180l by Ghost

[Ghost [Duch]]

Hi

My 180l tank (pictures from december 2004)

Dimensions: 100x40x45 cm
Lights: 4x30W (11 hrs/day)
Filtration: Eheim 2215
CO2 injection: 5kg bottle 1-1.5bps
Parameters: KH 3, GH 4, pH 6.7, NO3 0-3, PO4 0.2
Fertilisation: 100% RO + Planta Gainer PRO: Hydro, Micro, Ferro, Macro
Water change: 40-50 every week
Water temp: 26C
Plants: Taxiphyllum sp. (Taiwan moss), Vesicularia dubyana, didiplis diandra, hemianthus micranthemoides, Rotala sp. "green"
Bioload: shrimps, otos, Paracheirodon axelrodi, black molly

[Goondoo]

Jaw drops on the floor

[arclaveus]

U r the man bro!! Always leaving me flabbergasted wif ur works of wonder!!! Beautiful!!!

[juggler]

Looks perfect! Wow!
Does it take a lot of trimming to keep it in this shape?

[Fei Miao]

Wow, very impressive, thank you for sharing with us
Like the colours, shades and the shadows.

I noticed your pictures are all very well taken also! You have good photography skills.

[geoffrey]

*speechless*

[gregorsamsa]

*speechless* too.

awesome to the N th degree. i wish i could be the fish inside your tank

[FND]

fainted... when compared to mine.

[Ghost [Duch]]

Thank for comments bro

Trimming plants in this tank wasn't very hard except trimming moss on wood (this was hardcore ). This wood is in my 44l tank now.
Let me show you tank journal from february 2004

10.02.2004 (Time before i go to planted tank)


11.05.2004 (My first layout, 3weeks after setup)


13.06.2004 (New plant in Poland ..Ludwigia spec Cuba)


29.07.2004 (Style searching )


01.10.2004 (Not bad but still something missing....)


07.11.2004 (Final trimming before contest shot: Rotala and didiplis)