A Quick Demo Planted Tank

So after a long battle with everything from camera and PC gear giving up on me and re-doing the shrimp rack I have finally made up my mind and decided to do the Juwel Rekord 96 as its my first tank and I dont wanna sell it... ever.


Sorry for pictures, Ill get better ones and the video will be up at some stage.


So without further ado here we go (please dont give me too much grief...):


Gear Used:
Juwel Rekord 96 tank in black (lid removed)
All Pond Solutions Black Twin T5 90cm light unit
JBL CrystalProfi E401 External Filter
JBL Protemp b20 Undergravel Heating system
Marina (i think) 150W heater


Hardscape:
Dragon stone I had left over
Red Moor Root


JBL Sansibar River Gravel (fine) used 1 3/4 bags so about 18kg


Plants:
Tropica Eleocharis 1,2 Grow x1
Tropica Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo' 1,2 Grow x1
Tropica Anubias Nana Bonsai x3
Tropica Lilaeopsis brasiliensis 1,2 Grow x1
Aquadip Anubias Nana
Aquadip Anubias Coffee (spelling)
One lowly Java Fern


Animals:
Amano Shrimp
Sakura Red Shrimp
Lesser Long Nose Shrimp
(200-300 Sakura on their way)


So I started by cleaning out the tank and trying different locations with the stone, but when it came to planting my assistant had an emergency so I gave up and just places stuff, so this is truly a one placement layout. The wood and the stone really blend nicely in my mind and I have more small stones so please any comments are welcome.

 

Going to watch this one

 

Thanks m8. It will hopefully grow in quite well in the coming weeks. The snails and shrimp are being posted to me tomorrow so Ill have them in on Wednesday.

In about 2 weeks ill move the Chocolate Gourami into the tank, just waiting for the plants to shoot some roots into the substrate.

 

Jbl is sponsoring a lot of stuff for this tank as I do YouTube videos.

 

Very nice tank. Like the sand

 

Very nice. I also have substrate heater in mine, it's a SACEM one from 10 years ago. Still perfect, but my thermostat is unreliable. What thermostat have you got on your cable? I cannot find a stand alone thermostat anywhere?

 

None. This is the new Jbl series so it's not a heater as per se. It heats to create a convex current not to actually heat the water. I can hold the cable without burning.

 

Yes, exactly what mine does. But do find it needs a thermostat, especially in summer. Mine is 2 m long and only 25 watt.

 

Wow ok. Mine only upped the tank temp by 0.5 degrees thought

 

@iamdieter just connect it to a STC-1000 controller.

 

Love the tank man... Oh how i wish shrimp were NOT on the BL...

 

Thanks kogan. I might make this a king Kong tank... M

 

I take it that not from SA right?

 

No not at all.

Panda / King Kong shrimp

 

Where did you get these colourful shrimp? Have not seen any FW shrimp at any of our LFS at all. Would really like to have a shrimp tank.

 

Don't think you are allowed them. I breed shrimp and have a shrimp store about an hour from me....

 

Where do I get one?

 

Ebay unfortunately the only place I know about unless you are really lucky and find a second hand one from the marine guys.

 

I can get on ebay for ya and post to SA