2013 Tanks

[qngwn]

First time doing aquascaping, went ahead to have a few tanks with different scapes.
Pardon me when it comes to taking pictures and scaping, still a newbie here..
All tanks lasted for almost a year prior to decomission..



Tank: Gex Glassterior 450 Slim (45X20X22cm)
Substrate: Gex Soil (Dark Green)
Lighting: Up-Aqua Z-Series 45cm
Light Duration: 4 hours On, followed by 4 hours of siesta, 4 hours On
CO2: None
Fertilizer: None
Fan/Chiller: None
Hardscape: Driftwood
Flora: Pistia Stratiotes, Mini US Fissidens
Fauna: Neocaridina heteropoda var. Red (Cherry Shrimp)





Tank: 60X30X36cm
Substrate: ADA Amazonia
Lighting: 2X Up-Aqua Z-Series 60cm
Light Duration: 4 hours On, followed by 4 hours of siesta, 4 hours On
CO2: Pressurised CO2 with diffuser, 1bps
CO2 Duration: Together with light
Fertilizer: None
Fan/Chiller: None
Hardscape: Rocks
Flora: Eleocharis parvula, Eleocharis parvula var. Japan
Fauna: Neocaridina heteropoda var. Red (Cherry Shrimp), Boraras merah, Clithon corona (Horned Nerite Snail)




Tank: 34X20X23cm
Substrate: Gex Soil (Dark Green)
Lighting: Up-Aqua Z-Series 36cm
Light Duration: 4 hours On, followed by 4 hours of siesta, 4 hours On
CO2: None
Fertilizer: None
Fan/Chiller: None
Hardscape: Rocks, Driftwood
Flora: Mini US Fissidens, Eleocharis parvula var. Japan
Fauna: Neocaridina heteropoda var. Red (Cherry Shrimp), Clithon corona (Horned Nerite Snail)

[hann]

I am piqued by your second tank setup. How did you get the lush hair grass without any co2 and fertiliser? Did you dose any excel? Thumb up for the beautiful tank

[nicholasliao]

Hi qw. A question. By using ada amazonian soil, how do you root the grasses on the soil? Do I need to get the finer version of the substrate? The soil that I got is larger and my plants always seem to come out.

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[qngwn]

I am piqued by your second tank setup. How did you get the lush hair grass without any co2 and fertiliser? Did you dose any excel? Thumb up for the beautiful tank

Yes it does have pressurised co2 injection via diffuser at 1bps. the fertiliser comes from the fishes poo. No excel.

Here one picture of the co2 diffuser, as well as a clearer picture of the rocks. This was taken after my whole HC carpet floated up due to neglect and disregard for trimming, and in the end i had to replant using Japanese Hair Grass.

[qngwn]

Hi qw. A question. By using ada amazonian soil, how do you root the grasses on the soil? Do I need to get the finer version of the substrate? The soil that I got is larger and my plants always seem to come out.

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I have always been using the standard type as the powder ones are much more expensive and they break down into muck very fast.

I shove them into the soil at 45 degrees so that when pulling our your foreceps, there will be the weight of the soil above the plant to hold them down.

[nicholasliao]

Nice. I didn't know about the 45 degrees angle. Thanks for the advice! Will be looking to replant my smaller tanks.

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[qngwn]

Nice. I didn't know about the 45 degrees angle. Thanks for the advice! Will be looking to replant my smaller tanks.

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Hope they don't float up! You gotta pull out the forceps carefully too, else it will still pull out the plant.

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[Ingen]

I like the last tank in your post, it feels much bigger than 34cm, nice!

[nicholasliao]

Are all your tanks the gex glassterior?

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[qngwn]

I like the last tank in your post, it feels much bigger than 34cm, nice!

Thanks, I think it's the rock at the right background that gives it the sense of depth.

But the shrimps and jap hair grass gives the size away..

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[qngwn]

Are all your tanks the gex glassterior?

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Only the first tank is gex glassterior, the rest are random brand tanks.

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