270.- c.c.r.

[bocanegra]

Sorry for my English, I use a translator

Hi;

This is my new aquarium.

Mounted at the end of November.

It is 8 weeks old.

270 liter (100cmx50cmx54cm).


Thanks to all, has been possible thanks to the many things I read in this and other forums.




Data;

The aquarium is a box of 100x50x54.

Light 39x8
Luz 39x8 t5 (10.000 - 6.500)
Photoperiod: 9 x 4 hours and 7 hours x 8
Reactor Co2 + external pressure, 1.5 bps. (During the 7 hours of peak light).
JBL Cristal Profi e900 and Eheim 2073.
External heater.

Sustrate: Amazonia 2.

Plants:

Didiplis diandra
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Micranthemum micranthemoi
Micranthemum umbrosum
Pogostemon helferi
Proserpinaca Palustris
Rotala rotundifolia
staurogyne

Animals:

Pseudomugil gertrudae x 7

Iriatherina werneri x 7

Otocinclus affinis x 2

Otocinclus macrospilus x 4

Poecilia wengai x 4

Caridina multidentata x 4

Neocaridina heteropoda x ...from another aquarium.

Neritina natalensis x 1

Amanda shoal yet to complete.

The aquarium has 8 weeks from the initial planting and filling.

At first water change every 2 days and from 6 weeks twice per week.

Hope you like it.

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thanks for everything

[Salphur]

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful tank!

[EvolutionZ]

bro where you get all your didiplis diandra? i have been looking all over for them!

[Skechid]

Wow. Tat is GORGEOUS!!! Someday I hope to see that 'live'. *lol

[Alvin Koh]

Love it! I can imagine staring at it for hours. The lushness of the background stems is what caught me first. Do you intend to let the entire background fill up?

[equidorz]

Absoultely Stunning! What else can i say? Very nice scape. Especially love your HC lawn!! Thank you for the nice pictures also, sharp and clear!
Hope to see more updates from this tank! But i do have a comment for you, try to hide your water inlet. Your scape will look nicer.

[blue33]

good job! what is your water temperature?

[bocanegra]

Thank you all for your answers. It is an honor for me.

Sorry for my English, I use a translator.

Salphur: Thank you for your comment.

EvolutionZ: In a shop in Spain. If you want, I give the web.

Skechid: Thanks for your comment.

Alvin Koh: Thank you. there are staurogyne planted but growth and acclimatization has been slower. Now the aquarium just have 8 weeks
If you put the beer when you want to come home

equidorz: Thank you, pleasure is mine to be able to put photos on this forum and to receive such nice comments.
Of course, if you want i can to put more pictures.

blue33: 25 º - 26 º C.
Thanks, I read this forum two years ago and have always followed your work with admiration. Your comment is for my great honor.

Aaahhh, I should mention my wife, we share this passion and she is the 50% of the aquarium.

Once again thank you all, I will upload more pictures of the montage and evolution if you want.

Greetings

[EvolutionZ]

your from spain? aww... i have hard time finding didiplis diandra in singapore..

[griffinkid]

Nicely scaped! Care to share how long does your HC took to spread? I have planted mine for over a week but it is still looking to be the same!

[bocanegra]

EvolutionZ: I think you can order them online and are not expensive.

griffinkid: Thank you.

I planted small groups and loose stems throughout the aquarium.

It took 3 or 4 weeks to begin to grow. (I imagine the time to adapt)

If the short vertical stem grows.

Hope that helps.

Greetings

[bocanegra]

A couple of photos of the assembly and actual video.

Step by step;

Initial planted;

Video;

Greeting

[bocanegra]

11 weeks old.

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Greeting

[EvolutionZ]

Beautiful is the perfect word to describe this scape.

[neverwalkalone]

Hi Jose(?) Ola. :P

Just 1 word to describe this - WOW. Thanks for sharing this; it's very beautiful and inspirational.
I took your advice and had a beer in hand while watching your video - nice! hahaha.

2 questions:

1. what is your fertilization regime?
2. do you have any algae growth given such high lighting?

[bocanegra]

Hi;

neverwalkalone: Thank you for your comments.

I tell you:

Fertilization:

Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday: KNO3 and KNO3SO4

Tuesday and Thursday: Faith and micros Seachem
Saturday nothing.

Change twice weekly 30% water (60% per week).

Normally fertilized "calculator fertilization" and add half as indicated.

Sometimes, instead of KNO3 and KNO3SO4 add commercial fertilizer.

With respect to algae, the first few weeks was a horror, green algae, of all kinds.

If you look at the rocks is a bit of algae.

Seachem exel + shrimp + water changes, and soon disappeared.

I think the light is not always the cause of the algae, I have another tank with more than 1.5 W / l without CO2 over a year and has no algae.

I think, after reading and learning a lot in this forum, that the problem of algae are imbalances in the aquarium.

Of course, the greater light, more growth and more attached to the substrate grow plants.

Anything you want please ask me.

Thanks again for your comments and greetings ahh and the next beer in my house

P. D.: Sorry for my English. I use google translator

[Ahzai]

Beautiful Tank ! Send it for competition and may be another world champion for Spain !

[jeffteo]

Nice photographs too, I must say you are good in both aquascaping and photography. What camera are you using to take all these great photos?

[bocanegra]

Ahzai: It is an honor to your comment. Thank you very much.

jeffteo : Thank you.

The camera is a Canon G11.

I now use a trick after much playing with it (this camera is new to me).

Shot in manual, top speed 1 / 125 (minimum fish move that fast when swimming) F match between 3 and 5.6 and high ISO (watch the particles!!).
No manual white balance ,i use "underwater", as it accentuates the red (red is lost to three meters underwater.)

Do not use flash, and the last pan is half of the aquarium light.

Some photos of before and after pruning....

Before:

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After:

And amandae

Greeting

[vinz]

Beautiful!!!