Introduction:
I'd like to tell a little about myself. Where to start? My name is Jordan Reece (arowanaman). I have been practicing nature scaping "Amano style" for little over 7 years now and have done planted tanks for many years before that. Even though I am only 27 years old, I have always had an interest in aquariums. When I was 18 years old, I saved up my own money and bought a 750 gallon tank from a pet shop. I bought it for $1,800, complete.

I was always interested in big arowana's and now have owned 2 different Asian red arowana's. In addition, I've kept almost every other type: Arapima, silver, black, Jardini, Leiichardtii, and african arowana. This is why I go by arowanaman for my user name.


August 2007 Tank of the Month - Iwagumi Rock Garden


HC Foreground Closeup

I started working on this tank in February of 2007 for the ADA contest. A journal of the setup can be found here.


Initial Planting

Tank specs:
Lighting: Coralife aqua light pro 2X65 watt Power compact light 6,700k
1X 150 watt HQI with a ADA green 8,000K bulb
2X 1watt moon lights.

CO2: Beetle 30 diffuser, Spiral counter @ 4 bubbles per second

Filter: Eheim pro 3e, Media pro, Tourmaline F, Bacter 100.

Substrate: Clear super, Tourmaline BC, Bacter 100, Power sand special, Aquasoil amazonia, and Amazonia soil.

Water change: Every week 1/3 of tank changed with softened water using KATI/ANI ionizers.

Additives: Green bacter 70 drops every water change, ECA 15 drops every 3rd day, Phyton Git as needed, Brighty K, Green Brighty step 2, and Special Lights - 5 pumps of each every day.

Plants: Blyxa japonica, Riccia fluitans "3 types", Narrow-leaf java fern, Ludwigia arcuata, Hemianthus callitrichoides , Rotala sp. 'Green', Echinodorus tenellus, Monosolenium tenerum, and Micranthemum umbrosum.

Fish: Microrasbora nana, Rasbora waterifloris, and Paracheiredon simulans.

Inverts: Cardina japonica, Red Cherry shrimp, Crystal Red Shrimp, Zebra Shrimp, Diamond Shrimp, Bee Shrimp, and Ninja Shrimp.

Editor's notes: I'd like to thank arowanaman for sharing this fabulous aquarium. Top-end aquascaping requires top-end photography as you can appreciate in this image:


Photo Shoot

My other Aquascapes:

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I hope you enjoyed my Iwagumi Rock Garden. - Jordon Reece (arowanaman)