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 2007 AGA International Aquascaping Contest “Medium Aquatic Garden Category” 3rd Prize Winner
 
   
  Title     :   Colors of Nature                  
  Date/Location   :   2007 - Shop Display Tank                
  Tank Size   :   36" (L) x 15" (W) x 20" (H)                
  Volume     :   165 Liters                  
  Lighting     :   T5HO (39W x 4) - 10 Hours per day             
  Filtration     :   Kotobuki  Powerbox90 Canister Filter            
  Filter Media   :   Ammonia, Phosphate, and Nitrate removers          
  Substrate   :   ADA Aqua Soil Africana, ADA Power Sand Special (S)        
  Substrate Additives :   ADA Bacter 100, ADA Clear Super, ADA Tourmaline BC, Penac P, Penac W    
  CO2     :   Pressurized CO2 System (10 Hours per day) 3 bubbles per second      
  Decorative Materials :   Stones                    
  Water Parameters   :   pH 5.0 - 5.6, KH 3, GH 2dH                
  Water Maintenance :   1/3 water change weekly followed by regular dosage of Nutrafin Waste Control and Cycle  
                                 
  Fertilization   :   ADA Brightly K, ADA ECA, ADA Green Gain, Tropica AquaCare Plant Nutrient, Seachem Flourish Trace, Seachem NPK, Ferka Bottom Fertilizers  
  Addition Information :   150g Water Softener Resin added into filter (replaced every two weeks)  
                                 
  Plants     :   Utricularia graminifolia (烏拉圭草皮), Bacopa sp from Japan (日本虎耳), Limnophila sessiliflora (迷你金寶塔), Rotala macrandra sp "Green" (青蝴蝶), Rotala sp Green (綠宮廷), Ammannia gracilis (紅柳), Ludwigia sp (新紅莓), Bacopa clorata (粉紅虎耳), Ludwigia ovalis sp "Red" (山映紅), Rotala sp "Najenshan" (黃松尾/小百葉), Rotala macrandra sp "Mini" (迷你紅蝴蝶), Limnophila sessiliflora (迷你小寶塔), Ludwigia sp from Pantanal (紅太陽), Lindernia sp Green (小圓葉), Arthraxon hispidus (紫泡泡龍)  
  Fish     :   Cardinal Tetra, Blue Ram sp, Gold Ram sp, Black Phantom Tetra, Bentosi Tetra, SAE, Otocinclus vittatus, Silver Hatchetfish, Amano Shrimp, Neritina Zebra Snail