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500 Liter

Location: Kölle-Zoo Karlsruhe
Size: 130cm (l) x 60cm wide at the top (70cm at the bottom) x 60cm (h)
Volume: about 500 Liter
New lightning: 2 x 150 Watt (HQI 8.000 Kelvin) 2 x 30Watt (tube 7.500 Kelvin)

Rescaped tank - changing the foreground plants


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About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant		 About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant		 About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant		 About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant		 About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
About 4 weeks after rescaping - changing foreground plant
Limnophila aromatica - flowering
Limnophila aromatica - flowering		 Limnophila aromatica - flowering
Limnophila aromatica - flowering		 Limnophila aromatica - flowering
Limnophila aromatica - flowering
Limnophila aromatica - flowering
Limnophila aromatica - flowering

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Oliver Knott the aqua creator02-Jun-2005 19:41
Rastislav,

1. Do you used water from Reverse osmose?
Yes, when I have to hard water I mix it with the tabe water.

2. How often you change water in aquarium and how many water in %?
At the first 4-5 weeks after set up I change every 3 days about 20% water. After this weeks I make a weekly waterchange and change about 30%.

3. I have so hard water about 15 KH. I would like to buy Reverse osmose. What do you think, when I will have soft water it help me with algae? I have little bit black strigose algae ?
You have less problem with a KH about 4-6. Also interesting because of algae are parameters like silikat, phosphat and nitrat. If they are to high in the tabe water you get more problem with this kind of algae.

Regards,

Oliver Knott
Rastislav Petro 01-Jun-2005 08:44
Dear Oliver!
I´m a fascinated from your aquariums.
I would like to ask you:
1. Do you used water from Reverse osmose?
2. How often you change water in aquarium and how many water in %?
3. I have so hard water about 15 KH. I would like to buy Reverse osmose. What do you think, when I will have soft water it help me with algae? I have little bit black strigose algae ?(I don´t know how it say in English)
Here is my aquariumhttp://www.akva.sk/phpBB2/showpage.php?pic_id=3029 ,http://www.akva.sk/phpBB2/showpage.php?pic_id=4220 ,
size: 155x55x55cm
volume: about 468L
lighting: 2x 58W Philips TLD 965, 2x 58w Philips TLD 950, 2x 36W Philips TLD 865
Filtration: Eheim 2226
CO2 injection: 1,5kg bottle + CO2 Mixer
Fertilisation: PMDD 5ml per day
Water change: 50-70L every week
Please if you have a some spare time, write me some your practice. I would like to do aquarium like your aquariums. In forward I want "carpet" with Glossostigma elatinoides and in backwards some plants which don´t grow up so quicky. What plants do you prefer?
Thank you very much for your answer.
Best regards
Rastislav Petro (Slovakia)

I apologize for my English.
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