my 1st 1 year old planted tank specs dated 01Aug

**tongyang** · 9th Sep 2012, 10:22

Hi, I put a date to this because I did something silly to my tank after that, which I had to do a makeover to salvage the tank. Will update when the new look reaches maturity.

So here are the specs for this look:
Tank: Dolphin, 30 litres, 40L x 30H x 26D cm
Lighting: TMC GroBeam LED x2 (8hrs) ; UP Aqua LED for night general lighting
CO2: 3 bubbles per sec
Substrate: ADA Powersand; ADA Amazonia soil powder
Filter:Eheim Classic 150 canister filter
Temp: 29-29.5C
No fan/cooling system

Plants:
Foregrd: glossostigma
Mid: alternanthera lilacina; hydrocotyle maritima; staurogyne repens.
Back: bacopa green; didiplis diandra; watersprite.
On wood branch driftwood: taiwan moss; anubias nana, anubias petit; anubias yellow heart; microsorum narrow leaf.

Fauna: cardinal tetra x8 ; red platy (3 adult + 3 babies); pristella tetra (1); Yamato shrimps (2); unknown no. of sakura, malayan, crs shrimps.

**Thirteen** · 9th Sep 2012, 16:40

Looks nice, very dense can do trimming Liao ! So you revamped your existing scape?

**cherabin** · 9th Sep 2012, 18:13

Are the TMC lights bought locally?

**tongyang** · 9th Sep 2012, 18:21

thanks! yes, kindof revamped the scape. added another piece of driftwood, changed the moss to another type, got rid of all anubias and watersprite. kept the glosso foreground, added various types of rotala, bolbitis and hairgrass. Doing frequent trimming and replanting now to restore the density.

**tongyang** · 9th Sep 2012, 18:32

TMC lights bought from US, ordered from www.americanaquariumproducts.com. I got one initially to test it out. Actually one strip worked well enough for my tank size, plants started bubbling in about 3 hours. Got the 2nd strip later for the background plants.

**wongce** · 9th Sep 2012, 20:16

Jungle scape!! Nice growth.... But need constant trimming as all plants are already cover/block the hardscape...i can hardly see the dw...

**Loudness** · 10th Sep 2012, 04:24

Originally Posted by tongyang

thanks! yes, kindof revamped the scape. added another piece of driftwood, changed the moss to another type, got rid of all anubias and watersprite. kept the glosso foreground, added various types of rotala, bolbitis and hairgrass. Doing frequent trimming and replanting now to restore the density.

bro, i'm interested in your watersprite. let me know if you stay in the west.
sorry to post here as you blocked PM

**tongyang** · 10th Sep 2012, 10:05

Strange, thot ive enabled pm. Anyways wats up with watersprite? Ive got rid of it already in the process of revamp. Was facing some issues with this plant, fast growing, grows visible untidy roots, bottom turns brown when the top grows above water.