The scape has been running for the past 3 years and specs as follows:
Equipment
Tank – optiwhite 100x40x40cm
Light – Arcadia series 4, 150w MH + 2x24w T5 (timed at 8hrs with peak noon setup)
Filter – tetratec ex1200
Heater – inline Hydor 300w set at 23’C
Co2 – 3kg with JBL solenoid, inline up aqua diffusor @ 3 bubbles/sec
Flora
Marsilea hirsuta
Fissidens fontanus
Eleocharis parvula
Hardscape
Redmoor root
Seiryu stone
Fauna
Danish White Cloud Mountain minnows
Sakura red shrimps
Malaysian trumpet snails
This has been my pride & joy and will be winding it up now ready for a house move… Gutted.
The fish have reverted to their wild ways and hunt the shrimp each evening. Some may say cruel but when you have an explosion of these shrimp, this seems to me the most natural means of controls. The fish form up into an arrow formation and then the lead spotter will flush a prey and they all close in. Serengeti in my tank, lo!
Comments welcome.
Cheers
