fablau
Community Member
Hello everyone.
I am new on this forum, even though I have been around for the past 20 years around the web in the most famous planted tanks forums.
If you wish to see my complete tank journal, you can still find a copy of it on the BarrReport.com website:
barrreport.com
And you can learn more about myself on my own website:
This thread is about my main tank. I have other smaller tanks, but this is my so-called "display" tank.
Despite the fact that I have reached a very balanced tank in the past five years, I'll try to post some tips and thoughts about my tank once in a while on this thread.
In the meantime, I'll post some information and pictures of the current situation. Keep in mind that I am not currently working on a precise or well-curated scape; I am just growing plants, trying to keep maintenance low, but still have a good locking tank. Sometimes, it gets our of control, as you can see below, but then I give a good trim and it gets back on track.
Tank size: 75gl
Light: 5 T8 lights plus a BML LED, 8 hours a day
Co2: full injection during the photoperiod with 1.2 pH drop.
Substrate: Black Diamond Blasted Sand
Fertilization: Estimative Index, custom made macros and micros
Water change: 50% weekly
Water: 90% tap, 10% RO
Water GH: 10-12
Water KH: 6-7
Temperature: 75.2 F (24 C)
Filter: oversized wet/dry filter
Current plants:
Alternanthera Reineckii
Ambulia
Anubias
Bacopa Colorata
Cabomba Furcata
Helanthium bolivianum ‘angustifolia’
Hygrophila Corymbosa Compacta
Hygrophila Sunset
Java Moss
Limnophila Aromatica
Lobelia Cardinalis
Ludwigia Repens
Ludwigia Super Red
Microsword
Myriophyllum
Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo'
Star Grass
Staurogyne Repens
Here are some very recent pictures of the tank:
This is a classic shot of my tank, a little bit overgrown (I usually take pictures before it is trimmed):
Another angled shot of the tank, taken at a different time, always a little overgrown:
Here are some closeups of my "bushes":
Some good Ludwigia Repens and Super Red growing, ready to be cut and replanted:
An interesting picture of my Star Grass bush, very much overgrown, right before trimming:
A nice flower of my center Anubias bush:
An interesting picture showing my "Lobelia Cardinalis" sorting after cut and before replanting:
A lot of work! But I still enjoy doing it, every 2 weeks.
Please, let me know if you have any questions, happy to answer at any time
I am new on this forum, even though I have been around for the past 20 years around the web in the most famous planted tanks forums.
If you wish to see my complete tank journal, you can still find a copy of it on the BarrReport.com website:
Fablau 75 gallon tank
Well, I kept procrastinating this due to lack of time, but finally I found the time to put together any needed information to start this thread dedicated to my own 75 gallon tank. Where to start? I setup this tank back 2008, so it has been already 9 years. The tank is one of those standard...
barrreport.com
And you can learn more about myself on my own website:
FabLauPlants.com
Aquarium plants for plantedtanks, as well as carnivore plants by FabLau.
fablauplants.com
This thread is about my main tank. I have other smaller tanks, but this is my so-called "display" tank.
Despite the fact that I have reached a very balanced tank in the past five years, I'll try to post some tips and thoughts about my tank once in a while on this thread.
In the meantime, I'll post some information and pictures of the current situation. Keep in mind that I am not currently working on a precise or well-curated scape; I am just growing plants, trying to keep maintenance low, but still have a good locking tank. Sometimes, it gets our of control, as you can see below, but then I give a good trim and it gets back on track.
Tank size: 75gl
Light: 5 T8 lights plus a BML LED, 8 hours a day
Co2: full injection during the photoperiod with 1.2 pH drop.
Substrate: Black Diamond Blasted Sand
Fertilization: Estimative Index, custom made macros and micros
Water change: 50% weekly
Water: 90% tap, 10% RO
Water GH: 10-12
Water KH: 6-7
Temperature: 75.2 F (24 C)
Filter: oversized wet/dry filter
Current plants:
Alternanthera Reineckii
Ambulia
Anubias
Bacopa Colorata
Cabomba Furcata
Helanthium bolivianum ‘angustifolia’
Hygrophila Corymbosa Compacta
Hygrophila Sunset
Java Moss
Limnophila Aromatica
Lobelia Cardinalis
Ludwigia Repens
Ludwigia Super Red
Microsword
Myriophyllum
Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo'
Star Grass
Staurogyne Repens
Here are some very recent pictures of the tank:
This is a classic shot of my tank, a little bit overgrown (I usually take pictures before it is trimmed):
Another angled shot of the tank, taken at a different time, always a little overgrown:
Here are some closeups of my "bushes":
Some good Ludwigia Repens and Super Red growing, ready to be cut and replanted:
An interesting picture of my Star Grass bush, very much overgrown, right before trimming:
A nice flower of my center Anubias bush:
An interesting picture showing my "Lobelia Cardinalis" sorting after cut and before replanting:
A lot of work! But I still enjoy doing it, every 2 weeks.
Please, let me know if you have any questions, happy to answer at any time
