2ft Plant Nursery

Started this setup on 1st april '09. I'm using it as a nursery to prepare my plants for the upcoming 3ft Discus Community tank. Pics:

Washing the gravel. It took quite a while to get clear water.

Here's the tank. Its 2ft(L) x 1ft(B) x 1.5ft(H). Its gonna take a while to fill 11kg of gravel.

Pouring...

Still pouring.....container by container....

Adding water slowly to prevent stirring up the gravel.

In all, it took me 9 half-filled buckets to fill the 80 Litre tank.

Filled to the brim!!! Added a Corner Box Filter, will upgrade to a Canister Filter once the water clears up.

Angle shot.

Here's the light. I'm using a 55watt PL Light from Aqua Zonic.

Its Day 21 of this setup today. Had cloudy water from Day 7 by bacteria bloom due to high ammonia levels. Its already clearing up.

Water Parameters as of Day 1:

pH : ~8.0

NH3/NH4+ : ~0mg/litre

NO2- : ~0mg/litre

NO3- : ~0mg/litre

Will be updating this setup frequently from Day 1 to the day I decommission it.