Wind's Aquascape [The Yarra Valley 2015]

[WiNd08]

Nice. Refreshing and lush feel

Thanks! Still waiting for the hairgrass to carpet

[WiNd08]

Did a 20% water change earlier today and did some water tests.

Ammonia is finally down to 0ppm.



Forgot about the Nitrate test but its been maintaining at 5ppm.

Past few days were really hot (38deg on Saturday & Sunday), but water always maintained below 25deg



TDS reading, I know a lot of factors affect the TDS but I'm trying to keep it below 180 as that's the safe range for shrimps, especially CRS. Am I right?




To round things off, I think I'm pretty pleased with the progress of the tank on Day 21

[Vincentwangzx]

It is absolutely beautiful. My HG was not doing too well until I switched up my normal LED for an intense bright one. I only hope my nano tank can end up as beautiful as yours!


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[WiNd08]

It is absolutely beautiful. My HG was not doing too well until I switched up my normal LED for an intense bright one. I only hope my nano tank can end up as beautiful as yours!


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Thank you! I think hairgrass is not too fussy about lights so you should have nice carpet soon!

Removed my rams and apistos because they were chasing shrimps!

Received my Valentine's present though!

18 Espei rasboras!

[Hip]

Very nice tank you have there. I'm sure you already know the local aquarium forum join them for some nice plants and 2nd hand equipments. You can buy dry fert Aquagreen site, Dave is a nice bloke.

I used to do DIY substrate with building sand from Bunning and it worked a wonder, very affordable too.


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[WiNd08]

Very nice tank you have there. I'm sure you already know the local aquarium forum join them for some nice plants and 2nd hand equipments. You can buy dry fert Aquagreen site, Dave is a nice bloke.

I used to do DIY substrate with building sand from Bunning and it worked a wonder, very affordable too.


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Thanks! Yep, I've joined an Australia based forum and got quite a bit of plants from people there. First time buying plants and have to wait for 3 days . Bought them from Sydney so it took 3 days to arrive in Melbourne.

I saw the Dino pee/spit/dung ferts from Aquagreen, really cheap alternative to a comprehensive fertilizing regime!

Is the building sand fine sand that resembles river sand? I wanted to create a path in my scape but decided on a full hairgrass carpet instead..

[Hip]

Haha yeah you do get spoilt by choices here in Singapore and the price and the proximity ....

I used crushed marble + blood n bone for base, then unwashed sand then fine washed sand all from Bunning. They cost as much as 1 bag of ADA

I tried to do the same here but getting around w/o a car is quite a challenge, especially not knowing where to get all of them in one go..

One more thing I noticed. You some time can get some really good deals out of Gumtree over there since there are a lot more users (I supposed).

Keep us posted with your tank. Cheers!


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[WiNd08]

After another month of trimming and growing

[Gavan]

very nice! interestingly the growth rate under the beamswork is not that bad? in sg it seems that alot of LED users don't like to use the beamswork hi-lumen. i always wondered if it really sucked that bad. it sounds really bright so i figured must be the wavelength differences but not sure..

[Clamence]

May i know what is the reddish plant in the midground?

[Gavan]

looks like A. reckencii


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[AQMS]

Mid ground plant is alternanthera reineckii 'mini'
background reddish plant is Rotala wallichii

[Gavan]

zz I always spell wrongly!


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[WiNd08]

Yup that's right! A. reineckii 'mini'