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There's some scaping what! I see the driftwood
, It's very lush!
I hestitated for quite a while to post this in the "Aquascaping" forum. There is not much of aquascaping.
Here is some update of my tank.
A closer view...
Some of the inhabitants...
Tank dimension: 60cm x 30cm x 30cm (bowfront)
Volume: 60L
Lights: 51W (15W FL + 36W PL)
CO2 system: none
Plant list:
Anubius barteri var nana
Barclaya longifolia
Cryptocoryne albida
Cryptocoryne grifithii
Cryptocoryne ponterderiifolia
Cryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne wendtii "green"
Cryptocoryne wendtii "brown"
Cryptocoryne wendtii "tropica"
Echinodorus tenellus
Eleocharis parvula(?) (hairgrass)
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Hygrophila corymbosa "compact"
Lobelia cardinalis
Salvina natans
Vesicularia sp. "christmas"
Unknown moss sp.
Other equipment: Rena XP1, Resun CL450
Feel free to comment...
BC
There's some scaping what! I see the driftwood
It is very nice considering that it is done without CO2 injection. Something for us to emulate.
BTW - your low-tech also means no water change? I know you add fertiliser rarely.
Nice photos - new camera?
koah fong
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BC,
Fert and water change regime? Substrate?
Lots of people want to know!!!
Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
Resistance is futile, you will be administrated!
Oh a quick note to readers...
Note that he's got 51W on top of 60L which is about 16gallons... that works out to about 3WPG. But it's suppose to be a low light, non-CO2 setup.
So you see... 3WPG does not translate proportionally to small tanks (and also not to huge tanks.)
Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
Water change: about once every 2 months
Fertilisers: monthly a little KNO3, the last time I dosed traces was 2 months ago (I feed my fishes excessively...)
My substrate was a mistake... Onyx + peat. Do not mix Onyx will large quantity of peat. It took me quite a while to get things to stabilise. Onyx is good for keeping the KH up.
New camera? no... it's my friend's D70.
BC
Now I really wanna have a non CO2 tank
Would you suggest the right substrate ? I've been thinking to use lava sand + peat.My substrate was a mistake... Onyx + peat. Do not mix Onyx will large quantity of peat. It took me quite a while to get things to stabilise. Onyx is good for keeping the KH up
Budi
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BC, you are using chiller for that tank? No surface movement at all..not even a slight amount?
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I think he did. Resun CL450.
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Maybe normal gravel with potting soil. Too much peat can be tricky. You can also try Arthur Bower's Aquatic Compost (Far East Flora may carry it).Originally Posted by BPT
Yes, as BFG said, I use Resun CL450 with temperature set at 26°C.
This tank does have a slight surface movement. I try to avoid surface turbulance that may reduce the CO2 in the tank. The rain bar at the back of the tank is directed diagonally downwards against the back wall of the tank.
BC
I was just reading in a gardening magazine about this coco bedding stuff. It's made from ground coconut shells. It's supposed to be a substitute for peat moss but it is PH neutral...unlike the acidic peat moss.....which could be a good thing for aquariums. It comes in bricks and you just soak the brick in a bucket of water....you could add liquid ferts to the soak water and the bedding will absorb that too.
Might be something to consider the next time I do up a planted tank....to give that stuff a try......It readily absorbs water so shouldn't have the floating issues you get with peat. I have used this stuff in a viverium I have set up...never thought to use it in a tank until I read about it in this magazine today....hhmm...
Last edited by Emg; 18th Aug 2005 at 04:56.
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My substrate was a mistake... Onyx + peat. Do not mix Onyx will large quantity of peat. It took me quite a while to get things to stabilise. Onyx is good for keeping the KH up.
Onxy? It doesn't look like Onxy sand cos the colour and size doesn't look like it and it also doesn't look like Onxy gravel the colour don't look grey and the size looks too small.
By the way i've seen photos of onyx gravel on other website and the size looks like it's about 4mm unlike the gigantic sizes you see at NA or Petmart. Really strange??
Mine is Onyx Sand, not Onyx Gravel. Onyx gravel is not suitable for planting due to the large grain size. Onyx sand on the other hand is very fine and holds down the plant better than most other substrates.
BC
From your experience if you use just the onyx sand for your substrate, what is the Ph and Kh like and also how long does it take for it to stabilize or to have a neutral Ph/Kh?
This is the only tank that I have Onyx and it is laid on top of a thick layer of peat.
Onyx is made up largely of Ca, Mg and carbonates. It will throughout its lifetime raise the KH/GH by a little (maybe 1 or 2 degrees).
My issue lies with the peat layer. The tank only starts to stabilise after a number of months when the effects of the peat start wearing out and after I took out the CO2 injection.
BC
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