24G Nano Cube Planted Learning Curve

[Katch]

Had (yet) another rescape today after a very successful hardscape foraging trip to my local riverside woods. Picked up some lovely white granite and the driftwood.

90 Litres
800 LPH
FE CO2
36 Watt T5 Compact (optional extra 36 Watts)
Dosing 4ml TPN+ a day with 50% weekly waterchanges
Substrate is just cheapo gravel and 12 TPN+ root tabs stuffed in.

Plants are;

Amazon Swords
Tiger Lotus
Crinum
2 types of Anubias
2 types of Crypt
Riccia
Xmas Moss
Pogostemon
Pygmy Chain Swords
Dwarf Hairgrass

Stock includes;

2 Gold Rams
8 Neons
3 Ottos
7 Pygmy Corys
3 Splash Tetra
Several Celestial Pearl Danio (number varries depending whether they're in the 30 litre breeding tank.)

 

[ian]

great find with the wood! It looks good, if this was my tank i would bring crypts and anubias more so around the bottom of the wood and move the larger rock to give the wood a more center peice feeling.

 

[Katch]

Update;

Just had a massive rescape and swapped gravel for sand so not a great shot but...

 

[elassoma_sailor]

it looks awesome!
did the amazon sword grew?

 

[Katch]

grows like a weed - i just pulled 3 out leaving the 2 crowns in the photo. I have to cut them back every other week or they take over.

 

[lljdma06]

I like the substrate change. Good call. The plants are also very healthy and lush. What brand is the tank?

 

[ian]

looks good it'll be good when you get that carpet grown. Is that Crinum the one from the back in the first pic?

 

[Katch]

yeah - its not doing well.

 

[ian]

it looks well, i have just introduced 1 of those to my tank, and would love it to stay that height!

 

[Katch]

I like the substrate change. Good call. The plants are also very healthy and lush. What brand is the tank?

Its a DD Nano Cube 24G

I'll up some more photos sometime this weekend if I get a moment.