Green Desert:: Update June 18, 2012. Page-7

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Green Desert:: Update June 18, 2012. Page-7

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Last year on October 22, I established a planted tank named "GREEN DESERT. Today, the tank completed one year. The progress of this tank from day 1 as below:

Size : 90 X 45 X 45 cm.

Light : 21 watt X 4 (Oreva T5 3 footer).

Lighting Time : from 6:00am to 11:00 am and 5:00 pm to 9:00pm

Substrate :
First layer : Cocopeat soil
Second layer: Latarite+Soilrite
Third layer : Golden sand

pH: Varies between 6.8 to 7

Flora: Anubias nana, Anubias nana gold, Anubias barteri, Anubias caladiifolia, Anubias petite, Anubias congensis, Ammania gracilis, Blyxa japonica, Barclaya longifolia, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia, Didplis diandra, Echinodorus tenellus, Ludwigia repens, Glossostigma elatinoides, Java fern windlov, Java fern narrow leaf, Java fern normal, Pogostemon decanensis, Rotala rotundifolia green, Staurogyne sp., Sunset Hygrophila Polysperma,

Fauna: Melanotaenia splendida australis and Siamese Fighting Fish, Indian Rainbow shrimps

Water Change: Up to 50% twice a week (Monday and Thursday)

Dosing:
Monday : Flourish Excel 1 Cap
Tuesday/Wednesday : 5 ml DIY fertilizer in the night. (Solution of macro and micro stored in fridge)
Thursday: Gluteraldehyde 4ml
Friday/Saturday: 5 ml DIY fertilizer

Tank Photographs
As on today (October 22, 2011)
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September 22, 2011
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August 29, 2011

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IAPLC Entry 2011

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March 22, 2011

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February 04, 2011

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January 04, 2011

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December 02, 2010

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October 26, 2010

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After 48 hours of plantation

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October 22, 2010 (Hardscape)

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Re: Birthday of a planted aquarium::Green Desert.

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Wow.... Its amazing. Nice to see that How a Desert convert into a jungle.
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Wow nice...when you trim you plant can you give me some of these..

Blyxa japonica
Didplis diandra
Echinodorus tenellus
Glossostigma elatinoides
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maaz wrote:Wow nice...when you trim you plant can you give me some of these..

Blyxa japonica
Didplis diandra
Echinodorus tenellus
Glossostigma elatinoides
Didplis diandra and Echinodorus tenellus both the plants are floating in my another aquarium to give away.
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happy wala birthday to your tank:)
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Awesome tank.

Congratulations and many many happy returns of the day.
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Re: Green Desert:: Update December 19, 2011.

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I was neglecting this aquarium from last four weeks. Planning to rescape this tank but my wife does want to destroy the beauty.
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Yesterday change 50% water. Make some room for new plants in the left side. Planning to grow some Hygrophile pinnatifida.
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Re: Green Desert:: Update December 19, 2011.

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Beautiful Forest
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Re: Green Desert:: Update December 19, 2011.

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Beautiful!!

Even I agree with your wife... you should never even think to dismantle this MonUmenT

I liked the looks in the first click 8-)

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Green Desert:: Update December 19, 2011.

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beautiful tank :D :D
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