Lucky 13

he he .. yeah now that it has CO2 it is becoming harder to call it low tech ...

 

hahaha ja jy wil mos!!!

See that is why I stay away from the CO2, I prefer to stay low tech just to prove you dont need CO2 for something stunning

 

True but I can almost hear the bolbitis grow with the added CO2.. ja die mos ook.

 

added some anubias on the spider wood ..

 

Really awesome!!

 

Hmmm - noticed that the pump on lucky 13 has not been running, can only think it was switched of by the other 1/4 while she was trying to find the electrical burning thing that turned out to be a melted heater the beginning of the week.
Decided to do a dry clean - remove all the hydroton and replace the pots and sponged plants.

Not sure this is what I want to do long term but it was a quick fix.



All the plants removed from the shelf



Removed a liter of hydroton and other dry material


Did a split on the sponge and plant.



placed the potted plants back - no in-between substrate this time


hope some survive - still some green on some ferns.

Will let is sit till the morning, see if other inspiration strikes.

Later Ferdie

 

Good luck! I love this tank.

 

Indeed - it is a pleasure to listen to the water dripping into the tank.

BBA is going to be a battle ... did some hydrogen peroxide and a WC, will scrape the glass during the week then another WC.


Added a 11w CFL on the right for more growth now that the T5 is lifted.

Removed the heater - do not want a repeat of last year's seasonal change.

Later Ferdie

 

Almost time to put the heaters back in the tanks ... lucky13 has seen the most effort over the last few months .. i.e. new substrate ( see LECA Filtration Media/ Substrate)

the tank (*CFL is my computer night light not part of the tanks lighting)


the filtration


matrix makes a good medium as part of the filtration



Very pleased with the progress on the tank .. all the plants are slow growers since this is low light and low fert with low CO2 on the Taifun. Yes most plants are facing the window since it get majority of the light from direct sunlight.

Later Ferdie

 

Looking good! :top:

 

Looking good...I understand what you mean about the cut and dump tank I have one too and it looks a bit shabby...

 

Added an extra T8 and the CO2 now things are pearling, should see some growth now.



This has been in a bit of a maintenance no growth mode

 

added 5 beta fish .. did a trim, no really I did






They adapted very quickly to the busy guppies


Contemplating adding a canister to the system and removing the top planted filter on the shelf.

Later Ferdie

 

No algae in the tank thanks to these guys.



Now on the shelf it is a different story - hence something needs to change.



Also having a battle with the duckweed ... but it is a slow process.

Later Ferdie

 

This tank was in need of a WC - and since it is the focus (pun intended) of my RPI camera project ... thought I would share a few pics of the process.







removed the T8 36 watt tube now only running the 18W LED and 28 Watt opple.

Later Ferdie

 

Looking great as usual!

 

nice ... the timer just switched the other lights off so only the LED now on in the tank


Later Ferdie

 

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Filling lucky13, 4ft rescaped and 4ft clear.

Later Ferdie

 

Man how many f-f-f-fishies in that tank???!!!

 

LOL .. it is guppies so the number is tightly related to the hedging forecast on the rands performance against other commodities. (i.e who knows)

Stock on lucky 13 -

a few guppies - call it X
3 SAE
3 female betta's

Later Ferdie