Dragon Forest 2 Tank Details

Dimensions:
6' x 2' x 2'
Plants:
  • Java fern 'narrow'
  • Bolbitis heudolotii
  • Staurogyne repens
  • Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
  • Hygrophila corymbosa "angustifolia"
  • Nymphaea lotus (Red tiger lotus)
  • Sagittaria subulata (removed Jan 2015)
  • Ranunculus papulentus (added 18 Oct 2014)
  • Anubias sp. (added 18 Oct 2014)
Fishes:
  • 20 x Siamese Algae Eater (SAE)
  • 3 x L183 Starlight Bristlenose Pleco
Substrate:
  • ADA Power Sand
  • ADA Aquasoil Amazonia
Fertilization
  • Ferka Aquatilizer - 6ml per day (stopped Dec 2014)
  • Seachem Equilibrium - 12.5ml per water change (stopped Dec 2014)
  • Seachem Flourish - 12.5ml twice a week (started Dec 2014)
  • Seachem Flourish Potassium - 25ml 3 times a week (started Jan 2015)
  • Seachem Flourish Excel - 5ml 3 times a week (1/3 recommended dose)
CO2:
Cylinder with solenoid fed to custom made external CO2 reactor a few weeks before update. CO2 drop checker now showing "good" CO2. Supplementing with Flourish Excel at 1/3 dose from Oct 18.

Lighting:
  • 2x iQuatics T5 Controllers for 4x39W T5HOs
  • 8x39W T5HO on 12 hour cycle: 4 for 4 hours, 8 for 4 hours then 4 for 4 hours (stopped Jan 2015)
  • 4x39W T5HO x 12 hours
Filtration:
External over flow sump with DIY Hofer Gurgle Buster and Sicce Syncra 5.0 pump.

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