U R B A N AQUASCAPING - 300L Planted LowTech

[globali]

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‏Under the LED light fixture U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW‪.‬


Two years before. Setup.


Happy Birthday. Today.

 

[globali]

The journey is long and a new chapter is ahead of us
Labidochromis caeruleus at Planted aquarium


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Two weeks after acclimation | 5 little once (2 cm each) of Labidochromis caeruleus.​

 

[globali]

[video=youtube;CDfGOfhaj_g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfGOfhaj_g[/video]​

 

[Cu455]

The tank looks great. At first I though the styrofoam pots and sand on driftwood looked terrible. As you added more plants and the plants started to grow it got much better looking.

I think some people were confussed because they thought urban aquascape was a company, or at least that's what I thought. Tank looks good though.

 

[alexanian]

Wow it's so green.. I'm guessing ur using CO2 on this setup

 

[globali]

Thank you very much Cu455,

U R B A N AQUASCAPING is just the term that
I gave to the aquascape design of the project.


U R B A N AQUASCAPING
is about harmony between
Hardware and Software.

Hardware = Aquarium/Cabinet/Soil/Stone/Wood
Software = Water/Plants/Fish/Light/Fertilization

We aspire to experience that system
as it is and always was one life tissue.






Thank you very much alexanian,

No CO2 in the project.



T H E . C H A R T



General information
Category: Planted lowtech
Dimensions: 130x45x60 cm
Current setup age: 24 Months
Aquarium volume: 350 Liter
Aquarium volume Net: 220 Liter
Brand: U R B A N AQUARIUM



Water values
Water Type: Treated tap water
Temperature: 25c (winter) 28c (summer)



Hardware
Substrate:
Lower substrate: 20% Pumice
Mid substrate: 40% Peat PH4.8, 30% Vermakolight 2/3 mm, 10% Humus
Upper substrate: 7-8 cm of black quartz

Filterisation: Dubble RENA xP2
Heating: Hydor External Heater 300 watt
Air pump: Hydor Ario 4, 10 minutes every one hour from 17:00-01:00

Main Light: U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW - LED Light for planted aquarium
Back Light: U R B A N LED BACK LIGHT - LED Light for light table effect

Aquascaping: U R B A N AQUASCAPING



Software
Water change regime: after one year, no water change (Only compensation on evaporation)
Light regime: 8 hours
Fertilization regime: Potassium Chloride, Potassium Nitrate, Plantex CSM+B, Steranios 2%



Fauna
Xiphophorus Hellerii / Swordtail
Poecilia reticulata / Guppy
White Poecilia / Molly
Ancistrus
Tetra
Zebra Nerite Snail (Neritina natalensis sp. "Zebra") a.k.a Tiger snail
Horned Nerite Snail (Clithon corona)
Neocaridina denticulata
Ghost Glass Cat
‏‪Labidochromis caeruleus ''Electric yellow'‬
Japonica Amano Shrimp
Kuhlii Loach (Pangio sp.)



Flora
‏Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
‏Crypto wendtii
‏Ludwigia repens x arcuata
‏Anubias petite
Flame Moss
‏Christmas Moss
Taiwan Moss
‏Ceratopteris thalictroides
‏Hygrophila polysperma Sunset
‏Hygrophila longifolia
‏Lobelia cardinalis small form
Limnophila sessiliflora
‏Hygrophila polysperma
‏Hygrophila difformis
‏'Hygrophila difformis var. ‘variegated

 

[alexanian]

No CO2 and no waterchanges, that's amazing, so u've achieved an equilibrium between the plants and animals in ur tank. The only thing that seems to grow in my tank is algae and I've always been blaming my failures on the fact that I need CO2. Ur setup makes me want to try growing plants again. good job

 

[globali]

Thank you very much alexanian,

Planted lowtech doesn't need CO2 in order
to prosper, the important thing is the equation
between light, Flora & Fertilization regime.

 

[globali]

Hi,





After 14 month of preparations we finally close to finish the new LED Light Fixture - U R B A N . 4 9 0 0



A.K.A - U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW . 4 9 0 0



The new LED Light Fixture, design especially for planted aquarium will produce 4,900 lumens.

Thank you

 

[globali]