Farona Forest - My 1st Rescape

[hencpu]

My Rescape Tank - Farona Forest

Tank: 40 x 26 x 28
Light: 2 x Up-Aqua Pro-Z LED
Filter: Eheim 2213
Substrate: Amazonia II and Sudo Reef Sand
CO2: Inline Atomizer 1 bps
Chiller: 100W Mini Chiller
Temperature: 25-26c

Plants:
Micranthemum sp. Monte Carlo
Hydrocotyle Tripartita
Eleocharis Belem
Taxiphyllum alternans
Anubias nana Petite

Fauna:
10 x Lambchop Rasbora
6 x Celestial Pearl Danio
5 x Cardinal Tetra
4 x Otocinclus
1 x Cory Habrosus
CRS A-S
Orange Rili
Red Rili

It has been 2 years since I started this hobby, but this is the first time I tore down the whole tank, emptied everything and rescaped.



Moved all the livestocks to the small tank and covered with paper so the fish were not startled when I'm working on the tank.



Combination of a couple pieces of driftwood




Not much has changed since my I set this up 2 year ago, except added a chiller. Since this is a shoe cabinet, its pretty limited to what I can put below. The first time I hooked up the chiller to the Eheim canister, it killed the impeller. So I tried again using only a very short section (about 5cm) of the 9/12mm hose, then step-up to 12/16mm all the way to filter. It works smoothly after that.

Anyway, here's the Monte Carlo after just planted.




Less than 2 week later

[hencpu]

Latest Progress - About 3 weeks old

[blue33]

Nice setup. What's the grey box at the top right corner? Power head pump?

[hencpu]

Nice setup. What's the grey box at the top right corner? Power head pump?

Thanks!

Yeah, powerhead for aeration after light is off.

[blue33]

The shrimplet might hide inside the power head pump during daytime, when power is on it might crush them. I don't provide aeration in planted tank, the current/plant itself is sufficient for it.

[aquanick]

Really nice hardscape..!
Are you planning to add stem plants on the right and left corners at the back?

[hencpu]

The shrimplet might hide inside the power head pump during daytime, when power is on it might crush them. I don't provide aeration in planted tank, the current/plant itself is sufficient for it.

I understand the risk. Actually I also don't want to use powerhead cause it so ugly. But last time I tried not to use aeration, every morning before the light on, all my fish were breathing rapidly and struggling. No matter how much pearling, the oxygen would deplete after midnight. Since I also using lily pipe spin, there is hardly any flows.

So beside aeration, my powerhead also provides gentle flow & clears surface scum.

[hencpu]

Really nice hardscape..!
Are you planning to add stem plants on the right and left corners at the back?

Thanks

Not really, I will add more driftwood and moss to simulate more trees in the distance.

[blue33]

That is a POPPY pipe, not a Lily pipe, Lily pipe will create vortex and thus minor air will also suck in. There's also a smaller power head pump than your current one which you can modify with surface filter scum.

[hencpu]

That is a POPPY pipe, not a Lily pipe, Lily pipe will create vortex and thus minor air will also suck in. There's also a smaller power head pump than your current one which you can modify with surface filter scum.

Yes sir, I know the difference between lily pipe and poppy pipe because I have them all. Check my WTS thread

ADA called this "Lily Pipe Spin"
http://www.adana.co.jp/en/products/na_filter/lily_pipe/

Anyway which powerhead can you recommend? Mine is Dymax PH200 which I though is the smallest one.

[Phillipians]

Wow, the first thing that comes to my mind, how da heck did you get such clear sharp crisp pictures? Care to share what camera and lenses you use at what settings?

[hencpu]

Wow, the first thing that comes to my mind, how da heck did you get such clear sharp crisp pictures? Care to share what camera and lenses you use at what settings?

Sure. The close up photos were taken with LG G3 phone. While the full tank shots were taken with Sony A7 + 10-18mm lens.

Afterwards just simply post process the photos a bit.

[sthh]

Nice scape. It has a certain wild jungle look, and i especially like the rasbora swimming amongst the wood with moss.

[Ingen]

Love this set up

[marle]

beautiful photography!

[hencpu]

Nice scape. It has a certain wild jungle look, and i especially like the rasbora swimming amongst the wood with moss.

Thanks for the feedback

[hencpu]

Love this set up

beautiful photography!

Thanks!

[furyprix]

looking forward to pictures after a few more weeks!

[Watcher]

Very nice setup! Hope to 'get there' one day..

[hencpu]

looking forward to pictures after a few more weeks!

Very nice setup! Hope to 'get there' one day..

Thanks for the feedback