thecap Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Its been a while, but finally had the chance to redo my 200L fish tank and have converted it to a high tech set up. Moved all my other fish into another 200L that has been hanging in the garage. Plan is to have a Iwagumi style with 40-50 Neon tetras and 10 Oto's. Substrate - 5 kg JBL planting substrate 21 kg seachem fluorite black sand, random black rocks Plants - Glossostigma Elatinoides, Dwarf hair grass and 3x Alternanthere Reineckii - roseafoila Filter- Aqua One 1200 Lighting - one 49w Aquq one plant glo Co2- 2 bubbles per second Ferts - NPK 20ml and seachem flourish 5 ml starting every 2 days As per I get to excited to get going so after work I started, got it filled up and planted by about 2am. Lost a bit of contour in the process but I am happy with the result. Will post up dates as it progresses and the troubles on the way to hopefully what I want :-) Silverdollarboy2 and livingart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Nice start will look epic when it all starts growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Looks great. What is the height of the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecap Posted December 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thanks all 🙂, Tank is 1000mm long, 400 deep and 500 high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecap Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Week one - 50% water change added epsom salts. Increased dosing to daily. Small sign of white algae. Good colour on the AR roseafoila.......So far so good. Going away this week so someone else is looking after 😬 Caryl and Silverdollarboy2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecap Posted December 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Week 3 - everything went smooth with family looking after tank. Had trouble for 2 days with co2 whilst away.... some how gas got turned off lol. Then had friends looking after. Algae bloom 😬 50% water change, up co2 ferts same. Once onset control going to start cycling with food Silverdollarboy2 and Caryl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecap Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 x 25% water changes and algae bloom under control 😅 so far this is a lot easier in a big tank. Also changed dosing to macro and micro every other day. Increased bubble count to 3 per second New inhabitants are some red twisting worms...... if there were fish would be good food A lot of pearling and pretty happy at the growth. Added some filter media from my other tank to speed up the cylcling, will start to measure water parameters next week. Think I will trim the glosso this weekend..... closer to adding fish 🐠 Silverdollarboy2 and livingart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Great start! Impressive growth with the glosso and I'm pleased that the rosefolia has taken off rather than just rotted out. You'll end up with a great looking carpet once you trim and hopefully you will replant the trimmings. Glosso is a popular plant and not everyone can grow it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nays Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Nice! I like the way the glosso is starting to creep over the rocks. thecap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecap Posted January 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 First hair cut, replanted all the off cuts, water parameters looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colour_genes Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Looking really nice. Almost tempts me to try CO2. Almost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nays Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Must have taken a while to plant all the cuttings! Looks great, now it just needs some fish :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecap Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Been a busy few weeks away and having family looking after tank 😬 come back to a bit of an algae bloom. Almost back to normal. Glosso growing like crazy.... needed second trim. Finally added fish 13 neons and 10 Otto’s. Need to spend a bit of time at home to re adjust ferts😅...... maybe next month Trimed the tops out of the AR as well, they had grown out of the water. Glosso pearling really well. Good to have fish finally Now to sort the water clarity 🙂 gligor and Caryl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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