#63: 219L Aquatic Garden Untitled Aquatic Jungle

Kim Lew Redmond, United States

Comments

The aquarist has managed to work around a couple oversized sword plants to make some very nice plant arrangements at the left and right front in this aquascape.
— Roger Miller

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 93 × 47 × 54 cm
Title Untitled Aquatic Jungle
Volume 219L
Background Rock wall background
Lighting 140W total: 110W CF and 30W standard fluorescent
Filtration Eheim 2026 canister (standard filter media)
Plants Telanthera roseafolia, Cabomba caroliniana, Glossostigma elatinoides, Cryptocoryne balansae, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Cryptocoryne walkeri, Aponogeton crispus, Microsorium pteropus, Lileaopsis brasilensis, Anubias nana, Echinodorus paniculatus, Echinodorus x
Animals Otocinclus affinis, Crossocheilus siamensis, Corydoras adolfoi, Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi, Hemigrammus ulreyi, Paracheirodon axelrodi, Apistogramma borelli, and Neocaridina sp.
Materials Petrified wood, quartzite rock
Additional Information Substrate: 2-to-3 mm round gravel and Seachem Flourite mix.

Chemicals: Seachem (Flourish, Potassium, Iron, Trace, and Tabs), NaHCO3, Dolomite, Jobe's Spikes.

CO2 Injection: Dave Gomberg's Eheim diffuser setup (with needle valve control).

Water Chemistry Targets...
pH: ~6.8 (Hanna pHep5 digital pH meter)
KH: ~4.0 dH (Tetra test kit)
GH: ~5.0 dH (Tetra test kit)
Temp: 78.6 deg F

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