#388: 430L Paludarium Creeperland 2

Armands Končus Riga, Latvia

Awards and Comments

Third Place
I remember this tank from last year... I think it has gotten even better since then! Beautiful
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 163 × 66 × 40 cm
Title Creeperland 2
Volume 430L
Background Cork bark
Lighting 2x80W Sylvania Grolux, 1x80W 6500K, 1x80W 3000K T5HO (JBL Solar 4 Star pendant lighting system with added 2nd power cable), 1h 2x80W + 8h 4x80W + 1h 2x80W
Filtration JBL CristalProfi e900 (900l/h),
Resun Aquarium Water Pump King-2 1000l/h for waterfall
Plants 1 - Anubias barteri var - Barteri
2 - Anubias barteri var - nana
3 - Anubias barteri var - nana "Petite"
4 - Blyxa japonica
5 - Cryptocoryne wendtii "brown"
6 - Dendrobium "Winter Beauty"
7 - Dendrobium kingianum
8 - Dendrobium nobile
9 - Ficus ginseng
10 - Ficus pumila
11 - Hedera helix
12 - Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba"
13 - Hydrocotile leucocephala
14 - Hydrocotile verticillata
15 - Hydrocotyle tripartita
16 - Microsorum pteropus
17 - Phalaenopsis
18 - Phalaenopsis mini
19 - Philodendron scandens oxycardium
20 - Pogostemon helferi
21 - Staurogyne sp.
22 - Tillandsia ionantha albertiana
23 - Tillandsia sp.
24 - Vanilla planifolia
25 - Vesicularia montagnei
Animals 2 Carinotetraodon travancoricus (male and female),
11 Otocinclus affinis,
~100 Neocaridina heteropoda (various colors - red, yellow, transparent)
Materials Mangrove and mopani driftwood,
Cork bark and cork branches,
Willow branches,
Stones of various sizes,
JBL Manado aquarium substrate,
Houseplants soil and clay pellets (hydroponic) under it
Additional Information CO2: 2-3 bps, external CO2 reactor), pH 6,90 (JBL ProFlora pH Control).

Fertilizing: JBL Ferropol, KNO3, H2PO4, under aquarium substrate - JBL Florapol, JBL Balls; for orchids and tillandsies - Substral liquid orchid fertilizer.

Orchids and tillandsies are growing attached to cork bark and get sprinkled 2-3 times daily and fertilized 2 times per week.

Terrestrial plants can take nutrients from water through hydroponic pellets layer. Additionally their leaves get sprinkled every day and the ultrasonic fogger is always on.

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