The Forgotten Valley - 60l

[aaronnorth]

here it is:

60l
fluval 205
2kg pressurized system (via FE)
36w PC T5 (2.7wpg)
5ml TPN+ daily, may be switching to PMDD + PO4
JBL Aquabasis plus capped with playsand

Hemanthius Callacthricoides
hemanthius Micranthemoides
microsorum pteropis 'narrow'
pogostemon helferi

endlers (will be switching for black neons)
ottos
red cherry shrimp.

thanks for looking

 

[Panda]

nice tank !!

 

[aaronnorth]

Thanks Panda

pictures

I have spread the microsorum pteropus 'narrow out onto a large piece of driftwood i had, i didnt realise how big it had got! It was huge. i feel much happier with it now, the transition from background to midground is much better. When the vallis nana starts to grow up the back in the left corner i think it will look great.

 

[aaronnorth]

Another update:

Again i havent cleaned the tank for 3 weeks, and this time i started to get a small amount of algae, and i also noticed that i have got a lot of organic matter under my HC - probably the cause of Algae

The HC has needed a good trim for a few weeks now. It is the most growth i have had from all my plants for some reason, so today i literally hacked away at the hemanthius micranthemoides, making quite a mess of it but i couldnt really help it.

 

[aaronnorth]

I also planted some more stems to the right, which i will be graduallly sloping down towards the side. I also started to trim my HC but the underneath had already strated to turn yellow, so i decided to rip the whole carpet up. I also thinned out my P.Helferi. This will be creating a ammonia spike, so i did a 80% w/c and i will do more 50% w/c for the next couple od days to make sure i dont get any algae. I will also replace the HC tommorrow (it is sitting in a bucket at the moment)