Juls's 4ft 300l Rescape Ground Up Project. Updated Page 2. 13/06/10
#21
Posted 20 March 2010 - 08:53 PM
As for the small snails ask Oliver (MrDocfish), im pretty sure he has some small snails in his tank that actually benefit the tank. Cant remember what they're called though.
#22
Posted 13 June 2010 - 10:33 AM
A HUGE thanks to Dazzabozza, for coming around my place as promised and taking these photos, some are still not as perfect as he'd like,
and I only had standard windows editing software, Daz might post some slightly better edited shots later on!
This 4x18x24 300L tank is actually being gutted in the next few weeks to be rebuilt into a 5x24x30 650L tank, hence i'm posting this update before i trash it!
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tank02.jpg 120.52KB 79 downloads
xmasmoss.jpg 106.91KB 47 downloads
ALL Photos by DazzaBozza. Thanks Mate
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Aphyosemion australe Male
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Black Bar Endlers Guppy Male
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Boraras Brigittae
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Neocaridina heteropoda "red" - Cherry Shrimp
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Neocaridina heteropoda "red" - Cherry Shrimp
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Danio Choprai
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Danio Margaritatus - AKA Celestrial Pearl Danio - AKA (severely outdated name) Microrasbora Galaxy
#23
Posted 13 June 2010 - 10:52 AM
Danio Margaritatus
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Danio Erythromicron
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Paracheirodon simulans - Green Neon Tetra/False Neon Tetra
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Fundulopanchax gardneri
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Pseudomugil Gertrudae
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Pseudomugil Gertrudae
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Pseudomugil Gertrudae
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Corydoras Habrosus
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Trigonostigma hengeli - Glowlight Rasbora - Slender Rasbora
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Trigonostigma hengeli - Glowlight Rasbora - Slender Rasbora
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Microdevario kubotai - AKA Microrasbora Kubotai
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Boraras Maculatus - Dwarf Spotted Rasbora
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Papilochromis ramirezi "Neon Blue"
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Papilochromis ramirezi "Neon Blue"
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Melanotaenia praecox - Neon Rainbow
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corydoras pygmaeus
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Trichopsis pumila - Sparkling Gourami
There is more fish we didn't take photos of, but we struggled as it was to get most,
All photos where by Dazzabozz, thanks again to him for his efforts.
New Tank build should be up in the next 2-3 weeks.
Juls
#24
Posted 13 June 2010 - 11:05 AM
Nice catalogue of specimens you've got going there
#25
Posted 13 June 2010 - 11:40 AM
#26
Posted 13 June 2010 - 11:49 AM
what a bloody awesome setup!!!
what are the plants / moss? are you using a CO2 reactor in there? how do you manage to clean it?
do you feed plants with any nutrients?
#27
Posted 13 June 2010 - 12:01 PM
No CO2 injection, only use Seachem Excel, and regular Flourish Ferts.
I Don't clean the tank gravel at all, all the fish only do very small fieces and the plants take up the breakdown,
I prefer to keep the biofilm strong as it helps the shrimps and any fry that might survive.
In a tank with only small fish with lots of plants it makes this system possible.
Unlike if your keeping any larger fish which are not kept in planted tanks you need to keep doing the cleaning manually,
instead of nature doing it's thing.
I've never been able to get any reading for nitrates (and obviously ammonia/nitrite) which actually is causing a bit of hair algae,
so I've had to start manually dosing Nitrogen to get rid of it, no amount of feeding gives me a reading, despite having roughly 150 Fish and 200+ shrimps.
All fun though :-)
Juls
#28
Posted 13 June 2010 - 12:07 PM
the neon blues, do they grow any bigger then that? or whats their largest size get to?
do they prefer hard water? will they do ok in softish water?
btw never thought the blue rams would look so eye catching
so i gather the nitrates are controlled by the plants. the hair like algae, couldnt they be controlled by afew BN?
#29
Posted 13 June 2010 - 01:07 PM
#30
Posted 13 June 2010 - 01:23 PM
Generic Blue rams prefer 6.0-6.5 and 27-30 Degrees,
Because the Neon Blue is a Commercially bred strain (doesn't occur in the wild)
it appears to be pretty happy in Neutral water in moderate temps i find.
(PH 7.0 - 24-27 degrees)
Do not expect the neon blues to look that good at your LFS, they will be dull and drab,
once home for a week or so they will brighten up.
They can grow up to about 6 cm tops,
myn are still probably around 4-5cm.
Still too small to eat Adult cherry shrimp, although they tend to wipe out your babys and mid size shrimps.
but my killifish are more of a problem in that regard than the rams. But neither is really a problem in this size tank with this density of shrimps.
I've had far more luck keeping these neon blues alive than I ever had with regular blue and german blue rams.
My plants are consuming the nitrates faster than i can create it, Bristlenoses will not eat hair algae, and they get too big for what I'm trying to do as well as they tend to knock all your plants out of the ground,
and stir up the substrate.
Sailfin Mollies will eat the hair algae, but again too big for my tank getting to around 8-10cm, and will eat adult shrimps in preference to algae most likely.
In my new tank i plan to get a army of native shrimps which consume this type of algae.. Probably 200 Hair Algae Eating shrimps, as well as 500-1000 Cherrys, and 30-50 of various other shrimps.
I found that the local Glass Shrimp like to eat the tiny snails, so I most likely get a few hundred of these also..
Juls
#31
Posted 13 June 2010 - 02:20 PM
#32
Posted 13 June 2010 - 03:53 PM
They keep duetrious out of the mosses and plants, as well as feeding heavily in the biofilm on all surfaces of the tank, the biofilm is critical to the survival of juvenile shrimps and any fry that might appear. The biofilm also helps culture micro crustaceans which means a higher chance of survival for fry without additional feeding.
Juls
#33
Posted 13 June 2010 - 07:29 PM
I might try it in my small 2ft tank if it doesn't need high OP lights.
#34
Posted 13 June 2010 - 07:43 PM
#35
Posted 13 June 2010 - 09:32 PM
Although I did run it for the first 6 weeks on 0.3W per litre.
and still had good growth, but i put alot of that down to the tube I was using.
on a 2ft I reckon you want about 0.5W per litre for decent growth, A Power Compact tube (or 2) or T5HO x 2 or more would be ideal.
I don't suggest you bother with T5LO, T8 might be ok.
It's not a matter of making the plants "survive" as to making them "thrive" if you know what i mean.
As for dosing,
Excel I dose 5 times a week on average, General Ferts Twice a week, NPK (separated) As required.
Water Changes.. well since i started it, it's had 2 (yes only 2) 30% water changes.....
Juls
#36
Posted 14 June 2010 - 06:39 PM
If there is any moss covered rocks/logs your willing to part with or even any clumps of moss then let me know i would be happy to buy some off you.
I am a huge fan of moss and am currently working on a nice piece in my Juwel Lido... not experiencing the growth you have yet with the java fern but i only put the T5 in over the T8 about 7 days ago and started ferting last week. PH is fairly high (around 9) so im not sure if they would affect the growth of the moss?
That tank is probably my idea of the PERFECT TANK except i would have tangs in it.
#37
Posted 14 June 2010 - 07:07 PM
Juls
#38
Posted 14 June 2010 - 09:02 PM
Nice fish collection....I've heard lots about them and the quality of them is great. And good work Daz on taking those pics, those fish are small are damn hard to capture.
#39
Posted 14 June 2010 - 09:53 PM
Cant wait to see the new scape with so much more room to play with.
You going to stick to the mosses or add in some other plants?
#40
Posted 15 June 2010 - 06:55 PM
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