mikehookipa
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Tank looks amazing.
Btw, how do you transport tanks to exhibitions and such?
Btw, how do you transport tanks to exhibitions and such?
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My Road to IAPLC 2017
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Yo-han
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This size: water out, transport, water in. The scape is flat on purpose, so it won't be destroyed during transport.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn E6653 met Tapatalk
Verstuurd vanaf mijn E6653 met Tapatalk
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Yo-han
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Some small problems with the dosing pump. The phosphate pump dumped in way more than I wanted and the nitrate pump was stuck, so was almost zero resulting in a little algae in the moss right below the light:
So I bought an ARKA dosing unit, love it!!
Another problem is that the algae eaters love the Cardamine a little too much, maybe I need to swap it for another plant:
So I bought an ARKA dosing unit, love it!!
Another problem is that the algae eaters love the Cardamine a little too much, maybe I need to swap it for another plant:
Had the same issue with reineckii mini just a few days ago. There appeared to be to little algae for my massive amano's. Providing the algae eaters with more alternative food sources (think zucchini / algae pellets) has solved the plant nibbling untill now.
Just thought i would share 🙂
Yo-han
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The damage to the Cardamine is less since I doubled the amount of green food. Moss is still having a tough time. Only emersed and right in front of the filter outlet with the CO2 reactor it's nice and green. I raised CO2 a little to check what will happen.
And off course, a journal can't contain only nice photo's, so here some photo's from the trouble:
And off course, a journal can't contain only nice photo's, so here some photo's from the trouble:
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Martin in Holland
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Moss is a strange plant sometimes, one day it's growing fast lush and green, the next day it's brown, grey and unhappy.
Yo-han
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The moss is recovering, and the algae is losing ground:
I'll add some extra rocks, because right now, my L-numbers are digging holes under the stones all the way to the soil (you can see the L240 in the right front digging).
I'll add some extra rocks, because right now, my L-numbers are digging holes under the stones all the way to the soil (you can see the L240 in the right front digging).
cookie.dou
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Looking great and feeling very envious... would love to be able to work on a huge tank like this one day!
Yo-han
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Thank you! I feel blessed every day!
Yo-han
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Latest picture. I entered a Dutch competition where they pay house visits, so the judge will come to my house next week to grade my tank. Looking forward!
mikehookipa
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Great scape. What fish do you have in there? Never seen some of them before
Yo-han
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Most fish are quite common. Otocinclus, Trigonostigma espei, Paracheirodon simulans, Nannostomus marginatus and the little less common Alestopetersius caudalis and Hisonotus leucofrenatus. Lots of shrimp, some Panaqolus to keep the wood clean and some other L-numbers because I love them (a group of L136c and a L240).
Yo-han
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Made an extreme HDR today, by making a picture during the day from the 'cabinet' and from the aquarium this night. A little photoshop (which I'm not good at) and this is the result:
#iIlikeit
#iIlikeit
Yo-han
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A long overdue update.
At the closing date for the IAPLC I thought the tank didn't look mature enough. So I enterred the contest with an iwagumi 90P which looked fine at that moment.
I did enter the Dutch NBAT contest with this tank. So I received multiple housevisits from judges to see how the tank was doing and made it at least to the last 12, but need to wait till end november for the result. This was how the tank was looking when the judges came:
At the closing date for the IAPLC I thought the tank didn't look mature enough. So I enterred the contest with an iwagumi 90P which looked fine at that moment.
I did enter the Dutch NBAT contest with this tank. So I received multiple housevisits from judges to see how the tank was doing and made it at least to the last 12, but need to wait till end november for the result. This was how the tank was looking when the judges came:
Yo-han
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Thanks!
The moss is in almost perfect shape. The Congo tetras are taking bites now and the, but I just took most of it off. It took me 3 hours every few weeks to trim a bucket full off. Besides that I wanted to expose the wood a bit more.
Yo-han
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The Pogostemon quadrifolius in the back is growing so fast that I want to replace it for something that grows slower. Any suggestions?
Yo-han
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Made a box last week which holds my Apex computer and all Powerplus and cables. I can open the front of the box and access everything if I need to. I installed a DJ switch so I don't need to pull cables out anymore and I bought a cheap 8 inch tables which I use to display my Apex measurements instead of the ugly display that comes with it. The tablet is connected with Velcro tape so I can take it off and use it to show ideas to customers. 
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Changed the background plants. Trimming a bucket full of Pogostemon every week was no longer my thing. I was looking for a bright green plant but all of them seemed to grow quite fast. Till I stumbled upon Cyperus helferi, so I bought a few dozen of those to swap the Pogostemon out. Still a little small but it looks more tranquil already. What do you think?
