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96 Liter layout by Oliver Knott (Year 2005)

location: Kölle-Zoo Ludwigshafen
size: 60cm x 40cm x 40cm
volume: 96 Liter
lightning: 2 x 15Watt tube (7.500 Kelvin)

Special comment: First time use of Utricularia graminifolia



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Oliver Knott the aqua creator06-Mar-2010 18:16
Kenny Lee kennyjxlee@gmail.com gallery - 96 Liter hide | delete 01-Feb-2010 01:31:38
Hi Oliver,

I noticed two things: on your 5 day setup are there two species of plants? What happened to the other one? It's not visible in your final product. Also, do you ever do any trimming of the plants? Thanks! Your tank looks AMAZING!

Kenny

I set up the tank normaly only for Hemianthus cuba....but after 5 days I got the first official Utricularia graminifolia POT (a real premiere). The Utricularia overgrow the HC complete. I never trim the Utricularia in this tank.

Best wishes,

Oliver Knott
Kenny Lee 01-Feb-2010 01:31
Hi Oliver,

I noticed two things: on your 5 day setup are there two species of plants? What happened to the other one? It's not visible in your final product. Also, do you ever do any trimming of the plants? Thanks! Your tank looks AMAZING!

Kenny
Oliver Knott the aqua creator17-Jul-2009 17:54
Alex Alexandrescu goldeneyeunic@yahoo.com hide | delete 16-Jul-2009 17:56
I have Gratitude for you, my friend, because you inspire me for many, many times.
Your "Creation" is under this World who we live.
You have imagination, creation and inspiration.
You put soulfull in all what you are doing.
Your work is appreciation in all the World.
For many times you inspire me and give me, in the same times, many, many idea's in setup aquarium.
I have one aquarium (80x35x45) and two Nano-Cube (30x30x35).
In the future i will have more of this aquariums, and i will try to make a conection between your creation and my creation.
Your gift give joy and happiness to the World and this is the Secret of Life.
Congratulation

Hallo Alex,

thank you very much for your kind words.

I wish you many fun, success, luck and passion for your aquarium creations.

Best wishes,

Oliver Knott
Alex Alexandrescu 16-Jul-2009 17:56
I have Gratitude for you, my friend, because you inspire me for many, many times.
Your "Creation" is under this World who we live.
You have imagination, creation and inspiration.
You put soulfull in all what you are doing.
Your work is appreciation in all the World.
For many times you inspire me and give me, in the same times, many, many idea's in setup aquarium.
I have one aquarium (80x35x45) and two Nano-Cube (30x30x35).
In the future i will have more of this aquariums, and i will try to make a conection between your creation and my creation.
Your gift give joy and happiness to the World and this is the Secret of Life.
Congratulation
Oliver Knott the aqua creator17-Sep-2008 05:37
patrick gil patrick.gil@kcc.com gallery - 96 Liter hide | delete 16-Sep-2008 20:40:14
beautiful tanks oliver - one thing that amazes me is how clean and algae free your tanks are - i'm sure the plant load and co2 help but what is the secret - especially in the early days of the tank? frequent water changes?

Thanks for you kind words. Like you see i dont use so much light over many of my tanks, maybe on reason. But very important are the water change especially in the frist 2-3 weeks, every 3 days: 30%.

Regards, Oliver Knott
patrick gil 16-Sep-2008 20:40
beautiful tanks oliver - one thing that amazes me is how clean and algae free your tanks are - i'm sure the plant load and co2 help but what is the secret - especially in the early days of the tank? frequent water changes?
Oliver Knott the aqua creator21-Sep-2007 17:39
Calvin hklimcalvin88@hotmail.com gallery - 96 Liter hide | delete 15-Sep-2007 16:12:20
The utricularia sp plants gives a beutiful warm carpetted feel ...i love it. Does it requires low temperature to thrive? thanks.

I think lower temperatur is not so bad as to high temperatur. Best 24-26 C°

Best regards, Oliver Knott
Calvin 15-Sep-2007 16:12
The utricularia sp plants gives a beutiful warm carpetted feel ...i love it. Does it requires low temperature to thrive? thanks.
Oliver Knott the aqua creator09-Jan-2007 16:30
Thomas Thomans@gmx.de gallery - 96 Liter private | delete 08-Jan-2007 09:52:11
Hallo Oliver,
Ja Licht(4*54W T5)und CO2 sollte ich genügend haben! Kann es sein, dass der Pflanze etwas Dünger fehlt? Ab wann sollte man anfangen richtig zu düngen? Welch Dünger welcher Marke verwendest du? Danke für die Antwort!!!!!
Gruß Thomas

Hallo Thomas, normalerweise fange ich nach ca. 2 Wochen an zu düngen. Oft verwende ich den Tropica Dünger AquaCare (früher MasterGrow) aber wenn möglich als Tagesdünger. Mit der Hälfte der empfohlenen Wochendüngung : 7 Tage = tägliche Dosis. Nach Bedarf kann man dann die Dosis immer etwas erhöhen. Sehr gute Erfahrungen hab ich auch mit den Eisentabletten von Dennerle besonders die Hemianthus springt da gut drauf an. Nach dem Wasserwechsel 1-2 Tabletten.

