my one year old tank

[aqua]

update of my one year old tank

[Nannostomuss]

NIce....if your gravel is brown it will say brilliant!!!
Oh a pair of vallanti

[andrewtyr]

is that java fern in the center?

[brianclaw]

That rocks... What are your specs like?

[aqua]

hi
got the four vallanti from eco recently and this pair seems to be doing mating dance?

this tank is heavily planted with java fern and a guru firend of mine helped to setup last year.

the specs are:
light: 8X36W
co2: ph 6.3-6.5, kh 3
weekly dosage: using EI method, 20ppm kno3, 50ppm k2so4, 2ppm kh2p04, 30 ml excel, 40ml trace, 4 bottle cup of liquid iron.

seems like java fern needs lots of k, had problems of holes in new leaves before i doubled the dosage.

cheers

[Fei Miao]

Nice- very lush what is the size of the tank?

[congshao88]

Nice tank.. Whats the red plant at the back?

[|squee|]

Nice tank!

I can't see close enough, but the only flaw I see here is the foreground area. It doesn't work for me somehow, kind of weird to have everything so lush and then suddenly you see sparse-ness in the front.

[aqua]

hi

the tank is 4 by 2 by 2.

cant remember the name of the red plant, but it is the common type readily available in lfs for two dollars a pot.

as for the forground, i have tried hairgrass and tenellus both but fails to propagate, dont know why. may try something later.

cheers

[Fei Miao]

to add to terence's comment, if you want leave the foreground bare and not too much plants, some nice rock, anubias nanas and river-sand would look good