New planted aquarium

[Morticai]

Hey all,

This is a link to a video of my new planted aquarium for Zebra Danio and Bloodfin tetra, just thought i would share :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujZKpeZlksE

[Morticai]

More fish are to come this is just the first batch.

[rich311k]

Very nice! Looks like a good start. You should unpot the plants and put them in the substrate.

[Morticai]

Ya i was'nt sure if i should leave it in the pot or remove it because th roots are in the pot very tightly and i didn't want to damage the plant, but i'll give it a shot, maybe cut the pot with a box cutter or somthing, thanks for the input.

[rich311k]

Take them off, remove the rock wool. You will not hurt the plant if you remove a few roots.

[hannah24l]

hi just wondering how big ur tank is?

[Morticai]

The tank is 29g, with a Rena SmartFilter rated for 55g aquarium, it moves 250 gallons of water an hour, my friend says it's overkill but i think its just fine lol.

[Garrett]

You're good on the filter. Might even be a little under filter-you generally want twice what the rating is-but it's close enough, with live plants, that you're okay.

Nifty looking tank, any thought on what you still want to add?

[CincyGida]

Nice start! My first tank is cycling and looks a lot like yours. Good luck.

[Morticai]

Ya i will probably add Electric Blue Rams or something, the wife wants platys or mollies maybe a few of both so we'll see ill post another pic or vid once we add more and are done making changes.

[Morticai]

sorry for the double post didn't see cincy's reply:

Thanks for the compliment, good luck with the cycle :P

[Brookfish]

Thats a very nice tank, cool vid!

[Eileen]

I have a bushy nosed pleco in all my tanks , 55 gal, 5 gal, 10 gal. they do a great job in cleaning the excess food and algae from the tank walls and decorations. I just love them as they are my little vaccums for my aquariums. They only get 4"-6 max and can live to be 10-12 yrs. Talk about a long life span. You should get one.

[iZinedane]

Thats a very nice tank! thumbs2:

[DrNic]

Great looking tank!

[Morticai]

Hey guys,

Thanks for the comments, it's been 3 weeks since we added the first batch of fish, so this Saturday their going to get some company:D. This community forum is such a wealth of information great place to find help or just share info with.

[Dixie]

Nice tank. Hope the 3 weeks went well for the fish and plants. If the fish made it 3 weeks, you probably got healthy ones. Looking forward to your next batch.

[Deleted User]

It looks beautiful thumbs2:

[Taurus]

Great looking tank and fish!