Various Stages Of My Rio 125 Over The Last Two Years

[LondonDragon]

Timeline of my Tank over the last couple of years.


April 2007, how it all started:

June 2007:

April 2008:

May 2008:

June 2008:

June 2008:

June 2008:

June 2008:

July 2008:

September 2008:

September 2008:

November 2008, last decent shot before I tore it down:

Tank: Rio 125L, 81x36x50cm

Filtration: eheim 2224 external with eheim filter media pack, Juwel Internal filter with normal sponge media, 400lph powerhead, Koralia Nano 900lph Powerhead.

Lighting: 6x24w T5 (2x6500k, 2x8000k, 2xPlantGrow), the 4x24w are on for 10 hours a day, and the 2x24w come on for 4 hours for a high period half way the 10 hours.

CO2: Pressurised CO2 system, using a 2kg bottle, using a selonoid valve to shut off when not needed, it comes on 2 hours before lights on and goes off 3 hours before lights out.

Plant Substrate/Gravel: Just normal pea size gravel with no additives.

Fertilisation:

Macro: KN03 (2.4 grams 3x week ), KH2P04 (0.6 grams 3x a week), K2S04 (0.6 grams 3x a week), MgS04 (4 grams 3x a week)
Micro: Trace Mix from AquaEssentials (0.6 grams 3x a week)

Both mixes are dosed on alternate days. I also add 5ml of EasyCarbo per day, helps the plants with the extra carbon and also kills off the algea.

Water chemistry: Do not perform any water tests, only use a Drop Checker to monitor CO2 levels in the tank, that is enough as most water testers are inacurate anyway.

Maintenance: 50% water change weekly as the gravel is cleaned.


Tanks is now waiting new filter, ADA Aquasoil (or alternative), more rock and wood, thats all for now.

Thanks for looking

 

[nudzy]

Your tank looks fantastic, great to see how the plants have progressed.

The fish look very happy in there very bright colours.

can I just ask, what is the low growing foreground plant that you have managed to create a carpeting effect from, I love it and would be perfect in my tank.

 

[guppy_man]

June 2008 is the best looking IMO. All nice layouts though.

What have you done with it now?

 

[LondonDragon]

Your tank looks fantastic, great to see how the plants have progressed.
The fish look very happy in there very bright colours.
can I just ask, what is the low growing foreground plant that you have managed to create a carpeting effect from, I love it and would be perfect in my tank.

Many thanks the carpeting plant is Glossostigma elatinoides, apart from the June 2007 which is Riccia.

June 2008 is the best looking IMO. All nice layouts though.
What have you done with it now?

Many thanks, the tank now is just running to keep some plants alive for my next setup. I have done a temp layout just to make it look decent while I get all the other bits together.

 

[Straydum]

its great to see progress along the way your tanks are lovely

 

[HooverOtoCat]

Looks like a minature forest in there! Beautiful

 

[jarcher1390]

Your tank is looking stunning are so are the fish.
Jonny

 

[Carter]

dude, seriously jealous of your setup there... but it looks fantastic.


can not wait to see what you have got in store next

 

[LondonDragon]

Many thanks everyone

 

[three-fingers]

Fantastic tank! Rated for a 20x an hour turnover seems like a lot too, but is obviously brilliant for the tank.

Why did you take it down, just to try with something new?

Also, I noticed you were using a hydor CO2 turbo diffuser, how did you find it?
If you used the whole hydor kit, how was it for you, and was it OK with a 2kg bottle? I've orderd one an dam still waiting for it to arrive after two weeks .

 

[keenonfish]

Stunning tank mate and a bit of inspiration toward mine

BTW what fish do you have?

 

[Miah002]

Nice tank.

What fish did you have?

 

[paul_219]

Its a nice tank. Lovely color of your fish.

 

[Ipswja]

Awesome tank!, great plants and fish

 

[sangah10]

Your tank and progress throughout the time is incredible.

Im new to this fish stuff and I love your tank.

Incredibleeeee.