This is my Arcadia ArcTank, it’s the first aquarium I’ve ever purchased that has arrived in a box! But I think that most modern aquariums arrive in boxes these days.
ArcTank 20L Boxed Aquarium
The Arcadia ArcTank includes an ArcPod 9w lighting unit, which contains a built-in reflector which a 9w tube fits into. It also includes an internal filter not shown. I’ve decided to purchase another ArcPod 9w lighting unit because of the plant selection for my aquascape Nano tank, and these plants require lots of light.
Only one ArcPod 9w lighting unit is included, I’ve purchased the second to double the lighting for plants.
To help the plants, I’ve also order a simple CO2 plant fertilisation set from Sera, called Sera Plant Care Kit, it includes
- Sera CO2-Start – ideal CO2 fertilization for aquariums from 60 l up to 200 l.
- Sera CO2 diffusion reactor and the Sera CO2-Tabs plus (20 tabl.).
- Sera florena, 100 ml – plant fertilizer with iron, minerals and trace elements.
- Sera florenette A, 24 tabs – growth promotor tablets with macro nutrients
- Sera guide “Feeding aquatic plants according to nature”
It works by filling a vessel with CO2 from a tablet, which then diffuses slowly into the water. I may have to cut the tablet in half, as this tank is only has a volume of 20L.
I’ve also purchased a Dennerle Boden-Fluter 4 watts substrate heating element and sera floredepot, which is a long-term gravel substrate with growth promoter for freshwater aquariums. I’ve also purchased some aquarium substrate called AquaClay.
These are the plants I have selected for my Nano tank.
- Wood with Anubias barteri, Vesicularia dubyana (Java moss) and Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
- Cyperus helferi
- Echinodorus tennellus
- Rotala wallichii
- Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
- Cladophora aegagrophila (moss balls)
I haven’t decided where to obtain these Tropica plants from yet. But I have several local stockists. I maybe able to do a deal with!
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