Juwel 180 first planted tank

[Dan walton]

The co2 is back on ! Oh and Sam the dimensions of the bottle are 32 inches tall by 5 1/4 inches diameter that's a 5kg the size most pubs use


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[Andy Thurston]

The co2 is back on ! Oh and Sam the dimensions of the bottle are 32 inches tall by 5 1/4 inches diameter that's a 5kg the size most pubs use

Was the last one that big? I dont remember it been taller than your cabinet!

 

[Dan walton]

Was the last one that big? I dont remember it been taller than your cabinet!

Yes identical bottle slightly taller than cabinet only just though


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[Dan walton]

A trip to Calder valley aquatics this afternoon saw me coming away with a bunch of Alternanthera pink reinecki which I have planted behind the middle rocks in this tank and a pot of Lilaeopsis which I'm going to plant in the bogwood tank.
While tinkering around with this I've installed a co2 reactor which I bought some time ago and never used plus this has allowed me to place the spray bar near the bottom of the tank hopefully this may benefit my pogo styro and hc also repositioned the heater a pleasant afternoons tinkering







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[scrud]

great tank great inspiration to get my 180 sorted out!

 

[Dan walton]

great tank great inspiration to get my 180 sorted out!

Thank you this was my first attempt at a dedicated planted tank and it's so much more rewarding than just keeping fish

 

[Dan walton]

Trimmed back some of the hc carpet tonight and currently on with planting some hair grass by far the most fiddly plant to go in so far I hope its a success pics coming soon

 

[Dan walton]

About halfway there the big green clump floating in the las picture is trimmed hc so plenty of fishing ahead to get it all out

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[Dan walton]

Finished two patches of hair grass bit of hc removed and a few taller stems trimmed and replanted

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[Dan walton]

Both filters stripped and cleaned first time since I installed them on this tank very little dirt inside I'm sure the impellers have benefited from the clean out and the flow does seem to have improved however not a huge difference however a piece of mind knowing that these filters are on top of the job and can go lengthy periods with little maintenance

 

[Dan walton]

Will be pulling some hc up tomorrow from either side it will be getting a haircut at the same time it's looking vey green and healthy but is taking some keeping up to needs cutting frequently and doing so takes a long time not so much the cutting but getting all the trimmings out of the tank there's still some stuck in the stems at the back from the last trim it's just grows where it sticks

Will be thinning out or completely removing the pink reiki in the middle rear I just don't like this plant it's growing and healthy it just bores me



Will be replacing it with this and some of this



Will be adding more grass to each side to replace the trimmed hc



Will update tomorrow here's a FTS before we either improve or destroy our first scape fetch your scissors and tweezers tomorrow Andy




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[Dan walton]

Well we have been brutal with our hc carpet cut a lot away






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[Dan walton]

Well it's been a long night see how it looks in morning
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[Ryan Thang To]

what have you done with the hc. I buy it? 🙂

 

[Dan walton]

what have you done with the hc. I buy it? 🙂

Just put a big clump in a box for you and big clown is going to post it tomorrow he will be in touch



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[Ryan Thang To]

Just put a big clump in a box for you and big clown is going to post it tomorrow he will be in touch



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hey thanks man. I was going to order some 1-2 pots.
thanks dan andy

 

[Dan walton]

Been a bit brutal and cut a lot of the stems back at the rear as they were starting to look untidy also removed some more hc and added the glosso can't wait for this to fill in cleaned the spray bars with my new brush and added another 35 Amano shrimps all of which have disappeared into the dragon rock and stems at the rear the assasin snails have got the snail outburst under control which is good so just a case of keeping up with water changes and waiting for it all to fill in again







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[Andy Thurston]

😱 Looks like we've been in with a strimmer . I hope the back bounces back fairly quickly

 

[Dan walton]

Be nice if dean get them pots in for the weekend Andy that will bulk it back up

 

[Andy Thurston]

You should have just got them from Aquaessentials but I'd have probably done the same, its a good shop worth supporting. You'll have to thin the stems out to fit the new plants in, its fairly dense behind the rocks. Are you pulling some\all of the myriophyllum? and we've still got to trim the bad bits from stauro and pogo.
Theres some work gone into both your tanks over the last few weeks, its making me want to go out and out high tech with the cube and put some hard stems in the rear.