This one's for you Don Boyer!
I've tried and tried, but I just don't do aquascaping. It's valuable real estate and I just love collecting. I have collectoritis and I am NOT looking for a cure. :biggrin:
Even so Mr. Boyer has been bothering me for some time now to actually see what my current tank looks like and how I have it setup so here it goes.
Tank: ADA 90-P
Lighting:
4 x 39 ATI Sunpower fixture hung 8" above the tank with 2 Giesemann midday and 2 Giesemann aquaflora bulbs.
2 bulbs on for 8 hours a day and all 4 bulbs on for 4 hours in the middle of that "day"
Filtration:
CPR90 Overflow into an old ProClear Sump
Taam Rio 2500 return pipe into vertical spraybar
CO2:
Pressurized CO2 at more bubbles / second than I can count fed directly into sump return pump.
Substrate:
Mineralized topsoil capped with 2 bags of ADA Amazonia
Fertilization: All autodosed via DIY peristaltic pumps.
10 ml / day Metricide diluted to 1.5%
3.0 ppm / day K dosed using a mix of KCL and KHCO3
8 ml / day Flourish Comprehensive
8 ml / day Flourish Iron
2.0 ppm / day NO3 via KNO3
0.8 ppm / day PO4 via KH2PO4
Fauna:
2 Green Neons
1 Ottocinclus
1 Corydoras habrosus
200+ Ramshorn Snails
Flora
Sagittaria subulata (the real thing collected locally)
Sagittaria calycina
Elatine gussonei
Elatine minima
Lilaeopsis chinensis
Gratiola viscidula
Hygrophila sp. 'Araguaia'
Crypt bullosa 'Bario'
Crypt ideii
Crypt affinis 'Pahang' metallic red
Crypt usteriana x walkeri
Crypt albida
Crypt nurii 'Pahang'
Bucephalandra motleyana
Bucephalandra sp. 'Narcissus'
Echinodorus Uraguayensis 'Minor'
Ludwigia senegalensis
Ludwigia curtisii
Ludwigia simpsonii
Floscopa scandens
Rotala macrandra 'Japan'
Rotala mexicana 'Green'
Bacopa innominata
Bacopa madagascarensis
Bacopa salzmanii
Proserpinaca palustris (local variety)
Syngonanthus anomolus 'Madiera'
Piptospatha parakensis
This picture is just after a major trim "rescape." I'll post in update in 2-3 weeks when things fill back in.