My Aquascaping journey

[helinova]

I like to share some of my aquarium pictures over the years. Since I post here,I'll not post my discus pictures here.

1. Blackwater tank(WoodLands):
First I had a 2 feeter blackwater tank. That tank was decorated by driftwoods.For others I used IAL,sandy subastrate.In this tank my Apistogramma agassizi bred for a number of times.
Here is the tank specifications:
Tank dimension: 24-12-18
substrate:sand
Decorations:Driftwoods
Others: IAL
Fish: cardinal tetra,Apistogramma Agassizi double red,Apistogramma cacatuoides orange flash,otocinclus,Corydoras panda
Filtration: Tetra Expower 120
Ranking:
** This tank got 1st prize in Aquapetz Aquascaping Contest in 2012(Sent this photo only this contest)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/blackwater_200712.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/blackwater_200712.jpg.html)

Here are some more pictures of that tank and fishes:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/cardinal.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/cardinal.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/P1010115.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/P1010115.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/agassizi_pair_2.png (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/agassizi_pair_2.png.html)

In the mean while dismantled this tank to make a 4 feeter blackwater tank I rescaped this tank for few days.Here are the pictures:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/drift1.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/drift1.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/old_scape_black2_zps75ca7593.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/old_scape_black2_zps75ca7593.jpg.html)

2.Planted tank(Project Greenery):
Here I post my planted tank details.I always want to grow a bush of plants from very few plants(say 10 plants). Hence it takes time to mature this tank.Plus Kolkata is a very humid place.here normal humidity is 80% plus and temperature is over 35 degree Celsius.plus i don't have chiller in my tank.

Tank Specifications:
Tank dimension: 24-15-13 (Rimless)
Substrate: ADA Amazonia 1*9 liter,sand bank in foreground
dry layout materials:horn wood,driftwood,ADA ryuoh stone(around 2.5kg)
co2: pressurized with diffuser (3-4 bps)
light: Osram 36W 8000K * 2 pll, osram 24*1 T5HO
photo period:8 hours
filtration: Eheim 2215
fertilizer: K2SO4(lab grade),ADA step2.

plants:
1. Background: didiplis diandra,rotala rotundifolia,rotala indica,rotala sp green,ludwigia aromatica
2.midground: HM,staurogyne repens tropica,ludwiga arcuata,micranthemum umbrosum,staurogyne repens 'porto velho'
3.foreground:HC
4.moss:weeping moss,peacock moss,fissidens
tank temperature:24-25 degree Celsius

fish:glow light tetra(temporarily,now taken out),otocinclus,RCS.

Ranking:
Have not sent this tank picture in any contest.
here you can see some pictures of my tank.
http://photouploads.com/images/rcs.jpg
http://photouploads.com/images/glowlight.jpg
http://photouploads.com/images/pearl1.jpg
http://photouploads.com/images/pearl2vsv.jpg
http://photouploads.com/images/pearl3.jpg
http://photouploads.com/images/pearl4.jpg
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/pearl7_zps93bb8d63.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/pearl7_zps93bb8d63.jpg.html)

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/FTS1_270613_zps174cd4d7.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/FTS1_270613_zps174cd4d7.jpg.html)

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/FTS2_270613_zpsa602d32e.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/FTS2_270613_zpsa602d32e.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/2_zps89b6e201.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/2_zps89b6e201.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/6_zps4ead5ae7.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/6_zps4ead5ae7.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/3_zpse2ae80be.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/3_zpse2ae80be.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/5_zps20a614dd.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/5_zps20a614dd.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/4_zpsda872bea.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/4_zpsda872bea.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/2_zps89b6e201.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/2_zps89b6e201.jpg.html)

** This tank has been dismantled.

3.Blackwater tank(Black Heaven):
This is my favorite tank and will not be dismantled by any means.
** Ranking of this tank:
i)Top 10 in AGA 2013 Boptope contest
ii)3rd in JBL Biotope contest 2013
iii)2nd in Aquapetz Aquascaping contest
Sent this tank photo in these above mentioned competitions only and everywhere I ranked yipi


Tank dimensions: 48-18-18
Glass thickness: 12 mm Rimless
Hardscape: Driftwoods
Others:IAL,Inert sand
Fish: 50 Cardinal tetra,2/5 Apistogramma trifasciata(M/F), 12 Corydoras panda, 4 Otocinclus affinis
Light: 5W*2 6500K Philips CFL, 23W*1 6500K Philips CFL
Filtration:Tetra 120, Eheim 2215

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/BlackHeaven_Achintya_zps89b2a540.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/BlackHeaven_Achintya_zps89b2a540.jpg.html)

Some pictures of my Apistogramma trifasciata:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/caca_female_zpsa74025ef.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/caca_female_zpsa74025ef.jpg.html)
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p558/achintya87/tri_female1_zps527ab235.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/achintya87/media/tri_female1_zps527ab235.jpg.html)

[GeauxDiscus]

Cool stuff. :)

[joanstone]

Thanks for sharing, those were great looking.

[Second Hand Pat]

You do have a knack for aqua-scaping...very, very nice.

[helinova]

thank you all.
from 2006 to 2012 I kept tank bred discus later sold all of my discus.But i always have a dream to keep wild caught discus from Hudson to keep in my tank.and hopefully within a year I'll keep WC discus in my 4 feeter blackwater tank.the main problem is here in India it's little bit tough to get Hudson's discus.
Thinking of adding paunini blue heckels/Cuipeua discus of 6 nos.