Hello i been a long term hobbyist keeping tanks for over 10 years. I have been working on this low tech Anubias/Java fern tank for about the last 4 months or so. Its still a work in progress as i have not gathered all the anubias petite i would like for the foreground. I need approximately 25-30 more to fill the foreground in a compact manner. If anyone knows of good places to get some anubias petites please do share.
Here are a couple of views of the tank.
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Filtration- Eheim classic 2215-37 + Aquaclear 30
Lighting- Current USA satellite LED plus and Current USA single ramp time (Sunrise begins at 11:30am and sunset begins at 10:30pm)
Feeding- Elos sv.B pellet, Elos Spirulina plus pellet, Omega One Super color flakes, Hikari Mini Algae Wafers, Hikari Frozen brine shrimp, Hikari frozen spirulina Brine shrimp, Hikari Frozen bloodworms (twice a week flakes and pellets are supplemented with vita-chem for more vitamins prior to the weeks water change).
The cory cats, cherry barbs, and neon blue gouramie are the ones who tend to hide within the plants mostly. Its funny you mention this because about 30 minutes before lights start shutting down, the gouramie always hides in the center bunch of anubias. As for number of fish, i currently have 58. Most of the stocking is made of up several schools of small fish. The largest fish in there is the dwarf gouramie at 2.5 inches. I do water changes twice a week and try to scrape glass for algae every other day.
I will make sure to check out his collection. As far as rare anubias, I have had many different varieties throughout the years in larger tanks. I ultimately sold them all and when started off from scratch decided to get common ones. The "rare" one I have are petite, if people even consider that one anymore. I will be on the lookout to acquire different ones in the future.
Yeah, I think you're right. The petite, well to me, is pretty common now. But I believe there a now variations and morphs of the petite. If I do come across some leads, I'll be happy to share it with you.
You're tank is very pleasing to the eye. I'm subscribed, so I'll keep in tune.
First tip I can give when planting a 29 gallon, is to get the best light fixture you can for the kind of plants you want to keep. Next is dose on a strict schedule all your supplements. So you can maximize growth. They have apps on smartphones for aquariums so that keeping track is easy. As for my stocking, I use a lot of biological filtration and do water changes twice a week. The eheim canister and modified aquaclear insure all my water values are the best they can be. I test prior to every water change as well. I have had to take out some fish because they were being too competitive for food and it was becoming difficult to feed all the fishes. So my stocking does change on occasion if I run into such issues. Majority of fishes in the tank are small. The plant density also aid in filtering the water.
Yes the size Is 24-36 light fixture. As For color setting I use the yellow button. Which is full spectrum I believe. Algae is a slight issue, but constant water changes help. I will try to post some updated pictures soon.
amazing. I love what can be done w/ undemanding plants like these. I know a lot of folks may put down low light, common "beginner", plants like java fern, but it really is attractive here.
I'm planning a riparium and wanted to go with something easier to maintain submerged and thick I'll be borrowing from you and sticking to java fern and anubias.
Its been a long time since an update. But i have broken down the tank completely and left a few fish in it with some java ferns that were broken down into smaller pieces. Here is a picture so you get an idea.
Well i was bored today and decided to move some of the anubias petite that i orginally trimmed down from the breakdown back in. It amazed me that what i put in was only about 50% of original amount. Here are some pictures of it all set and done.
Someday I'm going to do a tank like this but on a 7g cube scale! Hoping this fall once its cooled down for shipping.
Btw you should show off how long those anubias roots are, that you can plant them without weights
Well with the automatic timer you buy seperately from current it works out great. For low tech plants it has wonderful results. I know forum users who use 2 units on a tank for higher demanding plants.
Trying to keep tank as low maintenance as possible at the moment. Maybe later when i have more time for maintenance i will take some java ferns out and add more anubias once more.
That plant is a water sprite to the far right. I am trying to cut it to the most attractive shape possible.
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