Dimensions 120 × 45 × 45 cm

Title Nine

Volume 246L

Background -Frosted Window film

Lighting -2x Finnex Planted Plus 48" 8hr photo period

Filtration -2x Eheim Classic 350 (2217)

Plants -Cryptocoryne crispatula 'Balansae'
-Cryptocoryne usteriana 'Green'
-Cryptocoryne beckettii 'Petchii'
-Cryptocoryne x willisii
-Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Mi oya'
-Eleocharis parvula
-Staurogyne repens
-Bucephalandra sp. 'Catherine'
-Microsorum pteropus 'Trident'

Animals 4 Crossocheilus reticulatus 'Reticulated algae eater'
50+ Caridina pareparensis parvidentata 'Malawa shrimp'
10+ Clea helena 'Assassin snails'

Materials -Malaysian bogwood
-ADA Amazonia & Power Sand

Additional Information I wanted to replicate a piece of large woody debris in a floodplain. Naturally recruited trees will leave a depression beneath their rootwad when they fall. This depression coupled with the shelter from high flows created by the rootwad itself is an ideal habitat for slower velocity plants and fish. I placed the balansae on the opposite side of the wood as it would be growing in the faster water.

This tank was an attempt at a SE Asian only setup, but the Staurogyne wanted to be a part of it too.

-EI Dry Fertilization once/week
-Liquid Iron once/week
-Presurized Co2 very low 0.5bps
-50% water change once/week