Gruß, Oliver Knott
Oliver Knott the aqua creator06-Jan-2007 18:29
Ankit ankygupta@hotmail.com gallery - 96 Liter hide | delete 09-Dec-2006 05:32:42
Hi,
First, I completely *love* this tank and want to setup something with similar characteristics.

1) What's in the background of this tank? (The black stuff)
2) Where did you find the stones or whatever those are called that are in the pictures? If I can find something similar, that would be amazing!

Cheers!

Dear Ankit,

the background was artificial from Juwel.

And the stones I don't remember the right name. Please take a look at www.aquadeco.com normaly they have it on their website.

Best regards, Oliver Knott
Oliver Knott the aqua creator06-Jan-2007 17:59
Thomas Völker thomans@gmx.de gallery - 96 Liter private | delete 30-Dec-2006 19:02:21
Hallo Oliver,
Ich hab gerade ein neues Becken eingerichtet und hab etwas Probleme mit der Utricularia und mit Hemianthus callitrichoides. Wie sollte man denn die beiden Pflanzen am besten einpflanzen. Die Blätter der Utr. werden etwas weiß und durchsichtig, die der Hem. werden bräunlich und durchsichtig und es bilden sich lange durchsichtige Fadenalgen darauf.
Was mach ich die ersten Tage mit der UVC Lampe, an oder aus?
Danke für die Antwort!!!
Thomas

Hallo Thomas, also die UV Lampe kannst Du ruhig mal auslassen. Dürfte aber eigentlich keinen negativen Einfluß auf den Wachstum haben. Wegen den Problemen mit den Pflanzen kommt es etwas auf die Beleuchtung an. Utricularia brauch manchmal etwas bis die sich auf die Unterwasserform eingestellt hat. Hast Du genügend Licht und CO2 zur Verfügung?

Viele Grüße, Oliver Knott
Ankit 09-Dec-2006 05:32
Hi,
First, I completely *love* this tank and want to setup something with similar characteristics.

1) What's in the background of this tank? (The black stuff)
2) Where did you find the stones or whatever those are called that are in the pictures? If I can find something similar, that would be amazing!

Cheers!
Oliver Knott the aqua creator14-Jan-2006 12:49
Christian Wolf:
Yes, this is classified as a terristic plant. Thats why i had problems to find it. But i have pictures from Rony Suzuki which contains pictures of the emerse cultivation and flowers, and the expert i contacted said it should be (for 98%) U.graminifolia.
Actually i found 1 seller that will send me a part of his graminifolia and i will try to convert it to submerse culture. wish me luck :)
by the way: many species are grown emerse (for example javamoss) and converts to submerse - why not try it ??

Thanks for your information. I wish you luck with the Utricularia, for me one of the most beautiful foreground plants at the moment...if it was the same :-)

Best regards, Oliver Knott

Guest 12-Jan-2006 21:38
Hello Uwe and Hello Oliver.

Yes, this is classified as a terristic plant. Thats why i had problems to find it. But i have pictures from Rony Suzuki which contains pictures of the emerse cultivation and flowers, and the expert i contacted said it should be (for 98%) U.graminifolia.

Actually i found 1 seller that will send me a part of his graminifolia and i will try to convert it to submerse culture. wish me luck :)

by the way: many species are grown emerse (for example javamoss) and converts to submerse - why not try it ??

i will keep you on current.

Yours Chris.
Oliver Knott the aqua creator12-Jan-2006 19:58
Uwe Grund:But the U. graminifolia is classified as a terrestic species.
http://www.plantarara.com/carnivoren_galerie/utricularia/utricularia.htm

Christian Wolf:
Have you found out the name yet ?
I am so fascinated by it, that i looked around on internet for 2 weeks now, got contact to some utricularia-planters and mr. rony suzuki himself. After all, I think the plant is named utricularia graminifolia.
What is your info on that plant ?

I get the same name "Utricularia graminifolia" from Tropica. They get the name from Danish botanical scientist. I also wonder why the name was the same like a terrestic species.

Best regards, Oliver Knott
Uwe Grund 12-Jan-2006 15:13
But the U. graminifolia is classified as a terrestic species.
http://www.plantarara.com/carnivoren_galerie/utricularia/utricularia.htm
Christian Wolf 10-Jan-2006 22:49
Have you found out the name yet ?
I am so fascinated by it, that i looked around on internet for 2 weeks now, got contact to some utricularia-planters and mr. rony suzuki himself. After all, I think the plant is named utricularia graminifolia.
What is your info on that plant ?
Oliver Knott the aqua creator03-Jan-2006 13:15
WILLIAM-BH: what type of glasses there are in the water ?

If you mean the CO² reactor. It was from Dennerle.

Best regards, Oliver Knott
Oliver Knott the aqua creator03-Jan-2006 12:23
Christian: Wurde das HC rausgenommen zum Ende hin oder wurde es einfach überwuchert ?
Wo bekomme ich diese Utricularia sp. her ?? Ich habe mir schon die Finger wund gesucht im Netz, aber nix - gar nix zu dieser speziellen Pflanze gefunden.
Verkaufen Sie davon ?

