#51: 295L Aquatic Garden Kahuna's Revenge

Stephen G. Colley Wesport, United States

Comments

I like your layout very much. But I think your choice of white background with the white sand is too much both for the eye and for your Discus. I don't know if it is always lit this way or if it was just for the photos but the Discus are clearly trying to avoid the brightness. Speaking of Discus I think I count 7? That's an awfully heavy fish load for a tank of this size.
— Karen Randall
I find this creation a bit too open. I believe a much better effect would have been achieved if the background had been dark since it would provide the necessary contrast to the white sand and the open layout.
— Ole Pedersen
Your layout is good the plants are in good condition it seems that you touched up the foreground before the picture try doing it at list a week before the picture that way the water will clear up.
One comment only your fish are beautiful they just don't belong to your composition not the size or the species.
Just picture a shoal of African tetras and some Pelvicachromis instead and you may understad my point of view.
Very nice!
— Luis Navarro

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 122 × 46 × 56 cm
Title Kahuna's Revenge
Volume 295L
Background none
Lighting 54w T5 HO 10,000K and 54w T5 HO 6,700K
Filtration Eheim 2026 (950 l/h)
Plants Anubias barteri, Anubias barteri var. nana, Anubias barteri var. nana petite, Crinum calamistratum, Cryptocoryne crispatula var. Balansae, Marsilea minuta, Vesicularia fasciculata
Animals 40 Otocinclus vittatus
50 Caridina japonica
70 Paracheirodon simulans
8 Symphysodon spp.
Materials ADA Aquasoil substrate on top of ADA Powersand special with borders of ADA Bright Sand. Moss and Anubias planted on over 20" of driftwood scaffolding.
Additional Information Daily dosing: 12 drops ADA ECA, 1.3 ml ADA Green Brighty, 25ml solution of K2SO4 (equivilent to 2.5 ppm K). Pressurized CO2 injection to 35 ppm. 20% daily water change.

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