Juwel Rio 125 (about 29G) no monsters here!

[peppealb]

hi londondragon! i'm an your italian fan!i have a juwel rio 125 too and i will try to set it like yours!please tell me some tips!moreover I want ask you if i can present you in an italian site of aquarium for show yours!
bye!

 

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update on this tank, I am putting my rescape on hold so now I am testing a few things, I am running this pretty high light now and high CO2 and also the main reason for keeping it going full planted is to test the auto dosing system which has been running 3 weeks now, during this period I haven't dosed EasyCarbo at all, its working great.

Some photos of what the tank looks like at present:

Thanks for looking

 

[LondonDragon]

Been taking a few more photos today, the tank was starting to get some algae so I have now upped the CO2 and the dosing.
Rather than dosing 40ml per day I have set it to dose 40ml on Mondays, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, 80ml on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I am also dosing a couple of tea spoons extra per week of Trace and the anubias are loving it.

Well lots of photos for you guys to see whats going on:

Thanks for looking critiques and comments always welcomed

 

[jojo_nature]

Wow im gobsmacked .

 

[LondonDragon]

Wow im gobsmacked .

thanks jojo

 

[LondonDragon]

Haven't updated this journal in a while, here is how the tank was looking before I planted the HC, and moving towards lower maintnance plants in half the tank.

After finishing planting the HC in the tank, I have some of it melting away, but that seems to have stopped and its pearling away everyday when I get home. I was not happy with the EI solution, it was getting my tank a little cloudy and was seeing some algae, so for a test I have been using TPN+ for the last couple of weeks.
Water has remained crystal clear all week and plants have developed much better colours too and the algae is gone.
Going to carry on using TPN+ for a few more weeks and then go back to EI and see the differences, might have to increase the EI solution, maybe it was not strong enough.

Photos right after planting:

Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated.

 

[jojo_nature]

I really do envy your tank it's beautiful , i used to have my 5ft planted but gave up as i couldn't keep the plant's healthy enough. So now i just have my small hexagon tank planted i did have a Co2 system on it but took it out recently when i ran out of Co2 tablet's . Ive read up a bit on doing your own with yeast have you ever tried a DIY yeast Co2 ? I'm sad to say the only plants i can grow are java fern & anubis so i just drool at tank's like yours instead .

 

[LondonDragon]

I really do envy your tank it's beautiful , i used to have my 5ft planted but gave up as i couldn't keep the plant's healthy enough. So now i just have my small hexagon tank planted i did have a Co2 system on it but took it out recently when i ran out of Co2 tablet's .

Many thanks, with the right balance anyone can achieve the same results. First you need to learn how to grow plants and worry about the scaping later

Ive read up a bit on doing your own with yeast have you ever tried a DIY yeast Co2 ? I'm sad to say the only plants i can grow are java fern & anubis so i just drool at tank's like yours instead .

At the start of this thread I was using Yeast solution, I am not using pressurized using Fire Extinguishers for CO2, less pain and better results
Yeast based solution works ok in tanks up to 100 liters, after that is tricker to maintain a good balance on the CO2. Many thanks once again

 

[djarmstrong]

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[LondonDragon]

This tank is still going, here some of the latest photos:

Thanks for looking