Tank – Volume is 125L roughly, Under 30 gallons.

Filtration – One internal canister filter housing two blocks of filter foam.

Lighting – My lighting consists of one T8 Tube “Life-Glo” 6700K 30W tube with reflector. Running a photoperiod of 12hrs.

CO2 – No addition of carbon dioxide at the present time. I am in the process of DIY CO2.

Substrate – Consists of two layers. The lower layer is 3-5mm gravel ranging from about 1” to 1-5” in depth. The top layer is fine sand, measuring about 1.5 to 2.5” in depth.

Fertilization – I use two main types of fertilization. SeaChem© Root Tabs, surrounding the entire root feeding plants, and I dose the weekly-recommended amount of SeaChem© Liquid fertilizers twice.

Water chemistry - Nitrates- 0-2, pH- 6-7.5, Temperature 26-30C

Maintenance – I remove dead or dying plant matter daily, or once every second day. I trim frequently whenever is needed. 30% water is changed once a fortnight.

Fish/inverts – 1x Spiny Eel, 3 Pearl Gourami, 7 Glass catfish, 4 Siamese Algae Eaters, 2 Otto’s, and 12 Harlequin Rasbora.

Plants – Vallisneria (Thin-Medium variety), Hygrophila polysperma (Green variety) and Hygrophila polysperma (Rosanervig), Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis), Dwarf Anubias (Anubias nana), Java Moss (Vesicularia dubyana) and Riccia (Riccia fluitans (to the best of my knowledge)).

Décor - I have removed all but a few miniature rocks from my aquascape. My plants needed more room. I have two pieces of bogwood. One Large piece I use for a focal point. One small piece to try and break a bunch plants into two areas.

General- This system is well over 4 years old. I have kept this tank simple. I don’t use CO2 at the moment, but will in the near future. Fertilizers are routinely added, and I have found my plants show tremendous growth. I have low lighting, with a total around .8 to 1wpg. I have kept easy to grow plants, and tried to gain maximum benefit from them.

The fish I keep are tough, and all come from South East Asia. (I had this tank modeled on South East Asia, but my plant list has since diversified to include plants from other geographical locations.)



I hope you enjoyed my tank. Don’t hesitate to drop me a line if you have any questions. :)

great looking tank miagi.:)

Thanks Cich1! :D

That is one great looking planted tank. Good job

WOW! cant beat those planted tanks :tup: btw I didnt know it was yours when I voted for it in AOTM :winner:

Well, on some day late last year, I bought an already established marine aquarium. It camre complete with everything running, including heater, filters, meds, salt, RO water, and more! It was an absolute steal aswell! :drunk:

Setting up on the day:



Later that day:



Now:



Ive added some Live Rock and corals, and thats all ive done really, apart from rearange some rock. Time for some coral pics! :P