My Cryptocoryne Conservatory

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Sounds very fancy but so be it. Here it is:


Apologies for the blue light but my Nicrew light is in moon mode at the moment.

This is my Cryptocoryne Conservatory (and also Bucephalandras). It's an experiment farm, nursery, conservatory all in one. Allow me to describe it.

It's a 10 gallon tank with an acrylic top. Nicrew LED is the lighting and I have a 40% shade cloth on it.

• Plants are in clay pots with a combination substrate of sand, calcined clay and peat. The Buce are in clay balls.
• The water is RODI reconstituted to 5.8 pH and 1.4 EC. Full spectrum fertilizer.
• An Inkbird hygrometer controls humidity keeping it at 85% and turns on the fogger on the left to keep it there. A hanging humidity meter confirms the humidity and temperature reading.
• On the left is a Nicrew air pump that bubbles for 5 minutes every 30 minutes.
• At the back left is my CO2 supplementation. DIY fermentation CO2 adding CO2 into the environment.

Overkill? Yes, absolutely. I haven't even told you about my hormone spray.

Let's see how it goes.