Thanks guys!
All the tanks where lit by one of 2 different 20w halogen desk lamps, apart from the Dymax in the middle which was lit by the supplied led arm light.
The first tank had a basic fertiliser regime of some Tropica all in one thing I think and it was dosed daily with 1/2 ml of easycarbo with a 1/4 volume water change every third day and no filtration, heating or livestock, it ran for about 3 weeks before I moved everything into the second tank. I used Java fern, Java moss and some terrestrial long leafed plant.
This tank was filtered by an Eheim external, 2213 I think, and that was dosed with the same fertiliser and also easycarbo and it ran for about a month, just over that in the end I think. I kept it at room temps of about 18-21 celsius and everything seemed to do okay, I had my first major algae breakout after a holiday but I managed to recover it and that's what you see there. I used Java fern, Java moss and a long grass like plant, very soft leaves.
This tank used some bits left over from my last tank and the rest went into my main 'fish' tank. it was dosed as before and was kept unheated but with less temperature swing over the day due to the cool running LED light. It ran for just over 3 weeks and growth was VERY slow. I used Java fern, java moss and a long grass like plant, very soft leaves.
This tank used mostly new plants and ran for about 5 days as a holding tank whilst I got time to clean out my other tank ready for my last scape before disappearing off to uni. unheated, unfiltered, not dosed, just an exercise in layout really.I used HM, java fern, java moss, Rotala wallichi and crypts.
This tank was my last before I went off to uni and it was kept lit by a 20w halogen desk lamp, sand substrate as before and dosed with the same as before including easycarbo. No livestock or heating and it ran for about two weeks with slow but reasonably steady growth. as before it was a mix of HM, java fern, java moss, Rotala wallichi and crypts.
This was my first Uni tank and it only ran for about 2 weeks before I changed it to it's final scape. 20w halogen desk lamp, easycarbo, macro and micro ferts and no livestock or heating. I used HM, HC, Java moss, Rotala wallichi and crypts. I also used yeast based CO2 that I distributed using an ADA glass tube that was bent and positioned underneath the filter outlet.
This was my last scape, I used HM, HC, Java moss, Rotala wallichi and crypts. I dosed with macro and micro and I also used yeast based CO2 that I distributed using an ADA glass tube that was bent and positioned underneath the filter outlet. It ran for just over a month and The growth was vast I had to trim it far more often than I was used to.
I hope this gives you guys a rough look at what happened and what I did to each tank.
Cheers,
Matt