Castaway

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21st November 2009

After neglecting this tank for a second time with the aquascape Triangle of Life I decided to rescape again. I have found that this small 10 litre tank is quite unlike the larger 125 litre in that if it does get neglected the scape can be beyond repair very quickly whereas with the larger tank it can be pulled back by reimplementing simple procedures of pruning, cleaning etc.

Specs:
TANK : 33cm x 15cm x 20cm homemade 10 litres.
FILTRATION : Boyu external 200lph.
HEATER : Newattino K 10W.
LIGHTING : 3 x 3W 5500K Luxeon LED - underpowered to circa 7.35W (3.5WPG.)
SUBSTRATE : Leonardite bottom layer, Natural sand.
DOSING : No CO2 No Nutrients

PLANTS : Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'green', Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'brown', Cryptocoryne Parva, Anubias Barteri v Nana, Anubias Barteri v Nana 'petite, Lileopsis Brasiliensis.

INHABITANTS : Corydoras Schultzei Black (Fry), Cherry Shrimp.

I named this aquascape 'Castaway' because I seem to ignore it after a while and also that I decided that soon I will put the remainder of my emersed Crypts in there along with other 'trims' from my main tank and also some emersed Lileopsis Brasiliensis.









30th April 2010

The aquascape is now 5 months old and has grown significantly. In January I had added some more Cryptocoryne Wendtii. Some of which became a little too big and had to be removed. I also added some Anubias Barteri v Nana, a clipping from 'Once upon a time at the riverbank' to the hardscape.

The Lileopsis Brasiliensis struggled a little and so I resorted to a different type of 'carpet'. I made some java moss 'rafts' comprising of a little piece of mesh with a pebble cable tied to it. This will stop the 'rafts' from floating. Then I tied java moss to the upper side and put them into position. Hopefully these will eventually hide the mesh and also join together.

At the end of March the black corys from my main tank spawned and from the eggs approx 12 of the fry hatched. They have been in this tank since then and are now approx 4 weeks old. They are various sizes but on average about 1cm from head to tail.















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