Das HC wurde von dem Utricularia von alleine überwuchert. Den richtigen Namen von der Utricularia bekommen ich noch diese Woche. Zu kaufen gibts die Pflanze vorerst nicht, eventuell ab Mitte diesen Jahres.

Mfg, Oliver Knott
Christian Wolf 02-Jan-2006 15:53
Hallo und ein frohes neues Jahr !

Ein wahnsinnig schönes AQ !!

Wurde das HC rausgenommen zum Ende hin oder wurde es einfach überwuchert ?
Wo bekomme ich diese Utricularia sp. her ?? Ich habe mir schon die Finger wund gesucht im Netz, aber nix - gar nix zu dieser speziellen Pflanze gefunden.
Verkaufen Sie davon ?
Oliver Knott the aqua creator30-Dec-2005 22:08
Ethan: What substrate are you using here? Also, what is the darkest good substrate you recommend (dark brown or charcoal/dark gray in color)?
Also, generally how much CO2 ppm generally do you recommend in average tanks (good quality light, though not super bright, at least 2 watt per gallon)?

In this tank I use ADA AquaSoil Africana POWDER. Dark ground best I know: ADA AquaSoil Amazonia.

Because of the CO². Normaly I dose it automaticaly over a PH Controller with a PH about 6.80

Best regards, Oliver Knott
Oliver Knott the aqua creator30-Dec-2005 22:00
tonyliew: may i know what brand of tube ur using?

2 x 15 Watt Arcadia Freshwater T8 7.500 Kelvin

Regards, Oliver Knott
tonyliew 07-Dec-2005 13:57
hi olive,\
may i know what brand of tube ur using?
nice work,keep on
WILLIAM-BH 29-Oct-2005 16:54
what type of glasses there are in the water ?
Sven Simon 24-Oct-2005 12:16
Hallo Herr Knott,

genügen wirklich nur zwei Röhren mit 15 Watt ??? Können sie noch was zu den Pflegemassnahmen schreiben ??? Würde mich wirklich freuen etwas von ihnen zu hören....
Schade das alles hier nur in Englisch ist
Oliver Knott the aqua creator16-Jun-2005 14:51
I dont't know exactly the CO2(ppm) in the water. The PH was about 6.80 and the KH 4-5. I add all 2 weeks NPK fertilizer from Hagen. I make every 3 days a litte water change (about 10%). The lighting time was about 10 hours.

Best regards,
Oliver
Tomasz 16-Jun-2005 10:56
Hi Oliver,

Great job!!!
Please, tell me something more about snail in this tank.

Best regards
Tomasz Kulinski

Norbert Sabat 13-Jun-2005 19:56
It's me again ;)

Oliver could you tell me something about CO2(ppm), KH, pH and water change?
I'm interesting because i saw that in few tanks (tall tanks) you have less than 0.5W/l(in T5/T8 tube) and plants are in very good conditions. You wrote that you add some iron fertilizer, what about NPK, do you add any macro?
Oliver Knott the aqua creator02-Jun-2005 19:25
Norbert,

that's a little bit to less light...especialy in the left and right corner the HC grow not good enough. At this tank there was install the smallest external canister filter from HAGEN.

Regards,
Oliver Knott
Norbert_Sabat 31-May-2005 07:49
Hi Oliver.
I see that HC grown with that small light :)
Could you tell me something about filteration (filter model) in this tank?

Regards,
Norbert
Oliver Knott the aqua creator08-Mar-2005 19:41
The HC growing okay...but not 100% well...we wait what happend the next few weeks.

It was the same 2 x 15 Watt lightning. I add some Hagen Iron liquid fertilizer this week.
Guest 08-Mar-2005 11:51
Hi Oliver,

I see the Hemianthus Callitrichoides are well growing, have you maintain the same two 15 w tube ?
Have you already add a fertilizer ?

Thanks for your beautiful aqua scapes.

Roger

Regards
Oliver Knott the aqua creator25-Feb-2005 18:08
Hy Alex,

I get this Utricularia from a friend. It looks very similar like the Utricularia sp. Rony Suzuki yes...I hope I can grow it well in this tank.

Best regards,

Oliver
Guest 25-Feb-2005 09:54
Thx Oliver
I hope it will work :)
Alex 24-Feb-2005 17:40

Hi Oliver,

Utricularia sp. Rony Suzuki?
If yes congratulations, nice plant.

Alex
Oliver Knott the aqua creator24-Feb-2005 16:39
Dear Norbert,

you are a good observer :-)

This was more a test: with how "less" light you can grow Hemianthus callitrichoides.
I'am curious to see how the HC grow in the next weeks...maybe it failed...maybe not :-)

Regards,

Oliver
Guest 23-Feb-2005 20:54
Hi Oliver

I have one question :)
You use in this aqua only 2x15W. Is this light only for few weeks or "for good"? It's only 0.3W/l and about 20lm/l. Don't you think is too small for Hemianthus c.?

Best Regards
Norbert Sabat
www.ghostaquascape.republika.pl
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