#1180 Verdant Valley
- Filter
- Oase Biomaster 850
- CO2 System
- 40ppm c02, turning on 1 hour before lights on, turning off 1 hour before lights out
- Lighting
- Skylight Hyperspot M
- Substrate
- ADA Power Sand, ADA Amazonia V2, ADA La Plata Sand, ADA Aqua Gravel
- Hardscape Materials
- Lava stone, iron wood
- Background
- Light background
Species
Barbus hulstaerti Sundadanio axelrodi Hyphessobrycon loretoensis Otocinclus sp. Otothyropsis sp. Caridina sp.
Plant species
1. Micranthemum tweediei 'Monte Carlo’ 2. Micranthemum micranthemoides 3. Hemianthus callitrichoides ‘Cuba’ 4. Cryptocoryne affinis sp. ‘Red’ 5. Nymphaea zenkeri 6. Nymphaea micrantha ‘Gefleckt’ 7. Nymphaea sp. ‘Peru-Puerto Maldonado’ 8. Anubias sp. 9. Bucephalandra sp. 10. Crepidomanes sp. 11. Crepidomanes auriculatum (Asplenium cf. normale / Hymenasplenium obscurum) 12. Fissidens sp. 13. Riccardia chamedryfolia 14. Limnophila sessiliflora 15. Blyxa aubertii ‘Red’ 16. Mayaca fluviatilis 17. Myriophyllum mattogrossense 18. Eleocharis montevidensis 19. Eleocharis acicularis 20. Vallisneria nana 21. Microsorum pteropus 22. Weeping moss 23. Lomariopsis lineata
Fertilization
APT Zero daily, 75% water change weekly with APT Sky re-dosed post water change
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