I am starting my first ever planted tank journal." CRYPT COVE" . This is my first attempt at an actual nano planted Tank. Bought this 5G Odessey Cube at the auction a few weeks back. Finding the right kind of screw- n bulbs for these was really difficult as i wanted some thing more than 20W over this.
Specs:
5 G Odessey Cube.
25W CF 6500K Lights of America bulb.
Red Sea Nano Filter
AquaSoil Amazonia II
Bright Sand
ADA Black Wood
Ferts will be mostly Seachem Series. Have not yet decided if i am going to do a DIY CO2 or just go with EXCEL. Most of the plants are Crypts.
Plants:
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Brown"
Cryptocoryne "Mi-oya"
Cryptocoryne beckettii ''Petchii''
E Tenellus
Xmas Moss
Fish:
10 Jelly Bean Tetras
5 Red Cherry Shrimp
2 Ottocinclus sp
I first started with some hard scape trails.......
Partitioning AquaSoil and Bright Sand.
The rocks were laid out to cover the partition.
Next went in the Black Wood.The Xmas moss is tied to one of the pieces.
These are all the crypts and Ludwigas that went in..........
Now comes the planting. I started with the foreground first planting around the rocks.
Atlast after 3 hours , this is how it looks. Excuse my crappy picture taking skill's , but i was running out of "Patience " at 2:00 Am.
I would like to hear any constructive criticism from the forum members.Any new ideas are welcome.
Specs:
5 G Odessey Cube.
25W CF 6500K Lights of America bulb.
Red Sea Nano Filter
AquaSoil Amazonia II
Bright Sand
ADA Black Wood
Ferts will be mostly Seachem Series. Have not yet decided if i am going to do a DIY CO2 or just go with EXCEL. Most of the plants are Crypts.
Plants:
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Brown"
Cryptocoryne "Mi-oya"
Cryptocoryne beckettii ''Petchii''
E Tenellus
Xmas Moss
Fish:
10 Jelly Bean Tetras
5 Red Cherry Shrimp
2 Ottocinclus sp
I first started with some hard scape trails.......
Partitioning AquaSoil and Bright Sand.
The rocks were laid out to cover the partition.
Next went in the Black Wood.The Xmas moss is tied to one of the pieces.
These are all the crypts and Ludwigas that went in..........
Now comes the planting. I started with the foreground first planting around the rocks.
Atlast after 3 hours , this is how it looks. Excuse my crappy picture taking skill's , but i was running out of "Patience " at 2:00 Am.
I would like to hear any constructive criticism from the forum members.Any new ideas are welcome.
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