Rescape 180L Tank

[Mameshrimps]

Hi Guys,

Just re-scaped my tank recently to a dutch style. Took me quite a bit of a time as I didn't scoop up my fishes and so everything was done with a tank full of water. Nothing died and get a chance to clean my substrate abit as well and plant in some soil fertilizer. And so here are my specs and the fertilization I am using. Did a hard pruning for my existing stem plants as well.

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Tank Size: 90cm x 45cm x 45cm
Lighting: ODYSSEA EVO LED LAMP (3 Watts per LED) x 2 - thinking of changing to Zetlight, waiting on aquatic avenue for promotion.
Canister Filter: Shiruba XB-312
UV Sterilizer: JBL UVC Crystal 9watts
Airpump (Night Usage): HAGEN Fluval Q1
Surface Skimmer: Odyssea clean 100 surface skimmer (Awesome addon: It helps to skim away floating leaves etc and also helps to increase my water circulation. Abit unsightly but well who cares no one is seeing it except me hahaha)
Cooling Fan: Can't remember what brand I'm using

Fertilization: I dose nitrogen 2ml/3days) and phosphorous 2ml (4-5 days). Iron 5ml/week and then the usual fertilization EIHO Plant Complete 15 drops a day (around 2.5ml). Will be changing to a better quality all rounded fert soon. I dose carbon as well 5ml 2-3 days to keep my algae bloom low. Algaexit 10ml once a week at the moment to control the algae bloom till my plants are well established.

FLORAS Plants in my tank:
Didiplis diandra
Alternanthera reineckii sp (mini, pink and roeseafolia)
Hygrophilla pinnatifida
Cabomba furcata (Very interesting plant to have. Leaflets will open and close according to your lighting timing. This picture was taken way over its usual photoperiodism of 4pm - 10pm at around midnight. Even when my lights were on, the top leaflets still were folded up - I assure you those were not the new apicals)
Bacopa caroliniana
Ludwigia brevipes
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia repens
Nesaea sp "Red"
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Bolbitis mini
Bucephalandra "Godzilla", brownie and the green unknown???

FAUNAS
Rasboras Espei
Rasboras Galaxy
Rasboras Purple
Rasboras brigittae
Otocinclus
Cherry shrimps
Mosquito shrimps
Yamato shrimps

*Extra notes: I observed that plants i used from tissue culture grow extremely fast due to the rich amount of nutrients they absorbed from the agar agar culture. With the right condition from your tank, it will shoot up like no other people's business. My reineckii mini took me 4 days to reach this height - Plants are amazing ain't they especially underwater... hahaha.

Cheers

[happydanio123]

Surface Skimmer: Odyssea clean 100 surface skimmer (Awesome addon: It helps to skim away floating leaves etc and also helps to increase my water circulation. Abit unsightly but well who cares no one is seeing it except me hahaha)

Hi Mameshrimps, where did you get your Surface Skimmer? It seems pretty sturdy and good!

[happydanio123]

Scape looking really good! Keep up the good work!

[Mameshrimps]

Hi Mameshrimps, where did you get your Surface Skimmer? It seems pretty sturdy and good!

Hi happydanio123, I got mine from East Ocean aquatic. Good buy for me hahaha. Around 26+ if i remembered correctly.

Cheers

[happydanio123]

Thanks Mameshrimps!

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[Mameshrimps]

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Doing great after a week.

[Mameshrimps]

Hi Guys,

Just wanna share my hard work. Been meddling quite abit with my tank and at last I come to conclusion this will be the Final Form. Feedback most appreciated to make my tank better. Ah my Rotala sp. Vietnam is still short behind the diandra. Will update the pics in a month's time.

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Happy aquascaping guys !!!

Cheers

[Mameshrimps]

and more pics... sorry for the 7-up effect as I'm currently using an Atomic diffuser.

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[Mameshrimps]

and the chain keeps coming....

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[Mameshrimps]

Rotala sp Vietnam growing fast. 1 Week.

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[Goalkeeper]

and more pics... sorry for the 7-up effect as I'm currently using an Atomic diffuser.

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Very nice colour combo!! What's the two roundish thing next to your skimmer on 3rd picture?

[Mameshrimps]

Thanks. Those are Dennerle's dosators.

[hcfeng]

Nice layout man 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[Mameshrimps]

Changed my lights at last. Good buy that have very very good penetration then my previous lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-igDiG-zY

Check them out !!!

[Goalkeeper]

What's brand are these lights?

[Wako]

Intense Neo Solar Led.

[Ivan Choo]

Lovely Espei Rasboras, nice coloration! How long have u kept them? I think they are one of the most underrated fish. Very nice behavior when they school against the flow.