FSM's planted 75

[FSM]

Standard 75G tank, 48"x18"x21"

lighting:
3x54W Catalina Aquarium T5HO fixture

2 x fluval 404s, DIY spraybars

200 watt stealth heater

substrate:
20 lbs eco complete, some flourite, black sand (~75 pounds)
I stole the eco complete from a 29 I took down, the flourite I got for free with the tank (about 1.5 gallons of it) and the black sand is S grade colorquartz plus some other stuff I got off ebay.

CO2: 5 lb tank, unknown brand regular (found them in the garage), clippard solenoid, fabco needle valve, rex grigg style reactor (still need to build it). The solenoid and needle valve have been ordered, they should arrive soon.

Fish:
2 Crenicichla minuano
2 Gymnogeophagus sp paso pache II
3 Gymnogeophagus balzanii

July 11, 2009


July 27th, 2009

 

[Pharaoh]

Looking good.

 

[Deaths Sting]

good start!

plant list?

 

[FSM]

thanks
Needle leaf java fern
Echinodorus tenellus
Echinodorus osiris
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Blyxa japonica
A few different stems, Ludwigia, Rotala, Bacopa; not sure what I'll keep. I'd like to avoid taking up tons of space on the substrate because of the eartheaters.

 

[Deaths Sting]

Blyxa japonica!!!

 

[leopio]

looks good.

 

[KCinSoCal]

Great drift wood, I need to get some like that.

 

[FSM]

Malaysian driftwood, got it off ebay.

 

[FSM]

 

[dragonfish]

Great start and I mean this with all due respect, nice wood.