Peisaj (landscape)

[Ionut Godea]

Hello, there! My name is Ionut and I am from Bacau, Romania. I want to present you my Juwel Rio 180 aquarium.
Tank's parameters are:
Size 100 cm length, 41 cm width, 50 cm depth;
Lighting - 2 x T5 JBL Solar Natur Ultra and JBL Solar Tropic Ultra (45 w) /9 hours per day;
Internal filter - original, 1000l/h pump;
Heater - 200 Watt;
Fertilizers - Easy life Profito, Easy life Fosfo, Easy life Nitro and Easy Carbo;
Substrate - JBL Aquabasis;
Decorative materials - lava rocks;
CO2 - 2 bubbles per second nonstop;
Plants - Utricularia graminifolia, Rotala rotundifolia, Echinodorus tenellus, Hemianthus Micrantemoides, Pogostemon helferi; Higrophila pinatifida; Microsorium pteropus needle leaf; Rotala macrandra green; Limnophila sesiliflora; Monosolenium tenerum; Hydrocotyle leucocephala; Hydrocotyle cf. tripartita.
Inhabitants - 17 green neon tetra, 5 Inpaichthys kerri, 3 Anentome helena, and a few red cherry schrimps;
Weekly water change: - 40%.
The aquarium is in progress, it still needs to suffer some changes (trimming etc) till the final form.
Here are some pictures of some of my aquarium, all pictures were taken in the august 2010 - february 2013 time frame:

 

[Arana]

Very nice you can see how your skills have progressed over time🙂

 

[LondonDragon]

Some great scapes in there, what is the secret for growing UG? 😉

 

[Gary Nelson]

They are all lovely displays, love the red back lighting.... Superb photos too! Well done.

 

[Dorian]

Very nice tank and all them scapes grow under 2xT5 ????

 

[O'Neil]

Wow this is awesome!

A few quick questions tho:
- is that a Fluval Roma?
- How did you modify the lighting?

EDIT
Found the lighting, that's genius!!
I'm guessing you had to change the flappy plastic bits too, what did you do for those?

 

[Ionut Godea]

@ Arana, @Gary Nelson - Thank you very much!🙂
@ Porksword - Thank you!🙂 I don't have external filter. Lighting come from 2 x T5 JBL Solar Natur Ultra and JBL Solar Tropic Ultra (45 w) with JBL reflectors.
@ Dorian - Thank you! Yes, just 2xT5.😉
@ LondonDragon - Thank you, I am honored! There's no secret: CO2, water change, Easy life fertilisers etc. I simply respect the rules for a clean tank.🙂 I hope you like my UG photo:

 

[LondonDragon]

I simply respect the rules for a clean tank. I hope you like my UG photo:

Very nice indeed 😉 do you use RO water? Soft or hard water if not? cheers

 

[hydrophyte]

Really nice progression of scapes in those pictures.

 

[Ionut Godea]

@ LondonDragon - Thank you! I use tap water.🙂

 

[LondonDragon]

@ LondonDragon - Thank you! I use tap water.🙂

You need to ship some of that to the UK 😉

 

[Ionut Godea]

@ hydrophyte - Thank you!!
@ LondonDragon - Ok!😉

Red cherry shrimp:

 

[John S]

Absolutely stunning - well done.

 

[O'Neil]

Cheers mate, is the tank a fluval Roma tho? if so did it not come with T8 lighting as standard?

 

[Ionut Godea]

@ davem -Thank you!!🙂
@ Porksword - No, it's a Juwel Rio 180 aquarium with 2 x T5 lighting as standard.😉

 

[O'Neil]

Aaaaa i see, cheers for that : )

 

[LondonDragon]

What is that box on the right hand side in front of the internal filter? Do you only use the internal filter?

 

[MARKCOUSINS]

Very impressive great UG rug!Like Paolo i was wondering about amount of flow?Cheers mark

 

[Ionut Godea]

@ Porksword - 😉
@ LondonDragon - It's a Ferplast CO2 reactor. Yes, only internal filter improved with 1000 l/h pump.😉
@ MARKCOUSINS Thank you!! In my tank, I have a Juwel 1000 l/h pump and a 2500 l/h (EDIT) wavemaker pump.

 

[LondonDragon]

It's a Ferplast CO2 reactor.

You use that with pressurised CO2 or just the DIY yeast mixture? Interesting reactor,