I’m glad to finally post my first Journal, wohoo :icon_bigg. So to begin with the obligatory specs:
Aquarium: ADA Cube Garden MINI S, 31cm X 18cm X 24cm
Lighting: SOLAR Mini S
Filtration and heating: Eheim 2211
CO2: Easycarbo, 1ml every other day
Substrate: ADA Aqua Soil - Amazonia
Hardscape: Mini Landscape Rock
Fertilisers: Tropica Plant Nutrition+, 2ml every 3rd day
Maintenance: 3 x 50% water change per week, general pruning and cleaning
Fish: Rasbora maculate x 10, CPD x 3 ( 2 of which are fry)
Plants: Hemianthus callitrichoides
The ADA aquarium, lighting, substrate and glassware were purchased on a trip to Tokyo, Japan. My hotel was located near the largest tropical fish store in Tokyo, Pau Pau Aqua Garden Ginza. So much cheaper than I could get it here is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pic of the goodies from my hotel room.
I loved the challenge of aquascaping in such a small space. I tried 3 very different layouts over a 1 month period before I was satisfied. The great thing about the size meant i had a new scape up and running in a few hours:icon_bigg
2/Feb/2011: Tore down the old scape that wasn't doing it for me. Managed to find an awesome stone at my LFS. Planted the Hemianthus Callitrichoides I had in the previous scape. The HC is from Tropica, Denamrk. I thought about breaking it up into smaller peaces as I originally did but i was getting great growth and decided to simply dig it up and move into the new position.
2/Feb/2011: Finished planting. You may notice from the pic that the top left corner is barren from HC. However if the growth keeps up from my previous scape it should not be an issueroud:
2/Feb/2011: The Rasbora Maculate acclimatising. Great fish, social, curious and active!
3/Feb/2011: Added several CRS and RCS
6/Feb/2011: Overview shot, I know the pipes need a cleaning. Will do so soon and repost the image:angel:
6/Feb/2011: The scape is currently placed on my desk at home.
That's it for now, hope you enjoyed it. I hope to update on the progress on a regular basis, watch this space :icon_bigg
Aquarium: ADA Cube Garden MINI S, 31cm X 18cm X 24cm
Lighting: SOLAR Mini S
Filtration and heating: Eheim 2211
CO2: Easycarbo, 1ml every other day
Substrate: ADA Aqua Soil - Amazonia
Hardscape: Mini Landscape Rock
Fertilisers: Tropica Plant Nutrition+, 2ml every 3rd day
Maintenance: 3 x 50% water change per week, general pruning and cleaning
Fish: Rasbora maculate x 10, CPD x 3 ( 2 of which are fry)
Plants: Hemianthus callitrichoides
The ADA aquarium, lighting, substrate and glassware were purchased on a trip to Tokyo, Japan. My hotel was located near the largest tropical fish store in Tokyo, Pau Pau Aqua Garden Ginza. So much cheaper than I could get it here is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pic of the goodies from my hotel room.
I loved the challenge of aquascaping in such a small space. I tried 3 very different layouts over a 1 month period before I was satisfied. The great thing about the size meant i had a new scape up and running in a few hours:icon_bigg
2/Feb/2011: Tore down the old scape that wasn't doing it for me. Managed to find an awesome stone at my LFS. Planted the Hemianthus Callitrichoides I had in the previous scape. The HC is from Tropica, Denamrk. I thought about breaking it up into smaller peaces as I originally did but i was getting great growth and decided to simply dig it up and move into the new position.
2/Feb/2011: Finished planting. You may notice from the pic that the top left corner is barren from HC. However if the growth keeps up from my previous scape it should not be an issueroud:
2/Feb/2011: The Rasbora Maculate acclimatising. Great fish, social, curious and active!
3/Feb/2011: Added several CRS and RCS
6/Feb/2011: Overview shot, I know the pipes need a cleaning. Will do so soon and repost the image:angel:
6/Feb/2011: The scape is currently placed on my desk at home.
That's it for now, hope you enjoyed it. I hope to update on the progress on a regular basis, watch this space :icon_bigg