#44: 208L Aquatic Garden

Carlos Jose Sanchez Miami, United States

Comments

Very nice close-up shots but the angled full-tank photo doesn't illustrate the whole aquascape as clearly as I would like.
— Roger Miller
I'd prefer smaller fish. Let the plants in the background grow taller before you take the next pics.
— Detlef Hupfeld

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 122 × 33 × 46 cm
Volume 208L
Background Blue background paper
Lighting 206 watts power compact fluorescent lighting (2x55 watt 5400k bulbs and a 1x96 watt 6700k bulb)
Filtration HOT Magnum
Plants Anubias barteri var. nana, Bacopa caroliniana,
Blyxa aubertii, Glossostigma elatinoides, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Heteranthera zosterifolia, Hydrotriche hottoniiflora, Hygrophila difformis, Lobelia cardinalis 'small form',
Ludwigia repens, Micranthemum umbrosum, Rotala macrandra, and Rotala wallichii.
Animals Pterophyllum scalare, Microgeophagus ramirezi, Hemigrammus rhodostomus, Paracheirodon
axelrodi, Corydoras metae, Otocinclus sp., ramshorn snails, and ghost shrimp.
Materials Small piece of driftwood.
Additional Information CO2 supplementation injected into a reactor. Timer set so that lights are on 10 hours a day. Potassium supplied mainly through Flourish Potassium, NO3 through KNO3, PO4 through KH2PO4,
and iron/micronutrients through Kent.


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