I was thinking to summarize all my scapes in this thread
This is a 37lit cube Aquatic Nature
2x11 watts (10000K) on for 9 hours
Aquatic Nature Ferti Soil
Pressurized CO2 controlled with a drop checker, 1 bubble per sec, ceramic disc diffuser
2x a week AquaCare+NPK and traces
Once a week after wc tiny dash of KH2PO4 to keep the GSAlgae away
50% weekly wc
Fauna; Crystal Red and Red Cherry shrimps, various small snails and 1 Neritina Zebra snail.
Flora; Crypto parva, Crypto balansae, Rotala rotundifolia, Blyxa japonica, L. brasiliensis, Marsilea sp, Anubias nana, Crypto wendtii Green, Crypto hybrid sp.
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11 gallons 42 lit
2x11 watt (6500K) on for 9 hours
Aquatic Nature Ferti Soil
instead of CO2 I dose Easy Carbo (same as Excell) every second day
2x a week AquaCare+NPK and traces
Once a week after wc tiny dash of KH2PO4 to keep the GSAlgae away
80% biweekly wc
Fauna; 8 Corydoras pygmaeus, 8 Nannostomus marginatus, 2 Otocinclus, 1 Neritina Zebra, small snails, and some Red Cherry shrimps.
Flora; Crypto wendtii, Crypto albida, Crypto willisii, Crypto parva, Pogostemon helferi, Hygro rosanervig.
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48 gallons 180lit
2x30 watts T-8 on for 10 hours
Aquatic Nature Ferti Soil, Iron balls, 1,2mm red sand
No CO2, sometimes a bit of Easy Carbo
AquaCare+NPK and traces once every week
1/18 tsp of KH2PO4 after wc to keep the Green Spot algae away
80% wc every month
Fauna; approx 14 Rasbora hengeli, 6 Tatia perugiae, 5 Cory trilineatus, 2 Otocinclus, 3 SAE, 4 Red Honey Gourami, a few Neritina Zebras, pair of Ram cichlids, 3 Borneo suckers, quite a few Caridina multidentata
Flora; Microsorum windelow, Crypto balansae, Crypto wendtii, Crinum calamistratum, Aponogeton crispus, Aponogeton boivinianus, L. braziliensis, Crypto willisii, Anubias barteri, Anubias 'Petit'
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11 gallons 42 lit
2x5watt bulbs (very low light) on for 10 hours
Plain gravel + aged mulm
No CO2, NO Easy Carbo
Tiny amounts of liquid NPK+traces every month
Tiny dash of KH2PO4 every approx 2 month to keep GSA away
50% wc every month or so
Fauna; 14 Boraras maculatus, 1 Betta splendens Crown tail male, 1 Neritina Zebra, a few MTS and lots of Red Cherry shrimps
Flora; Hygrophila 'Rosanervig', Java Moss, Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow'
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8.2 gallons or 31lit. (this scape is a few weeks old)
2x11 watt (6500K) on for 9 hours
Tropica AquaCare plant substrate, 1.2mm red sand
No CO2, instead Easy Carbo every day 1ml
I am not dosing any liquid ferts at the moment, I will start dosing very little after 2 more weeks.
50% weekly wc, and after wc adding GH-Booster (for Mg&Ca)
Fauna; 5 Endler Guppys
Flora; Hemianthus calitrichoides Cuba, Pogostemon helferi, E. acicularis, Crypto wendtii, L. braziliensis
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Another new 2 month old, 42 gallons/160lit.
I used Tom Barr's emerged HC planting method before adding water (4 weeks emerged)
2x30 watts T-8 and 2x39 watts T-5 on for 9 hours (Hi light)
Aquatic Nature ferti Soli mixed with AquaCare plant substrate and AquaCare substrate capsules with NPK and traces.
CO2 controlled with a drop checker approx 4 bubbles per sec through the external filter. CO2 on for 9 hours during light hours.
After the weekly 60% wc I dose day 1; KNO3 (dry), KH2PO4 (dry), GH-Booster (dry Noraq GH-Salt). Day 3; Tropica Aqua Care+N&P and traces, day 5 KNO3, and KH2PO4.
Fauna; Caridina multidenata, Otos, Siamese Algae Eaters, Neritina sp snails, shoal of Rasbora hengeli
Flora; Hemianthus calitrichoides Cuba, Pogostemon helferi, Blyxa japonica, Hygrophila 'Rosanervig', Crypto balansae, Eleocharis acicularis
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A bit extra (eye candy
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My 58lit Nano-Reef
more info on http://www.58nanoreef.blogspot.com/
Thanks for reading.
Kind regards, Dusko
