I reciently had a great idea to grow out 5 juvenlie sturgeon in a fish tank to put into my pond next fall. Because this tank will be cold water, and because juvenile sturgeon are very delicate, I will not be putting any other fish in the tank. I don't want the tank to be too booring so I decided to try a planted tank for the first time. This leads me to my first question. WHAT ARE GOOD COLD WATER PLANTS? Assuming that there are sutable plants, I need to now make a tank to support the the plant life. The canopy has a setup for 3 four foot VHO lights so my second question, WHAT KIND OF BULBS SHOULD I GET? and my third WHAT KIND OF SUBSTRATE SHOUND I GET? and my fourth DO I NEED CO2? Which leads me to the fifth and most important question. WHAT KIND OF FILTER SHOUD I USE? I've tried to grow out sturgeon twice before, one time the sturgeon got sucked to the intake of an AC110 where it's back was broken by suction, the other time it was sucked into the overflow for my sump. Ive also had plants clog power filters and sump overflows as well. For these reasons I thought I'd use an under gravel filter. But everything I've read says not to use UG filters with plants because the air stones/and or oxygen difusers on powerheads give too much oxygen which counteracts the CO2 needed for proper plant growth. It seems to me that for sturgeon to thrive I would need to have overly oxygenated tank to compensate for the higher than ideal temperature. The tank is a 5 ft, 125g Clarity Plus flat back hex with a center overflow (Kind of a cheesey 90's salt water tank, white acrylic stand and all), so it would be easy for me to run a sump, but I could just as easily cut out for hang ons, canisters, or airline tubing.
Any ideas for a comfortable O2 / CO2 medium would be good.
Thanks.
Any ideas for a comfortable O2 / CO2 medium would be good.
Thanks.
