Duzzy
02-14-2008, 05:30 AM
G'day,
I thought instead of posting seperate threads I can just update this, this is my first attempt at a full on planted tank. For a bit of history: my wife and I started like I am guessing everyone else did the standard kit with as many different types of fish as we could safely cram in, an ornament and some plants plonked here and there, we made some errors along the way too like putting in a half dozen angels and not knowing why they started dying off (overloading the biological filter) watching neons slowly disappear not realizing they were bite sized snacks for the angels the survived and grew. As time went on we gradually got some smarts and decided that angels were the fish for us and thats what we aim to keep in this tank, that and some rummy nose tetras and something in the clean up crew like sucker cats or a bristle nose pleco. During our learning curve we found a plant that for whatever reason we could not kill and had it thriving in our tank, Anubias planted with the rhizome deep in the gravel and they thrived they are a plant we love to look at and also being so tough they too will be in this tank .
Our tank is an aquaone 620T :600mm wide x 380cm deep x 600mm tall holding around 130litres (32 US Gallons)
Substrate: Aqua clay ground mixed with small amount of gravel mainly for depth and bulk
Solid Decoration's: Mopani drift wood Stones
Lighting: this week or next will be replacing the 40 watts of flouros with a T5 3x24w High output light that gives me .55 watts per liter or 2.25 watts per gallon
here is the light
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/T5-AQUARIUM-OVERHEA...1QQcmdZViewItem
Fertalising: The only part of this I have thought about is the DIY CO2 will be added
Plants wish list:
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis parvula Hair Grass
Echinodorus tenellus Pygmy chain sword
Weeping moss
Christmas moss
Hydrocotyle verticillata Whorled/Marsh Pennywort
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov' Java Fern (Crested Jave Fern)
Anubias afzelii
Anubias Nano
Didiplis diandra Blood star grass
Microsorum pteropus Java Fern
Anubias barteri Giant Anubias
Anubias barteri 'coffeefolia' Coffee Leaf Anubias
Lobelia cardinalis
Crinson sails amazon sword
Blyxa echinosperma Bamboo Plant
Myriophyllum aquaticum Brazilian Millfoil
Myriophyllum matogrossensis Red Stem Millfoil
Myriophyllum hippuroides Western Millfoil
Any way will keep adding post and pics as I go......
Regards Darren
I thought instead of posting seperate threads I can just update this, this is my first attempt at a full on planted tank. For a bit of history: my wife and I started like I am guessing everyone else did the standard kit with as many different types of fish as we could safely cram in, an ornament and some plants plonked here and there, we made some errors along the way too like putting in a half dozen angels and not knowing why they started dying off (overloading the biological filter) watching neons slowly disappear not realizing they were bite sized snacks for the angels the survived and grew. As time went on we gradually got some smarts and decided that angels were the fish for us and thats what we aim to keep in this tank, that and some rummy nose tetras and something in the clean up crew like sucker cats or a bristle nose pleco. During our learning curve we found a plant that for whatever reason we could not kill and had it thriving in our tank, Anubias planted with the rhizome deep in the gravel and they thrived they are a plant we love to look at and also being so tough they too will be in this tank .
Our tank is an aquaone 620T :600mm wide x 380cm deep x 600mm tall holding around 130litres (32 US Gallons)
Substrate: Aqua clay ground mixed with small amount of gravel mainly for depth and bulk
Solid Decoration's: Mopani drift wood Stones
Lighting: this week or next will be replacing the 40 watts of flouros with a T5 3x24w High output light that gives me .55 watts per liter or 2.25 watts per gallon
here is the light
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/T5-AQUARIUM-OVERHEA...1QQcmdZViewItem
Fertalising: The only part of this I have thought about is the DIY CO2 will be added
Plants wish list:
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis parvula Hair Grass
Echinodorus tenellus Pygmy chain sword
Weeping moss
Christmas moss
Hydrocotyle verticillata Whorled/Marsh Pennywort
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov' Java Fern (Crested Jave Fern)
Anubias afzelii
Anubias Nano
Didiplis diandra Blood star grass
Microsorum pteropus Java Fern
Anubias barteri Giant Anubias
Anubias barteri 'coffeefolia' Coffee Leaf Anubias
Lobelia cardinalis
Crinson sails amazon sword
Blyxa echinosperma Bamboo Plant
Myriophyllum aquaticum Brazilian Millfoil
Myriophyllum matogrossensis Red Stem Millfoil
Myriophyllum hippuroides Western Millfoil
Any way will keep adding post and pics as I go......
Regards Darren