#13: 227L Aquatic Garden

Jeff Kropp Oakland, United States

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 48 × 15 × 18 cm
Volume 227L
Background Dark brown burlap
Lighting two 40 watt t12 triton lamps, two 36 watt 6400k CF lamps in shop light hood
Filtration fluval 303 with two opposing return spray bars
Plants All IDs are my best informed guess.
Anubias lancolota, Anubias nana, Blyxa aubertii, Blyxa vietnam, Cryptocoryne spiralis, Cryptocoryne petchii, Dwarf clover, Glossostigma elatinoides, Gratiola, Hair grass, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Hottonia palustris, Hygrophila Tropica v. kompact, Java Moss(Vesicularia dubyana), Ludwigia brevipes, Ludwigia helminthorrhiza, Ludwigia glandulosa ("perennis"), Lysimachia nummularia, Potamageton perfoliatus, Rotala rotundifolia (indica), Salvinia.
Animals ramshorn snails, malaysian trumpet snails, algae eating shrimp, beckfords pencil fish, Holland blue rams, lemon tetras, SAEs, ottos
Materials Large driftwood root from Aquarium Driftwood, mixed rocks hand picked from jackass gulch, coarse aquarium gravel from Lone Star with Dupla laterite.
Additional Information weekly water change, tap water adjusted to 4dKH and 4dGH with baking soda and Equalibrium, CO2 injected into cannister for a pH swing 6.5 - 7.1 daily, additional supplementation every 3 days with 10ml TMG, 1/4 tsp KNO3, 0.1 g (lamotte N test kit spoon) monobasic P

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