Dead Bonsai
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Hi, here's my first attempt at creating a more natural home for my fish, and something that i find a hundred times more pleasing to look at from what I previously had. I've been keeping fish for about 3 years now, but it's only in the last 6 months since stumbling across UKAPS that I've discovered what beauty can be achieved with a naturally planted tank, even though I'm a long way off recreating anything like that myself yet, I do feel I'm heading in the right direction and really enjoying the journey so far, plus the change I've noticed in my fish and their behaviour has been really nice to see.
Here's the basics of my setup -
Tank - Fluval Roma 240L (120 x 40 x 55 cm)
Lighting - Beamswork V4 Hi-Lumen 48-52" Planted Aquarium LED Light Unit 6500k
Photoperoid - 7 Hours
Filter - 1 x Fluval 306 & 1 x Fluval 406 (Total 2600 LPH)
Co2 - Aquatlantis 1 Litre Refillable Aluminium Cylinder, Co2 Supermarket Advanced Aquarium System with Bazooka Atomizer
Substrate - Tropica Aquarium Soil
Hardscape - Seiryu Stone & Redmoor? (unsure, sourced from LFS)
Fert. - Ei Dosing
Macro Solution 4tsp Potassium Nitrate
1tsp Potassium Phosphate
6tsp Magnesium Sulphate
500ml Water
Micro Solution 1tsp Chelated Trace Elements
500ml Water
Macro 3x a week. (50ml per dose)
Micro 3x a week. (50ml per dose)
50% weekly water change.
Flora:
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
Cryptocoryne Lucens
Bacopa Amplexicaulis
Bolbitis Heteroclita Difformis
Alternanthera Lilacina
Anubias sp. Mini Mini
Eleocharis Acicularis
Alternanthera Rosanervig
Rotala Indica
Taxiphyllum 'Flame' Moss
Java Moss
Vallisneria?
(Some plants sourced from LFS, not sure of names)
Fauna:
10 x Harlequins
8 x Corydoras sterbai
6 x Black Widow Tetras
5 x Boesemani rainbows
3 x Ottos
1 x Dwarf Gourami
Assassin snails
Here's a few pics of how it's looking at the moment....
I know the more experienced guys will probably look at it and see a whole lot that I've done or am doing wrong, it's not until you have a go at it yourself that you get a real appreciation of just good some of the people on here are.....kudos to you 🙂.
At the moment I feel there's probably too many different types of plants, I kind of got carried away and wanted to try everything I liked the look of. I was thinking I can always take out what I don't like once it's a little more established. I would like to have some form of carpet in the middle at the from of the tank, it looks kind of bare in the last image.
I would love an feedback, comments or advice anyone could give me, particularly if you can see anything I'm doing wrong of any problems I'm likely to run into. I'm just kind of learning as I go & really enjoying it.
Thanks for taking the time,
Scott.
Here's the basics of my setup -
Tank - Fluval Roma 240L (120 x 40 x 55 cm)
Lighting - Beamswork V4 Hi-Lumen 48-52" Planted Aquarium LED Light Unit 6500k
Photoperoid - 7 Hours
Filter - 1 x Fluval 306 & 1 x Fluval 406 (Total 2600 LPH)
Co2 - Aquatlantis 1 Litre Refillable Aluminium Cylinder, Co2 Supermarket Advanced Aquarium System with Bazooka Atomizer
Substrate - Tropica Aquarium Soil
Hardscape - Seiryu Stone & Redmoor? (unsure, sourced from LFS)
Fert. - Ei Dosing
Macro Solution 4tsp Potassium Nitrate
1tsp Potassium Phosphate
6tsp Magnesium Sulphate
500ml Water
Micro Solution 1tsp Chelated Trace Elements
500ml Water
Macro 3x a week. (50ml per dose)
Micro 3x a week. (50ml per dose)
50% weekly water change.
Flora:
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
Cryptocoryne Lucens
Bacopa Amplexicaulis
Bolbitis Heteroclita Difformis
Alternanthera Lilacina
Anubias sp. Mini Mini
Eleocharis Acicularis
Alternanthera Rosanervig
Rotala Indica
Taxiphyllum 'Flame' Moss
Java Moss
Vallisneria?
(Some plants sourced from LFS, not sure of names)
Fauna:
10 x Harlequins
8 x Corydoras sterbai
6 x Black Widow Tetras
5 x Boesemani rainbows
3 x Ottos
1 x Dwarf Gourami
Assassin snails
Here's a few pics of how it's looking at the moment....
I know the more experienced guys will probably look at it and see a whole lot that I've done or am doing wrong, it's not until you have a go at it yourself that you get a real appreciation of just good some of the people on here are.....kudos to you 🙂.
At the moment I feel there's probably too many different types of plants, I kind of got carried away and wanted to try everything I liked the look of. I was thinking I can always take out what I don't like once it's a little more established. I would like to have some form of carpet in the middle at the from of the tank, it looks kind of bare in the last image.
I would love an feedback, comments or advice anyone could give me, particularly if you can see anything I'm doing wrong of any problems I'm likely to run into. I'm just kind of learning as I go & really enjoying it.
Thanks for taking the time,
Scott.
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