The Office

The office is one of the best environments to keep an aquarium. It is a controlled environment where the air conditioning provides all the cooling that plants will love. The lights, greenery and activity does bring some life to the office environment.

The photos below shows the third tank I've set up. Two prior ones were sold to colleagues. The first was sold to a colleague on a whim after expressing her envy of the tank. The second was sold before I had the chance to set it up. 

The first layout didn't have a 'V' composition. Note the perpendicular branch on the left and another pointing inwards. ~ 7 April

The tank is 40cm wide with a hang-on filter and clip-on LED lights. Hopefully, in a few months, it'll be teeming with red rili shrimps but the survival rate of the shrimps hasn't been as encouraging. Having the patience to wait can be difficult. 

A stronger 'V' composition. ~ 10 April

Tank Reboot

The last tank failed as the use of LED lights was itself a failed experiment. The tank went into decline, clearing it out was a series of battles with procrastination. Eventually, it was vacated and the space used as a shelf.

2 May 2015

Welcome to 2015 and a new tank. The Significant Other was surprisingly supportive of this new venture. Much of the hardware was primarily obtained from Nanyang Seaview Aquarium. 

• Tank - 60 X 30 X 34
• Beamsworks Hi Lumen 60
• Aquaworks Slim Filter
• Thermometer
• Cooling fan from Top Aqua

Aquascaping materials were obtained from several sources over a week. The first items were two pieces of driftwood from GreenChapter. I pick the two because of its texture and shape. I picked up the third from C328. Its size and knobbly texture made it perfect as the visual centrepiece for the tank. A mistake was being too conservative with the gravel and rocks. A friend had reported using only 6kg of gravel for his tank of the same size. However, as my aquascape was sloped instead of the initial plan of a central mount, 9kg of shrimp soil and 3.6kg of rocks were barely sufficient. If I had a chance to do it again, I'd double the rocks used and add a further 3kg of shrimp soil for a steeper slope.

Plants were obtained entirely from a farm in Pasir Ris. As before, the plants were to be a mix of java fern. This included a large driftwood that had a healthy mop of narrow leaf java fern firmly attached; two pieces of windelov, two pieces of java fern, both attached to pieces of wood. The last was a small amount of Christmas Moss attached to the driftwood.

The driftwood on the right was adjusted to the back and placed higher for a better layout. This is the final layout at present. The narrow leaf java fern on the left ought to grow and fill out the space while the windelovs will create a border running from the centre back to the right of the tank. Hopefully, the java ferns at the back will grow large and tall to fill the tank.

Rescaped 4 May 2015