#193: 180L Aquatic Garden The Rotala Rainbow

Aaron T. Talbot Dayton, United States

Comments

Colorful tank really match the title of this tank!
— Justin Law
Very pretty tank and I understand what you were doing. But I think that a little more variation in texture would have helped the layout.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 90 × 45 × 45 cm
Title The Rotala Rainbow
Volume 180L
Background The backround is black canvas.
Lighting Lighting is provided by four 39 watt Giessemann Midday T5HO bulbs with IceCap SLR reflectors. Two bulbs burn for ten hours a day and all four bulbs burn in the middle of the photoperiod for five hours creating a midday burst of light.
Filtration Rena Filstar XP3 with custom lily pipes.
Plants Anubias barteri var. nana 'Gold' -
Bacopa sp. 'Araguaia' -
Fissidens fontanus -
Hemianthus callitrichoides -
Hygrophila sp. 'Araguaia' -
Hygrophila sp. 'Bold' -
Pogostemon helferi -
Rotala rotundifolia 'Green' -
Rotala rotundifolia 'Green Needle Leaf' -
Rotala sp. 'Colorata' -
Rotala hippuris -
Rotala rotundifolia 'Ceylon' -
Rotala sp. 'Nanjenshan' -
Rotala macrandra 'Green'
Animals 6 Sundadanio axelrodi -
16 Pseudomugil furcatus -
6 Hisonotus leucofrenatus -
6 Caridina multidentata -
12 Neritina reclivata
Materials The stone used in the aquascape is porous mossy rock.
Additional Information Mineralized Soil Substrate - Pressurized CO2 addition via ceramic diffuser - 2 ppm potassium every other day

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