gsta13
Fish Crazy
If you don't want to read the whole post I have made a summary at the bottom, I know how it is, you come to help but cant be bothered reading loads! I'm exactly the same so I made a summary for people like us at the bottom!
Hey guys i haven't been around for awhile but im ready to get my hands dirty again in the planted tank! Not especially for my own interest in plants, although i am interested in the biology behind plants, but mainly for the advantage they give to water quality compared to artificial plants. My main downfalls last time i tried this were..
1) I didn't wash for snail removal effectively enough last time i planted up.
2) My lighting was laughable tbh.
3) Co2 was also inadequate
3) Ferts were none existent
So my main aim with the tank is thus; I don't especially want a tank that i have to spend ages on every week, so not really a high tech tank (money issues also contribute to this!) But I want a tank that I can stock with mainly shoaling fish in a nice looking planted aquarium.
Tank - rio 240ltr, the lights flicker alot and it hurts my eyes no end! So im guessing I need a new ermm ballast? (forgive my knowledge on this subject, I have just read the pinned topic on lighting and thats where i robbed the word ballast from
) What other things may be contributing to the flickering? What kind of lights would be good for a low tech low maint. tank? Any links would be great, i have looked around the web and tbh I don't have a clue what im looking for.
filtration - I think will be adequate for what I wish to have in the tank it turns the tank over about 3 times an hour(It is a ehiem professional err i forget the number but its high! lol).
Ferts - Im going to look into these now but any hints would be great.
Plants/scape - ok probably the main thing I need to look at, along with rocks. I have been inspired by alot of the pictures on this and other sites I like the look of the 'fields with floating fish' im sure it has a name and im quite sure GF did something like this not long ago, with some bog wood that had moss on it making it look like a tree! Now my idea would be to have the field with maybe 3/4 'trees' maybe more i think it would create a great scape, but obviously this would need more planning before i went ahead
Substrate - Last time i did use an expensive soil, however im not sure it was the correct one for me, this time i would like recommendations for you experienced keeps as to what substrate aids floor covering sp. of plant the most.
Summary
What lights would be good for my tank rio240 - I wish to have a low maint tank consisting of mosses and something to carpet the tank floor.?
What substrate would be good to achieve this?
What plants would be good to achieve this?
Ok well thats all for now, Ill let you know what happens on my road to (hopefully) planted success!
Hey guys i haven't been around for awhile but im ready to get my hands dirty again in the planted tank! Not especially for my own interest in plants, although i am interested in the biology behind plants, but mainly for the advantage they give to water quality compared to artificial plants. My main downfalls last time i tried this were..
1) I didn't wash for snail removal effectively enough last time i planted up.
2) My lighting was laughable tbh.
3) Co2 was also inadequate
3) Ferts were none existent
So my main aim with the tank is thus; I don't especially want a tank that i have to spend ages on every week, so not really a high tech tank (money issues also contribute to this!) But I want a tank that I can stock with mainly shoaling fish in a nice looking planted aquarium.
Tank - rio 240ltr, the lights flicker alot and it hurts my eyes no end! So im guessing I need a new ermm ballast? (forgive my knowledge on this subject, I have just read the pinned topic on lighting and thats where i robbed the word ballast from
) What other things may be contributing to the flickering? What kind of lights would be good for a low tech low maint. tank? Any links would be great, i have looked around the web and tbh I don't have a clue what im looking for.filtration - I think will be adequate for what I wish to have in the tank it turns the tank over about 3 times an hour(It is a ehiem professional err i forget the number but its high! lol).
Ferts - Im going to look into these now but any hints would be great.
Plants/scape - ok probably the main thing I need to look at, along with rocks. I have been inspired by alot of the pictures on this and other sites I like the look of the 'fields with floating fish' im sure it has a name and im quite sure GF did something like this not long ago, with some bog wood that had moss on it making it look like a tree! Now my idea would be to have the field with maybe 3/4 'trees' maybe more i think it would create a great scape, but obviously this would need more planning before i went ahead
Substrate - Last time i did use an expensive soil, however im not sure it was the correct one for me, this time i would like recommendations for you experienced keeps as to what substrate aids floor covering sp. of plant the most.
Summary
What lights would be good for my tank rio240 - I wish to have a low maint tank consisting of mosses and something to carpet the tank floor.?
What substrate would be good to achieve this?
What plants would be good to achieve this?
Ok well thats all for now, Ill let you know what happens on my road to (hopefully) planted success!
