12 3w cool white leds, cascade 1200 and 2 other 600lph power filters a 400lph power filter running my reactor, 150w heater, diy c02 (yeast), mts soil with black gravel cap( bit of clay dolomite and kno3 mixed in aswell
Livestock
Bunch of tetra's bunch of cherry shrimp, 3 common pleco's
oh i gave the angels to my mum as she said she liked them lol and i wanted the shrimp more
and thats what i was thinking with the background make all the plants and fish stand out more
and i got the driftwood off ebay was pricey but worth it as the local wood around here doesnt like sinking for some reason and makes the tank look crap
On the scape you need to create some dynamics in the substrate such as sloped up in one corner to the front. A little character there can make a huge impact, learned that myself after several tries lol.
On the co2 don't skimp, now you don't need to go by Ada equipment and really drop money. But get good solid equipment to start with and its a good chance it will out live your hobby. Also less headaches and I highly recommend a 2 stage regulator
I like it, Its very natural.
Like if you were swimming in a creek, you would see this scene underwater.
The plastic bottle also adds to that effect. :icon_wink
added: 5 rummynose tetra's(yes i really like tetra's i must be getting close to having atleast one of every tetra thats available in brisbane haha)
also a bunch of baby's tears and a bunch of Pogostemon Stellata
my lilypipes also showed up today but the pipe that takes the water out of the tank was broken unfortunatly the other one was fine and i put it to use straight away
anyways heres a photo to show how its going since i first started this journal ,
also i forgot to mention i went pressurised c02 yesterday with a cerges style reactor (works really well) cant remember what brand reg and solenoid and that i used it was a kit of ebay i bought ages ago but im still waiting on my drop checkers to arrive so i have am running it at about 1 bubble every few seconds to be safe(less the my diy yeast set up that was doing almost a buble a second haha)
enjoy!
I had a accedent with the saw and broke one of the banches up a bit but i have a bunch of willow moss on its way so that should cover that up nicely heehehe
The equipments changed a little
I have a small stream style wave maker in there instead of the 600lph eyesore the other powerheads still there for overnight oxygen on a timer
The lilypipes are on i got a replacement intake pipe as the original was broken
I ended up pulling all my ludwigia out as it takes over the tank too fast
This tanks been emptied and will be getting a revamp
So I'm changing to aqua soil and iv removed my old cap and the dirt beneath and I can explain why my swords were melting on one side and not doing all that great on the other
Turns out I had no where near enough dirt under there
Also one side didn't really have dirt there which kinda sucks
I'm going back to Fluro lighting
As a lot of my led have stopped recently then the driver decided to go bang
Don't really wanna wait for stuff from overseas so I'm getting another 2 bulb t5ho unit
And I'm thinking about building a proper stand for this tank and changing over to sump as I'm really over the cascade 1200 I'm using ATM
All it does is keep me awake and I wouldn't mind having the return split into 2 and having one either side and my overflow box in the middle some where
I already have my overflow box but I'd like to modify it to add an extra line so I can tune it to be almost silent
And will be running the same style reactor for my c02 but a lot better and of its own pump in the last chamber
Most likely I will glad wrap and tape up all open areas
So as things start to happen il put them all up here to help me keep track
Oh yeah and all my fish I gave to mum for Christmas
I will be leaving fish out of this tank but I will how ever be adding shrimp to this tank when I have it where I want it and as far as fish go it will be rummy nose tetra's as I really like them fish for so e reason I gues you could say they have been a long time favourite
Makes me sad that the tank is empty next week il have my aquasoil hopefully
And the week after I should have plants in it
Going for a fresh look this time and I'm gunna dry start the hc and see how that goes for me
Orr I could just lay some sand with a layer of osmocoat under it.............
But sand looks dirty quickly tho
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