32g Dutch Style Aquascape - Emerald
Goal
Create a heavily planted aquascape with many different plant species and no hardscape.
What to Expect
- Full consultation to select the right tank size and style for your space
- Custom aquascape design tailored to your preferences
- Professional installation of substrate, plants, and equipment
- Initial water balancing and cycling guidance
- Ongoing care tips and optional maintenance plans
Challenges
- Trimming
- Keeping sufficient nutrients in the aquarium
Solution
Heavily stocked aquarium with siamese algae eater and shrimp. Also added cherry barbs which reproduced very rapidly to help meet nutrient demands of plants
Result
Stable nutrients and minimal algae. The aquarium ran successfully for about 2 years before I took it down prior to moving to Tampa, FL.
Equipment
- Tank: 32 Gallon Rimless by WIO
- Lighting: Fluval Plant 3.0 WRGB Light
- Filtration: OASE Filtosmart Thermo 300
- CO2: GLA DS-Mini-1 Dual Stage CO2 System, Inline CO2 Diffuser, CO2 Indicator
- Substrate: Fluval Stratum, GLA Root tabs
Plants
- Rotala Wallichii
- Rotala Macrandra
- Rotala Hra
- Rotala Colorata
- Proserpinaca Palustris
- Micranthemum Monte Carlo
- Pogostemon Erectus
- Didiplis Diandra
- Hygrophila Siamensis 53B
- Bacopa Moneywort
- Pogostemon Stellatus Dassen
- Alternanthera Reineckii Mini
- Ludwigia Glandulosa (Peruensis)
Hardscape
- None
Fish
- Cherry Barbs
- Siamese Algae Eater
- Gardneri Killifish
- Amano Shrimp