My First Planted

[George Farmer]

A good first attempt, well done!

What fertilisers are you using?

With 4 x 24w T5 and CO2, your plants will soon strip the water of nutrients.

 

[LondonDragon]

A good first attempt, well done!
What fertilisers are you using?
With 4 x 24w T5 and CO2, your plants will soon strip the water of nutrients.

For the last month or so I have been using the following dry ferts, use them every other day, Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursday:

KN03 (Potassium Nitrate) (1.4 gm)
KH2P04 (Mono Potassium Phosphate) (0.4 gm)
K2S04 (Potassium Sulfate) (0.4 gm)

And also Tropica Plant Nutrition 10ml and Kent Botanica Fe 2ml on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


Do a 50% water change on Saturday or Sunday.

 

[stang1]

I'm so envious, my first planted tank didn't look half as good as yours!
Beautiful job, well done!

 

[George Farmer]

A good first attempt, well done!
What fertilisers are you using?
With 4 x 24w T5 and CO2, your plants will soon strip the water of nutrients.

For the last month or so I have been using the following dry ferts, use them every other day, Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursday:

KN03 (Potassium Nitrate) (1.4 gm)
KH2P04 (Mono Potassium Phosphate) (0.4 gm)
K2S04 (Potassium Sulfate) (0.4 gm)

And also Tropica Plant Nutrition 10ml and Kent Botanica Fe 2ml on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


Do a 50% water change on Saturday or Sunday.

Good to see another EI advocate. Keep up the good work.

Have you considered entering the PFK Aquascaping Contest?

 

[LondonDragon]

Good to see another EI advocate. Keep up the good work.
Have you considered entering the PFK Aquascaping Contest?

Thanks, I don't think my aqua is good enough for any contest! lol

 

[George Farmer]

There's still a couple of months.

 

[LondonDragon]

There's still a couple of months.

Yeah I will have to wait and see, I am going away for a couple of weeks soon and don't have anyone that knows much about planted tanks to look after it so it might go down the drain.

 

[George Farmer]

There's still a couple of months.

Yeah I will have to wait and see, I am going away for a couple of weeks soon and don't have anyone that knows much about planted tanks to look after it so it might go down the drain.

Do a 50% water change and dose some trace and NPK, then run half lighting for 6 hour photoperiod on a plug-in-timer. No need to feed the fish for 2 weeks.

Shouldn't be too bad whewn you get back.

 

[LondonDragon]

Do a 50% water change and dose some trace and NPK, then run half lighting for 6 hour photoperiod on a plug-in-timer. No need to feed the fish for 2 weeks.
Shouldn't be too bad whewn you get back.

Thanks for the tip I will try that will get someone in to check on things and feed the fish once every couple of days.

 

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update, added some riccia meshes in an attempt to cover some of the gravel since the HC didn't really work out.

Full View:


Riccia on Rock


Riccia on Stainless Steel mesh

 

[LondonDragon]

No replies last updates

Here is another! Hope you enjoy the progress, thanks

Full Tank Shot:


Riccia on rock and on mesh:


Amano Shrimp on riccia mesh:


Riccia on Rock:

 

[RadaR]

Really is fantastic. The colours and textures are superb. Ive got the same tank, Im jealous of your skills. Keep up the good work.

 

[tamara]

I think..i'm in love!

 

[piper]

Looking really good

 

[LondonDragon]

Really is fantastic. The colours and textures are superb. Ive got the same tank, Im jealous of your skills. Keep up the good work.

Its not that hard, all you need to do is change the lighting, the one that comes with the aquarium is not good enough, I tried it for a year without any luck, now with the new lighting and new ferts, its working great

I think..i'm in love!

Looking really good

Thanks guys!