#197: 243L Aquatic Garden Arkuak

Javier Agüero Olivos, Argentina

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 120 × 45 × 45 cm
Title Arkuak
Volume 243L
Background White painted wall separated 15cm from the aquarium.
Lighting 1 x Chihiros WRGB 120cm, 1 x Aqualumina Full Spectro 120cm
Filtration 1x Hydor Professional 600 external filter. The filtering material consists of a thick sponge layer, a fine one and 3 layers with 4L of Micorbacter Lattice from Brightwell as biological filtration. 600 ML Purigen. 1x Atman Uf3400 UV external filter. The filtering material consists of 4 layers with 12L of Seachem Matrix as biological filtration. It also has 5Watts UV light.
Plants Micranthemum Montecarlo, Lilaeopsis Brasieliensis, Eleocharis Parvula, Marsilea Crenata, Glossostigma Elatinoides, Utricularia Graminifolia, Hemianthus Micranthemoides, Hygrophila Pinnatifida, Lobelia Cardinalis, Gratiola Viscidula, Rotala Vietnam, Rotala Bangladesh, Rotala Wallichii, Rotala Rotundifolia, Rotala H'ra, Rotala Green, Ammania Bonsai, Macaya Fluviatilis, Cryptocoryne Parva, Pogostemon Helferi, Anubia Nana, Anubia Nana Petitte, Anubia Nana Bonsai, Microsorum Pteropus, Microsorum Pteropus Narrow, Microsorum Pteropus Trident, Eriocaulon Vietnam, Bucephalandras, Vesicularia Ferriei, Taxiphyllum sp Flaming, fissidens.
Animals A school of 30 hemigrammus rhodostomus platinum, 10 Otocinclus, 10 caridina Japonica.
Materials Andesite rock from Cerro Negro quarry located in the province of Mendoza in Argentina, roots of Chañar rojo (Geoffroea decorticans) which is a shrub that grows in the Andes at 1000 meters above sea level, jarilla shrub wood also from the Argentine Andes. Fluval Stratum substrate for plantes tanks. Andesite rock gravel and ocher gravel from the Paraná river in the frontal part of the aquarium.
Additional Information The aquarium was assembled on 1/1/2023 with dry start until 1/22/2023. The photo was taken on 5/23/2023. At the time of the photo, the aquarium was almost 5 months old.

All the hardscape is native to Argentina.
Andesite rock from Cerro Negro quarry located in the province of Mendoza in Argentina, roots of Chañar rojo (Geoffroea decorticans) which is a shrub that grows in the Andes at 1000 meters above sea level, jarilla shrub wood also from the Argentine Andes. Andesite rock gravel and ocher gravel from the Paraná river in the frontal part of the aquarium.
The aquarium was assembled on 1/1/2023 with dry start until 1/22/2023. The photo was taken on 5/23/2023. At the time of the photo, the aquarium was almost 5 months old.

All the hardscape is native to Argentina.
Andesite rock from Cerro Negro quarry located in the province of Mendoza in Argentina, roots of Chañar rojo (Geoffroea decorticans) which is a shrub that grows in the Andes at 1000 meters above sea level, jarilla shrub wood also from the Argentine Andes. Andesite rock gravel and ocher gravel from the Paraná river in the frontal part of the aquarium.

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