Volcano in the Forest

[papillon]

Size of tank: 48 x 13 x 16 inches (67 G)

Filtration: Under Gravel Filtration with rio 400 as pump

Lights: 4 x 55w Osram PL

CO2:DIY CO2 Reactor

Duration: 1 year ++

Fertilizers: Home brew (Macro: KNO3, MgS04, K2SO4 and Lowell's Micro)

FAUNA

3 Otocinclus

50 pcs CRS/Tanay


FLORA

Foreground:

Hemianthus callitricoides var cuba


Midground:

Eriocaulon setaceum
Lobella cardinalis
Micranthemum umbrosum
Blyxia japonica
Ludwigia inclinata var kulot ni ken
Lillaeopsis brasilliensis
Ranunculus inundatus
Eleocharis acicularis
Pellia
Myriophylum aquaticum
Java Moss

Background:

Rotalla wallichi
Ludwigia macandra green
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia aromatica
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Rotalla sp green
Ludwigia inclinata var. cuba
Elatine triandra

[fishman9809]

oh, my, god. Beautiful!!!! You should add a centerpiece fish though, like a group of 6-8 Rams, and a school of tetras. perfect.

[ReefJones]

Very Nice!!! I love the myriad of colors in your scape! Beautiful plants!
Reef

[Fikus]

Great job and beautiful tank. Really like your plants, especially carpet... Lava rocks look fantastic.

Is possible to see front view?


Rgds,


Filip Todorovic - Fikus

[Pat7676]

Your tank looks wonderful. I love the plants that you have in there. So many textures and colors. I think that lava rock look great in there too. I would like to see a front show also so i can see that left corner.

[Guillermo]

Great scape Papillon, congrats! Can you share your experience with UG filtration please ?

Regards

[John N.]

Great job! I love the colors. I was trying to figure out what the red plant was on the left side, but Fikus pointed out it was a Lava Rock. It works quite well as the volcano.

I'm surprised to see no fish/fauna in the aquarium. Is there a particular reason for that?

-John N.

[papillon]

Originally Posted by fishman9809

oh, my, god. Beautiful!!!! You should add a centerpiece fish though, like a group of 6-8 Rams, and a school of tetras. perfect.

rams would surely love this tank, however i am maintaining it as shrimp tank only and few otocinclus...

[papillon]

Fikus/Reefjones/Pat7676 - thank you for the compliments, this almost the front view of the tank... add an in or two.

[papillon]

Originally Posted by Guillermo

Great scape Papillon, congrats! Can you share your experience with UG filtration please ?

Regards

have read a lot of forums and seldom do i see UGF system on planted tanks, however here in the Philippines a large number of the hobbyist use UGF.

we use our local river sand and laterite as substrate and use PVC pipe with slit of 1/2 in apart.
1.compacting and aeration of substrate is minimized by by MT snails.
2.clogging of filtration is avoided by siphoning water when water change procedure is done via the inlet pipe(connected with the sub pump)

for the last year and half so far no major problem was encountered.

[papillon]

Originally Posted by John N.

Great job! I love the colors. I was trying to figure out what the red plant was on the left side, but Fikus pointed out it was a Lava Rock. It works quite well as the volcano.

I'm surprised to see no fish/fauna in the aquarium. Is there a particular reason for that?

-John N.

Thanks for the compliments John N.

this tank previously have a school of rasbora brigittae (24pcs) however when i decided to put in some Cherry shrimps i found out that my mosquito rasbora are feasting on the shrimplets of my cherries thats when i decided to move my fish out of the tank... iam still considering to add some fish again.

[Guillermo]

Hi Papillon.

Thanks for the comments on UGF, I'm amazed with the outcome of your tanks, looks like you've busted the myth of undergravel filtration is not good for planted aquariums

Cheers

[papillon]

you're right guillermo, last 2-3 years ago issue of using laterite was also a big debate because of difficulty in water cloudiness, however i experimented on some technique/s and again i have proven that water clarity can be achieved with the use of UGF, and hope i have shared and shown that in our hobby UGF can be efficiently used....

[chillaquaplants]

very cool, I like the way you trimmed the bushes

[iam_koi]

this tank is awesome and also one of my inspirations. papillion is a good friend of mine, he teaches me a lot of things. great tank sir paps!

[papillon]

thanks mark! this tank is now is now in the war zone of algae!

update soon when the battle is done....

[crstn_savu]

I like very much your aquarium papillon... your plants are very beautiful and healthy. I love the HC