30 Gallon iwagumi: Nature's Redemption

[iantan05]

well yea its very hard to get ADA stuff here in canada and all a tank does is hold in some water and a scape. I got my rocks from Big als. its called zebra rock. It has some nice groves that gives it character

[ddtran46]

wow your tank looks beautiful!!

[NyteBlade]

That is a really really awesome setup. I've been a fan of iwagumi, but have only seen it done on smaller tanks. Your tank is really an inspiration.

On the rocks, what gives it that green tint? Well-placed algae? A moss?

[monkeyruler90]

wow. awesome looking tank. yeah, the rock placement is perfect!!! how are your cardinals doing? any better?

[Coral Keeper]

Beautiful tank!!

[Kayen]

Thanks for the info iantan!
I'll be hitting up the BigAls here in Edmonton sometime during the week so hopefully i can pick up some rocks then (; .
Keep it up, this tank looks pree relaxing.

[iantan05]

Thanks for the nice comments. Ive found out the reason why the cardinals are dying. Its because of the protein layer which is built up on the surface. This blocks the oxygen from entering the tank and therefore die from co2 posioning. I found a fix for this by aereating the tank at night when plants do not use co2 to photosynthesis. This also provides the fishes with oxygen and breaks up the protein layer in order for oxygen to diffuse into the tank when lights are on. The air pump turns on 1 hr after lights goes off and turns off 1 hr before light turns on. This way it does not disrupt co2 for the plants.

[iantan05]

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Downoi


Top View

[monkeyruler90]

WOW. VERYYYY NICE.
thats a great looking tank, everything is growing in very well. i like the downoi. are you going to try blyxa as well?
do you like the background color? i was thinking of trying black out but usually everyone uses white with iwagumi style. would you change yours?

[iantan05]

I like the downoi too, it really matches with HC. Its very hard to nice blyxa and i found it once and it was in very bad condition and did not make it through my tank. I like my background as it really expands the look of my tank. Shortly ill try the white background; ive seen iwagumi with a white background which is pretty nice. Once i get my eheim 2213 setup ill try it with no background.

[Kayen]

Looks nice, where are you from?
I'd like to get some downoi myself.
But nice downoi, hope this tank works out nicely.

[MrAL]

Tank looks incredible. Great job.

[iantan05]

umm i also got the downoi at Big als. They were very healthy and was already growing shoots left and right. I think im gonna move the randomly downoi in the middle to the corners as it distracts the view of the focal point.

[chris.rivera3]

this iwagumi looks amazing!!! what plant is that you are using for carpet???

[iantan05]

Thanks. Im using hemianthus Callitrichoides for my carpet foregound. i did a few changes over the past days. I moved the downoi from middle to the sides becasue it grows about 3 inches and which will distract from the focal point. I also hooked my my eheim 2213 with a set of lily pipes knock-off from ebay.
Anyhow here are some pictures of the tank.

FTS without equipments









Lily Pipe Intake



Lily Pipe Output