Pescado Guy
Fish Fanatic
Hi everyone!
Ok i have been wanting to get a planted tank for a long time but just never got around to it. At last I have either ordered or have recieved most of the supplies I will need to get started. I will tell you my basic plans including filtration, lighting and fertilizers. Any advice would be great! Thanks
The tank is a 29 gallon (30" by 12" by 18")
I have 6 18 watt T8 overdriven bulbs in a custom canopy powered by a workhorse 8 ballast. All of the bulbs are made by ZooMed and I have three Flora-Sun and three Tropic-Sun bulbs. I plan on making my photoperiod about 12 hours.
I am using one Fluval 204 along with a HOB Penguin 125 Bio-Wheel. Do I need the Penguin 125 or is the FLuval enough? The Penguin does make a decent amount of surface movement but it also keeps the surface sludge from building up.
I have a 100 Watt heater
I just ordered 30lbs of flourite and I hope to have a bit left over for my 10 gallon tank.
I am building a DIY Co2 reactor and diffusing it via the intake of the canister filter. I was told that this is a good way of diffusion. I hope within the next month or two to get a pressurizer canister with regulator and solenoid along with a milwaukee pH controller but for now my DIY one will have to be good. I do plan on shutting it off each night. Is this a good idea?
For fertilization I am using all of the following:
Flourish, Flourish Excel, Flourish Iron, Flourish Nitrogen, Flourish Phosphorous, Flourish Potassium, and Flourish Trace. I have Seachem test kits to monitor all of the additives except for the potassium and the trace elements. Since both of these are non-harmful to fish within reasonable limits I think this will be alright. In case you didn't notice I am particularly fond of Seachem
I will be maintaining the water soft and slightly acidic to suit the needs of a few small tetras. I don't have any fish right now and plan to tweak the fertilizer amounts and stabilize the pH before I even add the first fish. I will be filling up the tank with half RO water and half tap water partly because it takes forever to get even 15 gallons of RO water from my tiny RO filter, and partly because my tap water isn't that bad. It has 0 nitrates and a very low phosphate level. The KH is 5dKH and the GH is 8dKH with a nuetral pH. I will add apropriate additives to balance everything.
I probably forgot to mention something so if you need to know anything else please ask. If anyone has any suggestions please tell me. I need all of the help I can get. Thanks for your help!
Kevin
Ok i have been wanting to get a planted tank for a long time but just never got around to it. At last I have either ordered or have recieved most of the supplies I will need to get started. I will tell you my basic plans including filtration, lighting and fertilizers. Any advice would be great! Thanks
The tank is a 29 gallon (30" by 12" by 18")
I have 6 18 watt T8 overdriven bulbs in a custom canopy powered by a workhorse 8 ballast. All of the bulbs are made by ZooMed and I have three Flora-Sun and three Tropic-Sun bulbs. I plan on making my photoperiod about 12 hours.
I am using one Fluval 204 along with a HOB Penguin 125 Bio-Wheel. Do I need the Penguin 125 or is the FLuval enough? The Penguin does make a decent amount of surface movement but it also keeps the surface sludge from building up.
I have a 100 Watt heater
I just ordered 30lbs of flourite and I hope to have a bit left over for my 10 gallon tank.
I am building a DIY Co2 reactor and diffusing it via the intake of the canister filter. I was told that this is a good way of diffusion. I hope within the next month or two to get a pressurizer canister with regulator and solenoid along with a milwaukee pH controller but for now my DIY one will have to be good. I do plan on shutting it off each night. Is this a good idea?
For fertilization I am using all of the following:
Flourish, Flourish Excel, Flourish Iron, Flourish Nitrogen, Flourish Phosphorous, Flourish Potassium, and Flourish Trace. I have Seachem test kits to monitor all of the additives except for the potassium and the trace elements. Since both of these are non-harmful to fish within reasonable limits I think this will be alright. In case you didn't notice I am particularly fond of Seachem
I will be maintaining the water soft and slightly acidic to suit the needs of a few small tetras. I don't have any fish right now and plan to tweak the fertilizer amounts and stabilize the pH before I even add the first fish. I will be filling up the tank with half RO water and half tap water partly because it takes forever to get even 15 gallons of RO water from my tiny RO filter, and partly because my tap water isn't that bad. It has 0 nitrates and a very low phosphate level. The KH is 5dKH and the GH is 8dKH with a nuetral pH. I will add apropriate additives to balance everything.
I probably forgot to mention something so if you need to know anything else please ask. If anyone has any suggestions please tell me. I need all of the help I can get. Thanks for your help!
Kevin