Hi guys,
Ive been quiet recently, nothing to really report. Well....that isnt 100% accurate...
Welcome Aquascape revision 3.0!!
Now this wasnt a wanted change, but more a forced one....My tank got infested with scuds. Horrible little alien crustaceans, that breed like wild fire. As I have a nano tank, my fish are nano, so were absolutely rubbish at keeping the numbers down. Before the rescape I reackon I had a min of 100, prob more. That was in 9 months.
So they are practically impossible to kill unless you strip tank down, bin all the plants, boil all your decor etc etc.
It turns out that this was not such a bad thing after all, as I have used everything I have learned to create my best (in my opinon) scape so far
Bonsia Tree - Those who followed my last build will remember the bonsai tree I setup. It was pretty good in old setup, java moss grew like mad and had plenty of volume. Cons maintaining Java moss in a tree is hard work. It hides every little nasty known to a fish tank. Falls out often and blocks filter inlet
Marimo Moss - Second time round I have ordered some large marino moss balls, they are better looking and much more manageable. And better for Shrimp
Sand - Probably a discussion point here, as a few purists would argue this isnt actually sand, but fine gravel. I agree, but it is tried and tested with cories. Lesson learned with play sand + river sand? It is too dense and creates lots of air pockets, is not so stable so moves alot. Finally, algae grows in it. I had horrible green mush in places where id built sand high. So this is another lesson learned, DONT be tempted to build your sand too high, 1-1.5 inches is plenty
Egg crate - This has been removed. I read loads of for and against, and decided for my set up i didnt want it. It holds air and means you have to build your ground higher, meaning eating into fish swim space.
Ive gone a bit mental with rock formation this time round, but im so happy with it. Cories can hide, yet its still tall enough for other fish to play. Ive reduced the plants also to just one large Java Fern. Totally static, just a filter foam ring to stop it floating away
The cermaic rings under rock arent staying. They were plant weights ive reused for biomedia to jump onto. New scape means mini cycle unfortunately, so want to speed it up anyway I can....
Well thanks for reading. Please Let me know what you think....
Ive been quiet recently, nothing to really report. Well....that isnt 100% accurate...
Welcome Aquascape revision 3.0!!
Now this wasnt a wanted change, but more a forced one....My tank got infested with scuds. Horrible little alien crustaceans, that breed like wild fire. As I have a nano tank, my fish are nano, so were absolutely rubbish at keeping the numbers down. Before the rescape I reackon I had a min of 100, prob more. That was in 9 months.
So they are practically impossible to kill unless you strip tank down, bin all the plants, boil all your decor etc etc.
It turns out that this was not such a bad thing after all, as I have used everything I have learned to create my best (in my opinon) scape so far
Bonsia Tree - Those who followed my last build will remember the bonsai tree I setup. It was pretty good in old setup, java moss grew like mad and had plenty of volume. Cons maintaining Java moss in a tree is hard work. It hides every little nasty known to a fish tank. Falls out often and blocks filter inlet
Marimo Moss - Second time round I have ordered some large marino moss balls, they are better looking and much more manageable. And better for Shrimp
Sand - Probably a discussion point here, as a few purists would argue this isnt actually sand, but fine gravel. I agree, but it is tried and tested with cories. Lesson learned with play sand + river sand? It is too dense and creates lots of air pockets, is not so stable so moves alot. Finally, algae grows in it. I had horrible green mush in places where id built sand high. So this is another lesson learned, DONT be tempted to build your sand too high, 1-1.5 inches is plenty
Egg crate - This has been removed. I read loads of for and against, and decided for my set up i didnt want it. It holds air and means you have to build your ground higher, meaning eating into fish swim space.
Ive gone a bit mental with rock formation this time round, but im so happy with it. Cories can hide, yet its still tall enough for other fish to play. Ive reduced the plants also to just one large Java Fern. Totally static, just a filter foam ring to stop it floating away
The cermaic rings under rock arent staying. They were plant weights ive reused for biomedia to jump onto. New scape means mini cycle unfortunately, so want to speed it up anyway I can....
Well thanks for reading. Please Let me know what you think....
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