Bucep Forest (High Tech)

[Forever-mango]

Bucep Forest

Tank Size: 4ft long x 50cm wide x 2ft high (360lts)

Lighting: 2 x Kessil A150W Amazon Sun LED

Filtration: Aquaone CF2700 x 2 (Chamber 1: Filter wool and sponge. Chamber 2 & 3: Seachem Matrix)

Chiller: Aquaone Arctic Chiller 1/3hp

Co2: Aquamedic & Sera Hybrid System (running 3bps)

Substrate: ADA New Amazonia (7 normal + 1 powdered), 5 powders and Power Sand Special-M 6L (2 bags), topped with 2 bags Black Earth Soil

Fertilizers: ADA Green Gain, ADA Brightly Special Lights, Seachem Excel, Iron, Flourish, Potassium, AquaVito Envy, Growth Hormones.

Heating: 240w Sera Heater

Other Stuff: Eheim Surface Skimmer, Aquaone Powerhead

Flora: 80+ varieties of Bucephalandra, 5 types of ferns, Crinum calamistratum, Erio goias

Fauna: Cherry Shrimps, Riffle Shrimps, Sydney Algae Shrimp, Galaxy Rasbora, Ember Tetra, Borneo Sucker, SAE, Ottos.

Nov 2013 - Newly Scaped


Dec 2013


Jan 2014


Feb 2014

[jack]

Ll wait for this tank to mature :p

[SCORPIO]

wonderful scape.

How you fighting to algae development over the leaves of slow grower plants in high light?

[pinaki_pal]

Wow ....astonishing ....will b following this thread closely

[Somen]

Lovely scape.

[aawnaik]

Can you post latest pictures?

[Forever-mango]

Latest pictures of the tank is there. Will upload some soon.

[aawnaik]

Oh yes.....

[Forever-mango]

wonderful scape.

How you fighting to algae development over the leaves of slow grower plants in high light?

I had a bba issue when I ran out of excel. When I got my 4ltrs x 2 of excel. I did ttriple dose excel every day and added 10 simease algae eater, that handled it will. I noticed gsa was growing on the leaves, so added phosphorus but it is still growing but slowly. I'm going to add a twinstar to tackle it. Other than that no other issues with algae.

[SCORPIO]

had a bba issue when I ran out of excel. When I got my 4ltrs x 2 of excel. I did ttriple dose excel every day and added 10 simease algae eater, that handled it will. I noticed gsa was growing on the leaves, so added phosphorus but it is still growing but slowly. I'm going to add a twinstar to tackle it.

I also have the same issue of developing algae over Anubias pettite old leaves. Several times spot treated with Hydrogen paraoxide solution but not get desired success. I am also dosing with Excel/Glut in alternate days. I will do it again thrice a day after removing livestock from the tank.