Caca Planted Tank -- Updated

[Cacatuoides]

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Tank Dimensions (LxWxH): 3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft

Lighting Intensity(No of Watts) : 144

Type of Lighting (FL/PL/MH) : PL

No. of Hours your light is on: 10hrs

CO2 Injection Rate (bps) : 2bps

Type of CO2 (DIY/Liquid/Tank) : Tank

Method of Injection (e.g. Diffusor/Reactor): Dennerle Cyclo 5000

Substrate Used : ADA AquaSoil Africana

How Thick is your base fert : 3"

How thick is your gravel : 2"

Liquid Fertilizers Used : UP, Seachem, Dennerle

Frequency of fertilization : Once a week

Tank Temperature : 28 (Using fans)

Type of Filter (overhead/internal/canister) : Canister (Jebo + Eheim)

Filter media used : Sponge, ceramic rings, Efie

How long has your tank been set up : 2weeks


Chemical Properties (Fill what you can)
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Carbonate Hardness (kh): 3
Total Hardness (gH):
PH : 6.8
NH4 (ppm):
NO2 (ppm):
NO3 (ppm): haven't measure
PO4 (ppm):
Fe (ppm):

Bioload (Your Fish and Plants)
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Fishes:

Rasbora Espei (waiting for arrival)
Denison barb
SAE
Octo
Apisto Cockatoo "Double Red"
Apisto Agassizi
Apisto Borelli
Apisto Viejita "Red Neck"
Pencil-Fish
Corydoras (Sterbai, leopard, adolfoi, misc)
Hastatus
Killifish
Halfbeak

Plants:

Jana moss
Narrow Java fern
Boblitis fern
hairgrass
Blyxia Japonica
Rotala Rotun....
HC
MM
4 color Lotus
Red tiger lotus
"Queen of Siam"
Tonina FL
Tonina SP
others, i cant recall e name
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Tats all for the specs...
brothers and sisters can give comments...

thanks!

[Cacatuoides]

no comments ar? my tank do jia lat meh???

[Heuer]

I am no good at scaping but i think you can pack in somemore plants.

The plant at the left front (i don't know the name but i have some in my tank) will grow to the surface with big leaves which will cover your light. you may want to put them behind.

Cheers!

[Cacatuoides]

my tank is set up only less than 2wks so need time to let the plants adapt before adding in more plants to full scale.....

the plant with big leaves is often trimmed to ensure minimal shade.....
the plants are placed in various areas for different purpose.....hehe

but thanks for your advice bro

[vinz]

ehhh... the recommended practice is to plant heavily from day one. This is to minimise risk of start-up algae.

You might want to stagger out the clumps of hair grass. It'll spread more uniformly that way.

Shift the middle wood and plant in front of it off-center... it'll make for a more pleasant layout. Especially with the 2 very obvious red nymphaes flanking them.

You have a lot of stem plants in there. It's gonna be very high maintainance.

[Cacatuoides]

thanks for your advice vincent....

[Cacatuoides]

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