#5: 100L Aquatic Garden

dennis chua singapore, Singapore

Awards and Comments

Third Place
The formal aspects of this tank are delightfull. Replace the mossy driftwood with spotless petrified wood and I couldn't stop raving.
— Jeff Kropp
A very nice aquascape.
If there are any comments to make; addition of plant groups with medium height and some 'red' plants would improve the general impression.
— Wim van Drongelen
This is a beautiful and serene aquascape and clearly a painstakingly prepared and maintained entry. My personal preference is for a little more diversity of form and color however. A small nit-pick...the tank would present a slightly more finished appearence if the water were filled up to the level of the frame particularly when the aquarist has taken the trouble to so carefully manicure the edges of "lawn" and substrate.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 75 × 37 × 37 cm
Volume 100L
Background black color card stock
Lighting compact flourescent 36w x2 (one 4000K and one 6000K)
Filtration Fluval 103 without filter media
Plants [1] Eleocharis acicularis (hair grass)
[2] Cyperus helferi
[3] Sagittaria subulata
[4] Vesicularia dubyana (java moss)
[5] Drift wood (decoration)
[6] Nymphaea lotus (green tiger)
[7] Christmas Moss
[8] Cryptocoryne beckettii (?)
[9] Micranthemum umbrosum
Animals Otocinclus arnoldi,
Caridina japonica (Yamato shrimp),
Crossocheilus siamensis (SAE),
Hemigrammus rhodostomus (Rummy Nose Tetra),
Materials substrate (Lonestar quartz sand 2mm diameter),
driftwood,
Additional Information Special substrate : 1" of Aquatic Compost soil under 1.5" 'Lonestar' quartz sand.
Fertilization : self formulated PMDD.
CO2 : DIY Yeast/Sugar method dispense via DIY reactor.

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