The journey continues...my rimless Aqua Forest

[gangster]

Anxiously awaiting for an update

 

[jcardona1]

how do you dose this tank? lighting hours? WC routine?

i love your fish and plant stock

thanks! i'm currently dosing under the EI method (estimative index). im dosing at about 2x the recommended amounts for a tank my size. i want to make sure im not limiting any nutrients since the tank is slowly becoming packed with plants. i'm also adding a lot of Iron 3x a week to help out with the red plants.

water changes, i do 50% once a week, this is the recommended amount under EI. this helps 'reset' the nutrient levels from the excess dosing so that nothing builds up in crazy amounts over time.

lighting is currently on for 9 hours a day. as you can see from my first pictures, the light was 6-7" off the tank. ive since lowered it several inches since my red plants were turning green and dropping leaves. but the birghter light meant my slow growers like anubias and java fern started to get algae, so i had to get rid of them.

 

[jcardona1]

Nice tank... you inspire me!

where do you get a rimless tank like that?

thx! i got it at a LFS. its an oceanic tank so most shops should be able to order it. there's also several other brands of rimless tanks on the market. ADA/Do!Aqua, Mr. Aqua, and even glasscages.com makes rimless tanks

 

[jcardona1]

Anxiously awaiting for an update

hopefully this week, it will look very different. no more driftwood, went dutch style

 

[chonhzilla]

Let's see some pictures.

 

[JakeH]

+1 for pics!

 

[jcardona1]

Ok here's the one month anniversary pics!!!! Not bad for having the tank been set up for a little over 4 weeks

As you can see I've pulled out the driftwood I had in there. It was taking up too much room since I wanted to get this thing packed with plants. So now I think I'm going in the direction of a dutch/nature style tank I suppose. Been picking up a lot of reddish plants, I just love the colors!! Lots of iron helps keep them looking their best.

Algae is not much of an issue right now. Been seeing a little GSA on my glass, and on my Ludwiga Glandulosa. This is usually due to low phosphate levels with EI dosing so I've increased the dosing of phosphates. Other than that, no algae problems

Cant wait for the taller platns to fill in. Till the next update...

 

[Tropicalfishking]

that last picture is AMAZING!!! Your tank looks sweet. What is the foreground plant??

 

[jcardona1]

thanks! foreground is blyxa japonica with micro swords behind that

 

[R1_Ridah]

So awesome.. tank I can I just sit in front of and enjoy it in my living room...