CmLaracy

Hello everyone, this is my newly set-up aquascape, some of you may know me from The Planted tank. I've been planning this for a year or two and it has all come together in this. Enjoy!

let us begin...

The specs are as follows

ADA 75P - 75cmx45cmx45cm
166w of PC and T5
Filtar xP3 (pimp numba 117)
Pressurized CO2 w/ the works...
18L ASA II
3L ASA II Powder
2L PS Special S
500mL Brighty K (dosings below)
500mL Brighty Step 1
Lily Pipes
Custom built ADA style stand (pm for pricings and sizings, NJ and surrounding states only)
90cmx45cm Garden Mat
Lots of Manzanita (pm for leftovers)
35lbs Zebra stone (pm for leftovers)

Flora: Cyperus Helferi
Hemianthus Callitrichoides (lots)
Eleocharis Vivipara
Echinodorus Tenellus
Narrow Leaf Java Fern

Fauna: 3x SAE's/ Otto's, cant decide
20+ Amano Shrimp


Heres a shot of the tank, followed by the ADA merch






Powersand -





Rockscape -



Manzanita Scape -



Combo Scape -



Hardscape with powder ASA-




Hardscape with HC planted-




From above-




Right side-




E. Tenellus from above-




Low Water-




Directly After Setup





One day later, FINAL-



Edit: Dosings:
Dosing Per Day
1mL = 1 Pump

(Maxi)
8mL Potassium
6mL Trace Elements

(Normi)
6mL Potassium
4mL Trace Elements

(Mini)
4mL Potassium
2mL Trace Elements

(Nano)
2mL Potassium
1mL Trace Elements

andrecardoso

Perfect start!

kakkoii

awesome setup cant wait to see how it fills in! It shall mature into a thing of beauty!

off to another thread............

regards


kakkoii

gotcheaprice

Very nice! And if you're going to advertise the stand, you should at least post pics of them...

Fiki

Hope to see soon how it will develop... Keep us informed.


Rgds,


Filip

CmLaracy

Thanks, I hope so!!

And I'm not really advertising the stand, cause they're a lot of work, but if anyone really wanted one and was willing to pay a decent amount, I'd consider making one. It looks exactly like the ADA stands.

CmLaracy

my parameters are pretty good right now for an un-cycled tank. I'm not dosing any nitrogen or phosphorus btw... just potassium and trace. So now I basically have to wait for the huge Amonia spike that hopefully won't be so bad because of the plant load.

pH: 6.2
NO3/Nitrate: 10.0ppm
NO2/Nitrite: 0.0ppm
NH4-/NH3/Ammonia/Ammonium: 1.0ppm
CO2: 40.0ppm

I've been blasting my CO2 at around 6bps because I dont have anything in the tank but plants... They're probably loving it.

CmLaracy

Here's an updated shot, the water has cleared up significantly



Water Parameters:

Date NH4+ NO3- NO2- pH
19-Jan 1.0ppm 10.0ppm 0.0ppm 6.2
20-Jan 1.5ppm 15.0ppm .50ppm 6.4

redstrat

Looks like your off to an amazing start here!!! I can't wait to see it in a couple weeks when that HC starts to fill in. I do have a feeling though that the rear left rock will vanish very quickly and just take up space, it may be best used in the place of the smaller rock in front of it, just a thought. Excellent scape!!!

CmLaracy

Thanks!! It's only been two days and I can already notice HC growth!! I guess high light and high CO2 is the way to go with HC. I'm running like 4.8 wpg of light, and 6bps of CO2 at about 40ppms cause I dont have any fish or inverts in the tank, just plants. This is actually my first scape!