faizal
Member
Hi everyone. I am just a newbie and I had recentely started off my first freshwater planted aquarium. I read a lot about UKAPS from the threads posted by members in other forums but I never really took the time to visit the website until March of this year. My first impression was ,..."Wow,..What a really well thought out website ." Especially the tutorials and articles section. Everything was expained in a very simple & easy to understand manner.
I signed up and posted my first thread about 3 weeks ago and it's been an amazing learning experience ever since.
So anyways,...I am posting this Journal up with hopes that I can share with other like minded newbies about what the UKAPS moderators had thought me and also to get help from everyone as my tank progresses. Unfortunately this is definitely not about showing off my tank because it is absolutely NOTHING in comparison to most of the tank pictures I have seen here. Just a humble sharing of my experiences with hopes that I can get more help along the way.
Okay,...that said. Here's how my tank looked on the first day that I visited UKAPS :
INITIAL SET UP OF THE FILTER INLET & OUTFLOW PIPES :
Clive had more than just nudged me in the right direction with regards to CO2 Management & Flow Pattern in the tank.
Here's how it looked again after the appropriate adjustments with regards to the water flow pattern:
And this is a picture of Day 1 of Planting:
I am having a bit of a problem now though,...it's Day 4 since set up and although most of the plants are doing well namely the Limnophila "Vietnam" species, Hygrophilla difformis & Hygrophilla polysperma, some old nana petite from my old fish tank and the staurogynes, the Blyxias are some sort of under going a rapid browning of leaves that seems to start from the tip which progresses very fast
I have removed most of the leaves. I am still in the process of tweaking my co2.
Is this normal for Blyxias? Or are they more sensitive to optimal CO2 in comparison to the other plants?
My Dosing regime is:
Saturday= 80% Water chage + 1/4 teaspoon Seachem Equilibrium
Sundays= 5ml Seachem Flourish
Mondays= 1/4 tsp KNO3 + 1/16th tsp KH2PO4
Tuesdays: 5ml Seachem Flourish
Wednesdays= 1/4th tsp KNO3 + 1/16th tsp KH2PO4
Thursdays= 5ml Flourish
Fridays= 1/4 tsp KNO3 + 1/16 tsp KH2PO4
Tank details:
Tank volume : 16.8 US Gallons ( 23.5 inches length, 14 inches height, 12 inches depth)
Lights : 2 T5s of 8 watts each ( Total 16 watts). Photoperiod 8pm till 2am ( 6 Hours)
Filter: 450L/hr rating. China made. Also attached a spray bar to outlet of Eheim pump's(Right rear corner) outlet.
Sustrate: 60% Seachem Flourite + 40% 2-3mm sized inert sand like gravel
Pressurized C02 injection via a ceramic diffuser
The video of Blyxia's rotting can be found here:
If the video is not able to play. Kindly search youtube for Withering Blyxias.
Need help please.
Faizal
I signed up and posted my first thread about 3 weeks ago and it's been an amazing learning experience ever since.
So anyways,...I am posting this Journal up with hopes that I can share with other like minded newbies about what the UKAPS moderators had thought me and also to get help from everyone as my tank progresses. Unfortunately this is definitely not about showing off my tank because it is absolutely NOTHING in comparison to most of the tank pictures I have seen here. Just a humble sharing of my experiences with hopes that I can get more help along the way.
Okay,...that said. Here's how my tank looked on the first day that I visited UKAPS :
INITIAL SET UP OF THE FILTER INLET & OUTFLOW PIPES :
Clive had more than just nudged me in the right direction with regards to CO2 Management & Flow Pattern in the tank.
Here's how it looked again after the appropriate adjustments with regards to the water flow pattern:
And this is a picture of Day 1 of Planting:
I am having a bit of a problem now though,...it's Day 4 since set up and although most of the plants are doing well namely the Limnophila "Vietnam" species, Hygrophilla difformis & Hygrophilla polysperma, some old nana petite from my old fish tank and the staurogynes, the Blyxias are some sort of under going a rapid browning of leaves that seems to start from the tip which progresses very fast
I have removed most of the leaves. I am still in the process of tweaking my co2.
Is this normal for Blyxias? Or are they more sensitive to optimal CO2 in comparison to the other plants?
My Dosing regime is:
Saturday= 80% Water chage + 1/4 teaspoon Seachem Equilibrium
Sundays= 5ml Seachem Flourish
Mondays= 1/4 tsp KNO3 + 1/16th tsp KH2PO4
Tuesdays: 5ml Seachem Flourish
Wednesdays= 1/4th tsp KNO3 + 1/16th tsp KH2PO4
Thursdays= 5ml Flourish
Fridays= 1/4 tsp KNO3 + 1/16 tsp KH2PO4
Tank details:
Tank volume : 16.8 US Gallons ( 23.5 inches length, 14 inches height, 12 inches depth)
Lights : 2 T5s of 8 watts each ( Total 16 watts). Photoperiod 8pm till 2am ( 6 Hours)
Filter: 450L/hr rating. China made. Also attached a spray bar to outlet of Eheim pump's(Right rear corner) outlet.
Sustrate: 60% Seachem Flourite + 40% 2-3mm sized inert sand like gravel
Pressurized C02 injection via a ceramic diffuser
The video of Blyxia's rotting can be found here:
If the video is not able to play. Kindly search youtube for Withering Blyxias.
Need help please.
Faizal