20 gallon week 14
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Looks like its coming along quite nicely. What kind of light is that?
Thanks everyone.
The light pendant was from pet supply liquidators. More info in my journals,
http://www.aquascapingjournals.com/journals.htm
The light pendant was from pet supply liquidators. More info in my journals,
http://www.aquascapingjournals.com/journals.htm
Greg,
I'm glad to see that your tank is finally not overrun with algae. The plants look very healthy, and I look forward to seeing how you aquascape your new aquarium.
Now, it is my turn as my 10g is getting smothered in a slimy, filamentous, semi-transparent, brown algae I've never seen before...but that's a topic for another discussion.
Carlos
I'm glad to see that your tank is finally not overrun with algae. The plants look very healthy, and I look forward to seeing how you aquascape your new aquarium.
Now, it is my turn as my 10g is getting smothered in a slimy, filamentous, semi-transparent, brown algae I've never seen before...but that's a topic for another discussion.
Carlos
Haha Carlos,
From your posts I think we run into a lot of the same problems. I haven't got this tank figured out completely yet. Switching out the 70W helped with the algae I was getting on the edges of the tank. The tank seems to crash by Wednesday when doing a water change on Saturday. My tap water parameters have improved (I have been doing a mix of R/O and tap). I was going to try doing 100% tap to see if I have been deficient on something. Maybe I will have to do 2 water changes per week? Maybe the tank still needs to balance out, we'll see.
From your posts I think we run into a lot of the same problems. I haven't got this tank figured out completely yet. Switching out the 70W helped with the algae I was getting on the edges of the tank. The tank seems to crash by Wednesday when doing a water change on Saturday. My tap water parameters have improved (I have been doing a mix of R/O and tap). I was going to try doing 100% tap to see if I have been deficient on something. Maybe I will have to do 2 water changes per week? Maybe the tank still needs to balance out, we'll see.
I like your custom lilly pipes too. I'm wondering if your tank came like that or did you remove the top plastic brace to give it the 'ADA' look?Andrew,
Yeah, I should sketch something out and post what I am planning. I've got a driftwood piece that is sitting in a bucket of water. From the AGA photos that have been posted on Amanos work, I'm thinking of trying the Anubias/Java moss/rock combinations. I've switched over to 2 x 55 watt CF. Eventually I would like to try out 150W MH, but I don't want to spend the money yet.
grandmasterofpool,
The tank was done by aquariumobsessed.com. There are older post on the setup.
Thanks,
Greg
Yeah, I should sketch something out and post what I am planning. I've got a driftwood piece that is sitting in a bucket of water. From the AGA photos that have been posted on Amanos work, I'm thinking of trying the Anubias/Java moss/rock combinations. I've switched over to 2 x 55 watt CF. Eventually I would like to try out 150W MH, but I don't want to spend the money yet.
grandmasterofpool,
The tank was done by aquariumobsessed.com. There are older post on the setup.
Thanks,
Greg
It does look healthy. I like the presentation set up that Amano did (was not there sad to say). Anubias petite would look well in that space although it seems fairly expensive to obtain good amounts (in case anyone is reading I am interested in buying petite).
Grandmasterofpool - Greg's aquascaping journals (link at the end of iunknown's post) have all the details of this odyssey.
Andrew Cribb
Grandmasterofpool - Greg's aquascaping journals (link at the end of iunknown's post) have all the details of this odyssey.
Andrew Cribb
Yeah, I was thinking Anubias just because the stem plant growth is out of control. They reach the top of the tank within two weeks. This is what I had planned in the beginning. I'm thinking of changing it up. I really have gotten used to Rotala sp. "Green" and love the look, so that is going to be the main plant on the upper right. I'm really in love with giant hairgrass, and might see how it looks as a background plant, in back of everything.
http://www.aquascapingjournals.com/images/20_gallon/20_gallon_layout.jpg
http://www.aquascapingjournals.com/images/20_gallon/20_gallon_layout.jpg
Added some hard scape finally. Placed the driftwood using the golden ration. The plan is to get a big bush of Rotala "green" on the left. I want to have Gaint hair grass fill in the back on the right and then have a deep red highlight of Ludwiga acruata.
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