I'm convinced I want to go down that route..?
October 8th
October 15th
Will post a few more pics this eve of the current tank just under 4 weeks in.
Help/Advice..
- Lighting period? 6 hours enough with T8s and LED?
- Light Tubes: these tubes are about 2 years old (criminal I know) any recommendations on some replacement tubes before I order standard interpet ones?
- Co2: my drop checker is green an the bubble counter is counting just over 1bps BUT the 88g canister lasts about 12 days and at £13 a pop my poor student self needs a long term solution?!
- EI: best place to start in terms of powders/kits?
Thanks for taking the time to read welcoming as many comments/feedback as possible! it's been a good few years!
It's been sat in the garage since June but I've finally decided to give it a go..
Rena Aquacube 100 ~ 25 gallons
Stock lighting; 29w through 2 T8 tubes and I've added an Internet double strip LED unit (6 hours a day)
Ripped the Juwel style internal filter box out and replaced with an All Ponds Solution 1000lph external
Co2 through a fluval 88 pressurised system I picked up cheap on eBay
Tropica substrate capped with unipac Zambezi fine gravel
Plants from AE:
Stargrass - Heterantha Zosterfolia
Echinodorus Rose
Hygro Pinattedifina
Rotala Sp Green
Staurogyne Repens
Echinodorus Tennellus
(Apologies for any spelling mistakes, posting from my phone on my lunch break!)
Redmood wood and Dragon stone make up the hard scape
Dosing with Tropica specialised fertiliser atm but after reading the EI article on here I'm convinced I want to go down that route..?
October 8th
October 15th
Will post a few more pics this eve of the current tank just under 4 weeks in.
Help/Advice..
- Lighting period? 6 hours enough with T8s and LED?
- Light Tubes: these tubes are about 2 years old (criminal I know) any recommendations on some replacement tubes before I order standard interpet ones?
- Co2: my drop checker is green an the bubble counter is counting just over 1bps BUT the 88g canister lasts about 12 days and at £13 a pop my poor student self needs a long term solution?!
- EI: best place to start in terms of powders/kits?
Thanks for taking the time to read welcoming as many comments/feedback as possible! it's been a good few years!