S49 2ft Tropical

[station49]

Howdy All,

Thought i might just whack up some info and pics of a tank i decided to setup a few weeks back.

Specs; pretty normal...
-standard 2ft [65L] tank
-eheim classic 2213 canister filter
-fluval tronic 100w heater
-dual 20w flouro lighting [one grolux tube and one sunlight tube]

Decided to go with a plain blue background on her;
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Set up filter/spray bar and added small black gravel;
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Filled up and clearing up;
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Some nice surface agitation;
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[station49]

With lighting and my fake rock [may replace later on, but actually doesn;t look to bad;
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Several days later i added a few plants, couple of hygrophilia variants and a lace fern i believe..

Pics;

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[station49]

A few days after that, started using some Amtrite Down to boost cycling and bacteria along, and as reccomended by the LFS added three cherry barbs to provide waste for the bacteria; also added a small plant attached to driftwood;

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And here is a current FTS as at the tanks two week[ish, possibly few days more, ive lost track] mark;

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Final stocking [will be waiting another couple of weeks and dependant on water tests] is planned to be;

-5 or 7 cherry barbs
-2 female and 3 male guppies
-possibly two small loaches, i forget there name now...

Will this stocking be a bit much for the tank? I definitely want the small cherry barb school, and was hoping to add a couple of guppies at least for flash and colour.

Cheers,
Anyway let me know what you guys think.

Macca

[Kyle]

That looks great! thumbs2:

[Northernguy]

Nice job on the tank.Your cycle may take more than a couple of weeks but it sounds like your doing fine!:22:

[Wiggs]

Sounds like you are on the right track :) it looks good and best of luck!

[station49]

Thanks guys, yeh tanks not fully cycled, the barbs are in there supporting the Amtrite Down [i was told this was necessary]. The rest of the stocking wont be until the cycle has finished completely.

[Sharon]

Lovely!!!thumbs2:

[mommy1]

very pretty!:19:

[station49]

Cheers for the comments guys.

No new pics, but just thought i would say, plant growth has gone mental in the tank. Looking really good.thumbs2:

[Red]

looks great!

[wolf_eyes]

I would personally ditch the guppies in your stocking plan. Normally you want 3-4 females for every one male so if you really wanted to do guppies i would just get 2-3 fish of only one of the sexes.