#89: 250L Aquatic Garden Astrolavos

George Karamitsios Thessaloniki, Greece

Awards and Comments

Second Place
It is hard to tell which view is the current tank and the stage at which you would like it judged. Clearly you do a wonderful job maintaining this tank and I like it in all the views. In the large full-front shot (which gives us the best chance to assess it) the stem plants are a little static in shape. In the second two views where we can no longer see the whole tank the stem plants have been shaped into more flowing lines. I hope in the interim you got rid of those darned white tetras!
— Karen Randall
Wow! This aquascape is almost like a neo-Dutch type layout. Excellent trimming technique was used to get such tight plant groupings. Color and texture coordination werer also good. The shear diversity of flora in this aquascape makes me wonder how long it can be maintained looking as it does in these photos.
— Carlos Sanchez
The main front photo of the aquarium was much different than other images of different stages of the aquascape.This made judging the aquascape more of a challenge . The first photos were great.But I was not as impressed with the front shot .
— Mike Senske

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 100 × 50 × 50 cm
Title Astrolavos
Volume 250L
Background Black paperboard
Lighting 1 X 250W Metal Hylide + 4 X 30W Fluorescent
Filtration 1 Eheim 2228
1 Eheim 2215
Plants 1 Hemianthus Callitrichoides sp.Cuba
2 Riccia Fluitans
3 Echinodorus Tenellus
4 Nymphaea Lotus
5 Hydrocotyle Leucocephala
6 Vesicularia Dubyana
7 Bacopa Caroliniana
8 Heteranthera Zosterifolia
9 Ludwigia Repens "Red"
10 Ludwigia Cuba
11 Myriophillum Tuberculatum "Red"
12 Limnophila Aromatica
13 Rotala Rotundifolia
14 Rotala sp. "Nanjeshan"
15 Lysimachia Nummularia Aurea
16 Camboba Caroliniana
17 Cryptocorine Crispatula
18 Cryptocorine Wendii
19 Hygrophila Polysperma
Animals 15 Hemigramus Rhodostomus
15 Paracheirodon Axelrodi
10 Ottocinclus Affinis
40 Caridina Japonic
Materials 1 piece of wood with Java moss rooted on
Additional Information Seachem Flourish 5ml every other day
Seachem Flourish Iron 5ml every other day
Seachem Flourish Potassium 10ml every other day
Seachem Flourish Nitrogen 5ml First day after water change and two days later 3 ml more,
DIY Phosphorus 2 ml first day after water change and two days later 3 ml more,consider a routine of a 50% water change every week.

Substrate: Femanga

Injection of pressurized CO2 controlled by Milwaukee pH Controller diffused by the Eheim 2228 filter.

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