With this exhibition aims to assess the long-term validity in the stimulation of plants by the new ceiling light LED Prodac 1, w 6, standard on the new minicubetto acrylic AquaBijou , just added a list of known Italian company.
For the reason mentioned above in this case I do not have any reason to search for a particular layout, so anything (rocks / wood) is to reduce the already limited space available to the plants.
For the bottom I used Prodac FertilPlant, about 1.5 cm thick, covered with about 5 / 6 cm of quartz gravel inert Prodac Rosella, with grain size 2.5 mm.
Here's the situation a few hours after the start of the tub ...
For now, the species included are as follows:
Eleocharis parvula Eleocharis acicularis
Anubias sp. "Petit"
Ludwigia glandulosa "red"
Rotala rotundifolia
Short certainly add other species.
The filter is dimensionally too large for the litraggio serving, however I left it as standard supplied by Prodac, alone or with mechanical filtration (sponge flannel +).
ceiling
Data: Manufacturer
> PRODAC
Model> Aquarium LED Lighting
VDC> 6 volt LED
> nr. 28, all white from 10000 k
Power (total)> 1.6 watt
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Day 25
Ludwigia and Anubias are reacting well .... Rotala the other hand has very cloudy and has shrunk considerably quotes and length of new leaves ... Eleocharis parvula regressed to disappear almost completely, ditto the "cousin" Eleocharis acicularis .
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Day 28 I added some
other plant:
- Cryptocoryne Petch "Hamlet"
- Marsilea sp.
- Taxyphyllum sp.
- Rotala rotundifolia other
.... makes a great heat and plant growth is stopping.
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Day 62 After more than two weeks of total deadlock vegetation (except dell'Anubias that put some new leaves ... very clear) the temperature is slightly decreased and the plants have the first signs of recovery. I added
dei rizomi di Microsorum pteropus (windelove e narrow) e di Bolbitis heudelotii . La Rotala ritundifolia è messa davvero male ... ma si riprenderà sicuramente...
L'acquario gira bene, le spugne del filtro sono ancora perfettamente pulite, di alghe nemmeno l'ombra, anche per la presenza di numerosi piccoli animali detrivori che se ne nutrono sul nascere... alle già da prima presenti piccole Physa marmorata , Melanoides sp . e Planorbarius corneus "red", sono infatti state momentaneamente (per forza maggiore, They will be removed shortly!) added two Clithon crown, a Teodoxus sp. and three small Neocaridina sp. zeylanica cf. "Guarracidina.
I started to fertilize in the column .... for now the program includes a dose of 0.5 ml per week, alternating once Prodac NutronFlora Prodac NutronFerro and the next time.
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Day 73
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Day 98
L ' experience ends here. The assessment of the PLAF LED is rather negative, this litraggio can only be good for woods sciaphilous as Anubias spp. and Microsum pteropus But is insufficient for plants with greater need for light.
After the test I can now proceed to change the layout ... I will try to do something more pleasant, with essences fit .... this will be discussed in an article of course ;-)
