What do you think of my new 40gal?

[Cohazard]

Nice Joe! I see you still got the bridge lol ditch it and go with a nice piece of malay driftwood.

I have a nice piece with a java fern plant on it if you want it. Would give me a good excuse to stop by for a visit

 

[jlnguyen74]

Nice Joe! I see you still got the bridge lol ditch it and go with a nice piece of malay driftwood.

I have a nice piece with a java fern plant on it if you want it. Would give me a good excuse to stop by for a visit

Joe won't burn bridges!

 

[gangster]

NIce....but how come I dont see any fish in it?

 

[FishNCash]

Nice Joe! I see you still got the bridge lol ditch it and go with a nice piece of malay driftwood.

I have a nice piece with a java fern plant on it if you want it. Would give me a good excuse to stop by for a visit

You need to come by to show me how to setup a planted tank. I thought you like ancient Chinese decor bro. Will a 40g look good planted?

Joe won't burn bridges!

Haha thanks John. You r damn right about this.

NIce....but how come I dont see any fish in it?

It's a new tank and we all know not to put fish in the tank until the filters cycled the water for a few hours.

 

[Cohazard]

You need to come by to show me how to setup a planted tank. I thought you like ancient Chinese decor bro. Will a 40g look good planted?

it's easy and yeah pretty much any sized tank will look good planted.

we could setup like my 30g or the 60g, low-light, no co2, no supplements.

there's a really nice LFS in Monterey Park that specializes in plants. We'll have to hit it up soon, Kris (machine) will be planting his tank soon too.

 

[barracuda123]

very nice!

 

[FishNCash]

it's easy and yeah pretty much any sized tank will look good planted.

we could setup like my 30g or the 60g, low-light, no co2, no supplements.

there's a really nice LFS in Monterey Park that specializes in plants. We'll have to hit it up soon, Kris (machine) will be planting his tank soon too.

Is my Emp400 good for a plant setup or should I use the Eheim2028?
Is my aquatic life dual bulb 10k HO light 25w light enough? I just want simple hardy plants

 

[Cohazard]

Is my Emp400 good for a plant setup or should I use the Eheim2028?
Is my aquatic life dual bulb 10k HO light 25w light enough? I just want simple hardy plants

Use the eheim, btw, do you know if those sunsun filters at CK aquarium are compatible with the 2028? You used to get some parts from them right?

I just picked up two used 2028, and I need to find outlets for them.

The light you have sounds perfect! Since it's HO though, you want to add stem plants like ludwigia narrow-leaf, and maybe some wisteria to soak up nutrients so you don't get algae problems.

I've got a ton of ramshorn snails too that don't eat plants but eat algae and left over fish food. They are perfect for keeping planted tanks clean.

 

[FishNCash]

Use the eheim, btw, do you know if those sunsun filters at CK aquarium are compatible with the 2028? You used to get some parts from them right?

I just picked up two used 2028, and I need to find outlets for them.

The light you have sounds perfect! Since it's HO though, you want to add stem plants like ludwigia narrow-leaf, and maybe some wisteria to soak up nutrients so you don't get algae problems.

I've got a ton of ramshorn snails too that don't eat plants but eat algae and left over fish food. They are perfect for keeping planted tanks clean.

I only bought the foam pads. It's a bit bigger than Eheim so I would cut it to size. A new double tap disconnect valve is $30 from BigAls. It's a part the break quite often and I've lived and learn.

 

[Ambervikings91]

looking cool put some pics of it up with fishies in it