dudey's first real planted attempt
- Thread starter dudey
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To a lot of thanks to Dippy Eggs from pfury (see his tanks below) I am finally ready to make the jump to a planted tank. He has given me a ton of free plants in the past and a ton of information (I got a long long way to go).
Finals are over later today, tonight and tomorrow is when I am going to start getting everything done.
First step this weekend is to move my 125... going to suck but I have to do it. After that I will start the 75, I have to replace the frames on the 75 (should come monday) and then we are good to go.
Substrate will be 30lbs mixed with 2 bags of flourite sand.
Lighting will be a coralife compact fixture 10,000k (may end up switching to 6500k 130 watts 10 hours a day
Milwaukee co2 regulator
Beermeister 5lb co2 tank
eheim pro2 2028
250w stealth heater
will be dosing with phosphates and potassium. maybe nitrates if I end up needing them
couple questions so far. How many bps should I start off with 1-2?
The fixture I have also has ability for two more bulbs, midway through the day should I have them turned on for an hour or two at 260watts?
Plants will be as followed.
Hemianthus micranthemoides for ground cover
Rotala rotundafolia
Rotala sp 'green
Rotala wallichi
Limnophila aromatica
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Blyxa japonica
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne balansae
and one or two anubias and a couple large rocks with flame moss attached.
May end up getting rid of either the rotundafolia or wallichi down the road. and possibly the Heteranthera zosterifolia
Imitation is the highest form of flattery right? Anyways I already told Joe I was going to use his tanks as a model for mine
pics courtesy of Dippy Eggs from pfury.
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/index.php?showtopic=146966&hl=
Want it to be somewhat like a mix of those tanks. If it looks half way as decent as them I will be happy.
The livestock will be, RCS (once they start taking off in my breeder), going to try and get a guppy population going, a couple small corries, and a...
My manuelli was the main plan the whole time, but this moment I was thinking maybe putting the manuelli in my 90 and putting a 3.5 inch Brandtii in this. What do you guys think?
Thanks, and
Any suggestions are welcome, otherwise stay tuned.
Finals are over later today, tonight and tomorrow is when I am going to start getting everything done.
First step this weekend is to move my 125... going to suck but I have to do it. After that I will start the 75, I have to replace the frames on the 75 (should come monday) and then we are good to go.
Substrate will be 30lbs mixed with 2 bags of flourite sand.
Lighting will be a coralife compact fixture 10,000k (may end up switching to 6500k 130 watts 10 hours a day
Milwaukee co2 regulator
Beermeister 5lb co2 tank
eheim pro2 2028
250w stealth heater
will be dosing with phosphates and potassium. maybe nitrates if I end up needing them
couple questions so far. How many bps should I start off with 1-2?
The fixture I have also has ability for two more bulbs, midway through the day should I have them turned on for an hour or two at 260watts?
Plants will be as followed.
Hemianthus micranthemoides for ground cover
Rotala rotundafolia
Rotala sp 'green
Rotala wallichi
Limnophila aromatica
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Blyxa japonica
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne balansae
and one or two anubias and a couple large rocks with flame moss attached.
May end up getting rid of either the rotundafolia or wallichi down the road. and possibly the Heteranthera zosterifolia
Imitation is the highest form of flattery right? Anyways I already told Joe I was going to use his tanks as a model for mine
pics courtesy of Dippy Eggs from pfury.
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/index.php?showtopic=146966&hl=
Want it to be somewhat like a mix of those tanks. If it looks half way as decent as them I will be happy.
The livestock will be, RCS (once they start taking off in my breeder), going to try and get a guppy population going, a couple small corries, and a...
My manuelli was the main plan the whole time, but this moment I was thinking maybe putting the manuelli in my 90 and putting a 3.5 inch Brandtii in this. What do you guys think?
Thanks, and
Any suggestions are welcome, otherwise stay tuned.
chonhzilla;3053240; said:
That is not my tank!!! That is a friend of mines tank from pfruy, that I am trying to imitate. Sorry was just trying to show what I want it the end product to look somewhat like. A lot of the plants he ripped out and gave them to me so I have a lot to start with.
will be posting updates on mine soon..
sorry for the confusion. I am hoping my tank will look half as good.