I have been inspired by DeeDeeK to journal this tank good or bad.
I have to go back several months to rethink how it began.
I started with an idea I had 30 years ago or so and it developed from there.
I am no expert on anything. Sometimes what I know today, by tomorrow I may forget. Complications of my disease, stress as a result of my disease, IDK, no one knows. I invite you to check out my blog here on the forum.
So on with what I have in the glass box.
It a Standard 10 Gallon aquarium.
It has about 1 inch of Leaf humus on the bottom.
The leaf humus was fully aged for at least one year out in the open.
Then aged under Water for two weeks to remove floating debris ans the water was changed on a daily basis along with any floating debris. After the two week period that which remained submerged found its way to the bottom of the 10 Gallon tank.
This leaf humus was then cover in varying depths with paver sand. The depths vary from 1/2 inch to 2 inches. The paver sand is common paver sand that can be purchased at your local building supliy center (i.e. Home Depot, Lowe, etc.). The paver sand was used in an unwashed state.
It is heated to 82 degrees F
It has a Marineland Penguine Biowheel 200B HOB Filter. The flow is slowed with floss.
Lighting: CFL's 1x 50w (200w eq)(5500K) (CRI 90+); 1x 26w (100w eq) (6500K). The lighting is about 18 inches from the bottom of the tank.
Flora:
Sawtooth Hygro (Now in in tank)
Dwarf Hair Grass (Eleocharis parvula) (Now in tank)
Water lily (To be removed later)
Aquatic Onion (To be removed later)
Aponogeton bulbs (To be removed later)
Java Fern (To be added to tank later)
Anubias nana (To be added to tank later)
Fauna:
MTS (Now in in tank)
Black worms (Now in in tank)
1 Guppies – (Poecilia reticulata) (Now in in tank)
5 x Kuhli Loach (Pangio kuhlii) (To be added to tank later)
10 x Glowlight Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus) (To be added to tank later)
Well There you have it.
Thanks for looking.
Best wishes,
Wes
I have to go back several months to rethink how it began.
I started with an idea I had 30 years ago or so and it developed from there.
I am no expert on anything. Sometimes what I know today, by tomorrow I may forget. Complications of my disease, stress as a result of my disease, IDK, no one knows. I invite you to check out my blog here on the forum.
So on with what I have in the glass box.
It a Standard 10 Gallon aquarium.
It has about 1 inch of Leaf humus on the bottom.
The leaf humus was fully aged for at least one year out in the open.
Then aged under Water for two weeks to remove floating debris ans the water was changed on a daily basis along with any floating debris. After the two week period that which remained submerged found its way to the bottom of the 10 Gallon tank.
This leaf humus was then cover in varying depths with paver sand. The depths vary from 1/2 inch to 2 inches. The paver sand is common paver sand that can be purchased at your local building supliy center (i.e. Home Depot, Lowe, etc.). The paver sand was used in an unwashed state.
It is heated to 82 degrees F
It has a Marineland Penguine Biowheel 200B HOB Filter. The flow is slowed with floss.
Lighting: CFL's 1x 50w (200w eq)(5500K) (CRI 90+); 1x 26w (100w eq) (6500K). The lighting is about 18 inches from the bottom of the tank.
Flora:
Sawtooth Hygro (Now in in tank)
Dwarf Hair Grass (Eleocharis parvula) (Now in tank)
Water lily (To be removed later)
Aquatic Onion (To be removed later)
Aponogeton bulbs (To be removed later)
Java Fern (To be added to tank later)
Anubias nana (To be added to tank later)
Fauna:
MTS (Now in in tank)
Black worms (Now in in tank)
1 Guppies – (Poecilia reticulata) (Now in in tank)
5 x Kuhli Loach (Pangio kuhlii) (To be added to tank later)
10 x Glowlight Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus) (To be added to tank later)
Well There you have it.
Thanks for looking.
Best wishes,
Wes