ULTRA low maintenance tank

[tirtha1979]

2007 Nov. I started this tank which was a very high maintenance with mostly stems. But in 2008 Jan, after my daughter's birth, I started running out of time. So that setup went for a toss. Then just before last summer I planned to transform it to a low maintenance tank and finaly I made it ultra low maintenance and low tech tank.

The tank as of today....



Tank: 50"x24"x24"
Filter: Eheim 2217 (2 ltr Biomech included later)
Light: 2x150watt MH (8000K). 8 Hrs a day.
Ferts: KNO3, K2SO4, KH2PO4, CSM +b, Fe 10% (Once in 2 weeks. Sometimes once in a month)
CO2: N/A
Water Change: 80% WC after every 10 Days
Will update the plants list soon.

[CHUNTC]

Oh la la. I like it! Compact. clean, neat and spacious enough for your fishes.

[Jur4ik]

nice

[addo]

I like it! Wouldn't cal it low maintenance though

[1101cody]

Looks great, looks spacious!

[srivans]

hiding the filter would be more natural

[Carolina]

Yeh, agree this is not ultra low tech. To be so the lights would have to lower and no fertilizers.

Great layout though. I wonder if the same setup would work with less light.
What plants do you have?

[tirtha1979]

Originally Posted by Carolina

I wonder if the same setup would work with less light.
What plants do you have?

Thanks Carolina. Yes..... we should keep the light minimal for this setup as It has mostly Moss, Crypts and Ferns in it. I was too lazy to change the light and put something lower.

[tirtha1979]

Thanks a lot everyone for the kind words. I have a plan to remove the existing fishes from it and introduce some discus.

@Srivans.... this was a random click out of my camera. Didn't take out the accesorries because of that.