After three months of hard work, looking back at the end, it was all worth it.
Configuration
Tank: 90*45*45 ultra-clear tank
Lighting: AT2, PAL 5-tube dual-ballast T5 miro4;
Filtration: CF1200 (Netlea rings + Eheim balls) + 603 pre-filter (all white filter wool), stainless steel inlet/outlet with surface skimmer
CO2: external atomizer. About 1.5 bubbles per second
Substrate: pure volcanic stone granules about 50 jin, no soil, no base fertilizer
Temperature control: 300W heater, external 2-head fan in summer
Fertilizer: ADA STEP3, potassium fertilizer, root-inducing hormone
Hardscape: a small amount of driftwood, black volcanic stone
Water quality: tap water enters the tank through an ordinary filter, PH around 7, TDS 170, GH never carefully tested, hardness should be relatively high.
Light duration: currently kept at 5-6 hours, will be increased appropriately later according to temperature and plant condition
Fertilizing frequency: since there is no water chiller, currently applying light fertilizer, no more than 5ml per week
Livestock and plants: Bucephalandra, mini Anubias, mini Cryptocoryne, Bolbitis heteroclita, Bolbitis heudelotii, fine-leaved Microsorum and Hygrophila difformis; some Neocaridina davidi, some ramshorn snails, 5 bristlenose plecos, tetra fish (wiped out after medication for planaria)
First, let's look at the finished scape
Official start
The ultra-clear fish tank has arrived.
The background board already has holes reserved for mounting the light brackets, two joined together.
After the background board is fixed, seal it with silicone to prevent it from floating up later.
Wash the volcanic stone granules, filter out the fine debris.
The fine debris that was filtered out; bought 60 jin of volcanic stone granules, threw away about 10 jin. Later after setting up the tank, I found the volcanic stone granules were quite large and very inconvenient for planting Bucephalandra (aluminum wire didn't work well either), it had to be tied to stones to be fixed properly.
Filtration equipment.
Place a mesh sheet at the surface skimmer to prevent small shrimp and rotten leaves from entering the filter canister. (The details are handled very well)
Place an undergravel plate to prevent scratching the glass.
Simply arranged the hardscape, ran water to cycle. At this point, the tank setup is basically complete.
Planting process
After multiple adjustments to the hardscape, the author was finally basically satisfied, and put all the Bucephalandra in again.
Bucephalandra suffered quite badly from leaf melt in the new environment.
In the end, the condition of the Bucephalandra is still very good.
March 2, 2018 full view
The top-down view is also very good.
About a month later, the wild specimens successfully adapted to submerged growth, have started to color up, showing their full potential.
There's also a surprise here