Sunday, March 28, 2004

I GET AROUND TO RE-AQUASCAPING MY VERY FIRST TANK... 

The point of re-aquascaping my first tank (10G) is to apply all the things I learned from Asgard to an environment meant originally only to prove that I could keep fish alive.

I discarded all of the artificial plants and replaced them with live plants. From Justin at Ocean Aquarium, I bought two twisted new pieces of driftwood and a few lava rocks. To each, I tied bunches of Java Fern and standard Anubias. I repositioned the dwarf Anubias from Vishnu's tank at the tips of the driftwood. I'm happy with the final effect, although we'll see how it grows.

I've no CO2 in this tank, but will fertilize it with iron, potassium, and micronutrients. We'll see how low-light plants in a non-CO2 tank compare with moderate to high-light plants in a CO2-enriched tank.

Les Six and the Justice League seem to enjoy having real plants around.


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