Fred's 33gallon Experience

[john starkey]

Hi radar,i have been following your journal from day one and i think the addition of the cardinals is the icing on the cake, great tank nice plants good job,regards john

 

[pandacichlid]

Hi all.
This is my Juwel 125 as it stands now. I'm very pleased with the layout and plan not to change it but only let it grow. All the fish will be removed except the Ancistrus sp. I shall then like to add 20 or so Cardinal Tetras and them some more undecided fish.

Tank Stats

Filtration- Juwel internal filter and Supafish aqua pro 1 external.

Lighting- 63W for 2 hours, 99W for 6 hours, 63W for 2 hours. All tubes with reflectors.

Lighting layout from front to back is:
25W SunGlo
18W Arcadia Freshwater
18W Interpet Daylight Plus
20W SunGlo
18W Arcadia Freshwater

CO2- Pressurized system with 2Kg fire extinguisher and Ceramic Diffuser

Substrate- ADA Aqua Soil Malaya

Ferts- Tropica Plant Nutrition, 5ml 3x week and DIY NPK 3x week. Nitrate 15ppm, Phosphate 1.5ppm, Potassium 20ppm. 50% water change once per week.

Fish

Keyhole Cichlid
4 Harlequin Rasbora
2 Black Widow
Ancistrus sp.

Plants

Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne walkeri (lutea)
Cryptocoryne wendtii ''green''
Echinodorus 'Red Flame'
Echinodorus bleheri
Microsorum pteropus
Vesicularia dubyana
Anubias barteri var. nana 'Golden'
Cardamine lyrata
Vallisneria sp.

Tank with 63W(25W SunGlo, 20W SunGlo and 18W Arcadia Freshwater)

Tank with 99W

Java moss (Vesicularia dubyana)

Anubias barteri var. nana 'Golden'

Crypts

I will post water stats tomorrow.
Thanks for looking

wow, your tank is amazing well done, I hope my keyhole cichlids grow to that size. I want alot more plants after seeing those in your set up. Heavily planted tanks look great

 

[RadaR]

Thanks!
Give them space and good food and they should do well.
Give planted tanks a go. There's loads of info on here

 

[nry]

If you put the sucker at the bottom of the thermometer it will stand up straight

Oh, nice tank

 

[RadaR]

Haha, thanks for the tip nry. I should have really taken it out before taking the photos.

 

[RadaR]

Ok guys and gals, here's the situation. I need your help. George, you input would be greatly appreciated.
I went on holiday for a week and so I reduced the tank to a sort of low tech tank. 45W of light with a 5 hour boost of 18W. No ferts were added during the week, but before I went, I dosed 20ppm of N, and 1ppm of P. I came back to a fantastic looking tank. The algae that was there before has died and the plants look great. Im thinking of keeping the tank like this now, however I'm not to sure what to dose and how much. At the moment I'm under the impression that the ADA soil is providing enough trace and NP. I look forward to hearing your replies.

 

[George Farmer]

Welcome to the algae-trouble-free world of low light...!

I dose 2ml of Tropica+ liquid per day and change 1/3 (40 l.) water per week.

The same would likely work for you.

 

[RadaR]

Welcome to the algae-trouble-free world of low light...!

I dose 2ml of Tropica+ liquid per day and change 1/3 (40 l.) water per week.

The same would likely work for you.

Thanks George. To be honest though, I'd rather use up my Tropica traces and EI powders. Mainly because I don't want to waste them. How would I use them so that it would just be like using the Tropica+ liquid? (does that make sense?). I suppose I could dose only twice a week.
Thanks again.

 

[RadaR]

Here are some pics. I sent these into the PFK competition.

 

[arif_93]

how much aquasoil did u use and do you have anything underneath it

 

[RadaR]

how much aquasoil did u use and do you have anything underneath it

1 bag. However I did have some RedSea Flora base in there before the ADA soil. One bag should be fine though. I have nothing underneath it. No need for it personally.

 

[stang1]

I love looking at your tank, it's beautiful.
Good luck with the PFK competition!

 

[RadaR]

I love looking at your tank, it's beautiful.
Good luck with the PFK competition!

Thanks Stang!

 

[arif_93]

what sizew bag 3l or 9l sorry for bein a pain

 

[RadaR]

what sizew bag 3l or 9l sorry for bein a pain

9litre mate