Been ages since I've done a journal...
With the AGA Convention coming in 5 days, I'm going to go ahead and setup the 8g. Back in August, I started a pre-journal below to bounce some ideas around...
Pre-journal Journal
Will be planting with the plants I acquire from the auction at AGA and some extras from my 36g, so as much as I want to recreate a scape like the pictures in my pre-journal, I won't know what I'll get until I actually get it, so this will be a "fly by the seat of my pants" journal.
Make a nice scape without a definite plan. Interesting challenge. Will do some brush up reading on plants.
Basics...
8g finnex seamless aquarium (16"x10"x11.5", honestly don't remember)
Lighting - crappy old CF 24W fixture. I will change the bulb, though
Filtration - Aquaclear 50, set to maximum, what I used last time
Co2 - Yeast, yeast, yeast (2 canisters alternate with rhinox 1000 diffusor, have dropchecker)
Ferts - TPN+
Substrate - Inert, inert, inert. Good ol' sand... May try black... Oooooo
Will have moss wall. I've tons of extra moss on my 36g. Will be created using my "insta-wall" approach!
Will possibly use hydrocotyle. If I find it in my back yard again.
Hardscape - Don't know... Lemme see what I find at Petsmart today...
Livestock - Ember tetras or Corydoras habrosus. They ship well.
Will post pix of my start either today or tomorrow. I have to attend a concert tonight at work. Will be updating 36g thread as well, you'll be seeing some changes...
llj
With the AGA Convention coming in 5 days, I'm going to go ahead and setup the 8g. Back in August, I started a pre-journal below to bounce some ideas around...
Pre-journal Journal
Will be planting with the plants I acquire from the auction at AGA and some extras from my 36g, so as much as I want to recreate a scape like the pictures in my pre-journal, I won't know what I'll get until I actually get it, so this will be a "fly by the seat of my pants" journal.
Make a nice scape without a definite plan. Interesting challenge. Will do some brush up reading on plants.Basics...
8g finnex seamless aquarium (16"x10"x11.5", honestly don't remember)
Lighting - crappy old CF 24W fixture. I will change the bulb, though
Filtration - Aquaclear 50, set to maximum, what I used last time
Co2 - Yeast, yeast, yeast (2 canisters alternate with rhinox 1000 diffusor, have dropchecker)
Ferts - TPN+
Substrate - Inert, inert, inert. Good ol' sand... May try black... Oooooo
Will have moss wall. I've tons of extra moss on my 36g. Will be created using my "insta-wall" approach!
Will possibly use hydrocotyle. If I find it in my back yard again.
Hardscape - Don't know... Lemme see what I find at Petsmart today...
Livestock - Ember tetras or Corydoras habrosus. They ship well.
Will post pix of my start either today or tomorrow. I have to attend a concert tonight at work. Will be updating 36g thread as well, you'll be seeing some changes...
llj
Exciting!
Green moss will pop as will hydrocotyle. Still have pelia from the old system but would love fissidens. Always enjoyed that moss... If I can get fissidens... It's a wall of fissidens... 
I'm curious, I have my ideas, but I like to hear what you would do. Weeping moss and Hydrocotyle verticillata are the plants so far.
