jsenske

A long time ago I posted some first phase shots of this tank (back in April/May or so??)-- I forget. But I recently shot it again. The tank is doing very well and interestingly gets next to NO liquid fertilization. This client has the same bottle of Step and Brighty K I gave her last summer. She travels a lot and just generally does not remember to dose the tank when she feeds the fish. I also have got in the routine of only doing every 10-14 days water changes on this tank, and it has done very well with no algae present whatsoever.

Substrate is full ADA-- Aqua Soil, Power Sand SPECIAL M, Tourmaline BC and BRIGHT SAND decorative sand.
Lighting is ADA GRAND SOLAR I (2 X 36 watt PC and 1 X 150 HQI, all 8000K).














Oh I found the Day 1 shot from April 29. So the tanks is about 9 months old now. Wow-- seems like years ago.

Aquaspot

Nice piece of work. Very Amano-ish. And for the fact that it gets little fertilization.

When are we going to start working together? Have not heard back from Mike since his email to us back in August 06.

Overfloater

Very nice Jeff. Once again you have proven that "practice makes perfect."

I am having a similar experience with a lack of water column dosing. I have skipped dosing for a few weeks in a high light/CO2 tank and the only thing I have noticed was the green spot algae that was present disappeared and did not return.

My Rotala Macrandra is even gowing well though I think it could use more color. Any tips on this plant from your end?

dennis

Looks good Jeff. There are a lot of levels and depth there. I like it!

Honest question: how often do you have to trim and what does maintenance involve? Like, how do you maintain the size of that java fern and do pull up, trim and replant the Lobelia every time?

Norbert Sabat

Very nice Jeff I love moss foregroud with bright sand. Nice photo too (good for contest )

Any info about lighting period?
You say no liquid fertilizers...hard to belive, no K ?

xcooperx

all i can say is WOW!!!

gf225

Looks great and one really appreciates it with reference to the original 9 month layout, it's matured to almost perfection. Excellent photography too.

I guess the evident plant health with the lean water column is testiment to the ADA substrate system. Imagine the growth if the ADA Step series, K etc. were dosed too with weekly water changes!

The fact that such results can be acheived with so little maintenance is refreshing and reassuring to see.

Thanks Jeff.

Amsterdam

Realy nice tank!
What are the demensions? 90x?x?

Since i never saw one of this tanks in "live" , i allways wonder if there is any photoshop involved, with this beautiful pictures.

eklikewhoa

very nice tank !

Craig Tarvin

Wow, I've been waiting for an update on this tank, it looks awesome Jeff!