Jeffery's 100 Us Gallon Planted Aquarium

[jb12288]

Well, a few weeks ago I was looking at photos on the net and decided to look at planted aquariums and I like what I saw. So I started to do some research on them for a while and chose to convert my 100 gallon into a planted aquarium. I have been keeping Severums and Firemouths for the past year and have really enjoyed them, but I came across a temporary job opportunity that payed me about $700 and I figured I better take advantage of this time and start planting.

I ordered laterite and flourite for my substrate, I am going to have 148 watts in lighting, I decided to go with pressurized co2, and am using dry ferts. All of these should be in sometime this week, at least by Friday.

Also, I have a nice size piece of driftwood i am going to use. I have been soaking it for about 3 weeks now and all of the tannins have leached and it is water logged. It is a pretty piece of wood, kind of viney looking instead of big bulky tree stump like.

Now I have came to a point where i decide which plants to get, this is harder than I realized. All I have decided on using so far is dwarf baby tears as a carpet. So I was hoping that you guys on here could help start choosing plants. What do you think eh?

 

[catfish101]

its hard to just suggest plants becuase their are so many but if you draw a sketch or a layout of the basic colors and shapes of leaves you want it will make it a lot easier.
Good luck!!

 

[jb12288]

alright will do

 

[jb12288]

I want my tank to look a bit like this; jiri panacek and luis navarro 2

 

[saintly]

we all want our tanks to look like that

yes there lovely aquariums. you still need to narrow it down though. theres many different styles on that page.

 

[saintly]

i do apologies, ive just seen youve added 2 names to your post.

well it looks like glosso is on your list for starters. (forground carpet plant ) vallis. or c heferi. in jiri panack' tank. roughly how tall is your tank?

 

[aaronnorth]

they are both dutch aquariums (although not true dutch as they contain rocks & wood) so you are after stem plants then?

 

[jb12288]

this is an idea of how i would like it

 

[aaronnorth]

cyperus helferi or vallis

rotala rotundifolia
rotala sp. green
bacopa australis
miceranthemum micranthemoides
limnophilia aromatica
heternantha zosterfolia (star grass)
anubias sp.
rotal macranda
glossostigma elatinoides
Hemanthius calacthricoides

any of them? I have listed what plants are in some of the tanks in the link given and what your plan shows and what i think. Take a look at them, they are all very different.

 

[jb12288]

I have looked at your list and looked around online and have made my own:
Cyperus helferi
Bacopa australis
Eusteralis stellata
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Ludwigia ovalis
Myriophyllum tuberculatum
Red nesaea

what do you think, does that sound good?

 

[jb12288]

sorry I did not see where you asked how tall my tank is 5ft long x 20.5 inches tall x 18 inches wide, and yes I want stem plants.

 

[aaronnorth]

yes although i havent heard of red nesea?

 

[jb12288]

I found it to lok very pretty; red nesaea

 

[aaronnorth]

probobaly cant get it over here in UK.

 

[jb12288]

you may not