Passage
About This Aquascape
This aquarium required a lot of dedication over a period of one year so that the mosses could develop with quality throughout its entire extension. Technically, the main factor was the chiller so that the temperature was maintained at 25 degrees Celsius. Poetically, the title of the work "Passage" comes from the exact moment the fish appeared under the wooden trunk and also refers to a temporality that will never return. It is the Japanese concept of "i-chigo i-chie" (一期一会) which is related to the unique encounter of contemplation in life that is not repeated.
- Filter
- use Sun Sun of 2000 l/h canister filtration with UV and installation in a chiller with water temperature at 25 degrees Celsius.
- CO2 System
- 45 ppm CO2 durring 8 hours per photoperiod. Use of 4 kg co2 system during photoperiod.
- Lighting
- use of chihiros RGB VIVID lighting during photoperiod of 8 hours per day.
- Substrate
- Ada aqua gravel; Aqua soil Amazonia version 2 Ada; Substrate Additives bacter 100; Substrate Additives Clear super; Substrate Additives Tourmaline BC; Ada La plata sand.
- Hardscape Materials
- Wood; Ada rock Ryuoh
- Background
- flash of light
Species
hyphessobrycon negodagua; carinotetraodon travan coricus; shrimp neocaridina heteropoda “red sakura”.
Plant species
alternanthera reineckii “mini”; alternanthera reineckii roseafolia; ammania gralilis; ammania senegalensis; rotala sp “goias”; anubia barteri nan petite; anubia barteri var. Coffeifolia; anubia barteri var. Nana “mini”; aridarium “narrow leaf”; bucephalandra catherinae; bucephalandra kedagang; bucephalandra “pygmaea”; bolbitis heudelotii; cryptocoryne beckettii; cryptocoryne spiralis “tiger”; cryptocoryne spiralis “red”; cryptocoryne spiralis “green”;cryptocoryne petchii; cryptocoryne undulata; cryptocoryne wendtii “tropica”; cryptocoryne wendtii “brown”; eliocharis sp. Japan; eliocharis pusilla “mini”; echinodorus deep purple; echinodorus rosé; echinodorus sp. small; hydrocotyle leucocephala; hygrophila pinnatifida; lilacopsis brasiliensis; littorella uniflora; ludwigia sp. Red; ludwigia repens “rubin”; ludwigia sp. “mini super red”; ludwigia arcuata; marsilea angustifolia; marsilea hirsuta; microsorum pteropus; microsorum “na rrow leaf”; moss “christmans”; moss “flame”; moss “fissidens fontanus”; moss “nambei”; myriophyllum “tuberculatum”; pogostemon helferi; ranunculus papulentus.
Fertilization
Use of Seachem fertilization of macroelements NPK and microelements on alternate days during the week.
MARCOS CARRA'H JÚNIOR
FORTALEZA, CEARÁ, Brazil
Quick Stats
- Style
- Aquatic Garden
- Size
- 100x60x50 cm
- Volume
- 300 L (79.3 gal.)
- Plant Species
- 2
- Fish Species
- 1
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