flygja
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Seeing as the first one was a failure, I decided to tear it down and start a new one with some new rocks I collected while on holiday. Anyway...
60 x 30 x 36 cm
Eheim 2215
DIY LED lighting 6 hours per day
Pressurised CO2 through an inline reactor at ~2bps
EI dosed with ADA Green Brighty Step
Cooled via twin 80mm fans
Here's the hardscape. I couldn't find the plants in time, so had to fill it up and put my fish back in. This was about 6 weeks ago.
Planted some HC all around. HG behind the main rock. Japanese hair grass in between the rocks. This was about 4 weeks ago.
And this is what it looked like last weekend.
Overall slow and steady growth. I never had success with HC before so I'm quite happy it. The HC doesn't root very well though. It grows nicely and spreads, but the original clump of roots don't grow deeper. So I sometimes end up floating bushes of HC. HG is really slow... slower than HC. But I think it might be because the light is blocked by the big rock.
Having some problems with GSA on the rocks that I need to scrub with a toothbrush every 2 weeks or so. My lighting unit's dimmer is busted, so I can't control the intensity of the lighting. Very little GSA on the glass though, which is a first for me. I think its probably because LEDs are directional, so less light spills onto the glass. Getting BGA now and then on the left and rear glass.
Photographing my tank with LED lights is really difficult by the way. The light doesn't spill through the back glass, so most of the time the background appears gray as you can see in the 2nd pic. In the third shot, I stuck on a piece of embossed book wrapping plastic to the rear glass and it helps to catch some light.
60 x 30 x 36 cm
Eheim 2215
DIY LED lighting 6 hours per day
Pressurised CO2 through an inline reactor at ~2bps
EI dosed with ADA Green Brighty Step
Cooled via twin 80mm fans
Here's the hardscape. I couldn't find the plants in time, so had to fill it up and put my fish back in. This was about 6 weeks ago.
Planted some HC all around. HG behind the main rock. Japanese hair grass in between the rocks. This was about 4 weeks ago.
And this is what it looked like last weekend.
Overall slow and steady growth. I never had success with HC before so I'm quite happy it. The HC doesn't root very well though. It grows nicely and spreads, but the original clump of roots don't grow deeper. So I sometimes end up floating bushes of HC. HG is really slow... slower than HC. But I think it might be because the light is blocked by the big rock.
Having some problems with GSA on the rocks that I need to scrub with a toothbrush every 2 weeks or so. My lighting unit's dimmer is busted, so I can't control the intensity of the lighting. Very little GSA on the glass though, which is a first for me. I think its probably because LEDs are directional, so less light spills onto the glass. Getting BGA now and then on the left and rear glass.
Photographing my tank with LED lights is really difficult by the way. The light doesn't spill through the back glass, so most of the time the background appears gray as you can see in the 2nd pic. In the third shot, I stuck on a piece of embossed book wrapping plastic to the rear glass and it helps to catch some light.