60F AQUASCAPING

ioiic - 04/18/2019 12:05:09 PM - 2216 / 01 / 03 / 13

Description

60F w/ aquasky moon n’ es150

Timeline

  • 1

    New easy setup

    Well to house 20 some dwarf cichlids decided to go the easier scape setup and creating a more natural environment with tannin for them ......

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    • Southbayaqua
      04/24/2019 07:25:14 AM

      Hah! Quick rescape. Liking the change though. Is that the DOOA Stream pipe?

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  • 2

    Going south

    Been a battle with hair algae ever since the second month. Weekly water change , manual removal etc had it under control for awhile. But after decid ......

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  • 3

    PlanTs growing fishes spawning

    Things were going well for awhile except that the frys of the dwarf cichlids not growing after several try ......

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  • 4

    Local residents

    Not much fishes and shrimps in the tank... the first few rice fishes were spawning but they all ended jumping out of the tank. Then added a pair of dw ......

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  • 5

    Getting on track

    Things getting on track ... bubbling and really red plants ......

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    • Southbayaqua
      04/24/2019 07:22:43 AM

      Coming along nicely. The aquasky moon is a rare sighting.

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  • 6

    SOil overflowing onto sand

    Still don’t really know how to keep the soil from spilling over ......

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  • 7

    Skimmer added

    Surface skimmer added to increase water flow... lesson learned ... consider the flow of water in such small tank with all those rocks n plants in ther ......

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  • 8

    Aquasky added

    Lighting upgraded... but maybe too strong for such shallow tank. So limited it for only 5 hrs a day ......

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  • 9

    Adding aquasky

    After adding the aquasky, plants really began to grow after a week ......

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  • 10

    Low light to start off

    Well planting didn’t go exactly to plan but close enough ......

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  • 11

    LaYout concept

    After deciding on the hardscape layout, then had to decide on the planting layout by doing some photoshop work ......

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  • 12

    Hardscape with ada rocks

    Playing with expensive Ada rocks... got green n purple tone to it ......

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    • Southbayaqua
      04/24/2019 07:20:51 AM

      I take it these must be the Manten Stone. I've really like this stone, but typically have had bad luck in receiving nice pieces.

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  • 13

    Layout hardscape

    Playing with rocks and layout ......

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