Ok, hi everyone, i have a few questions.
I just set up my tank just last week and it has been running with water, substrate, and filter and nothing else. A few pieces of driftwood has arrived in the mail and i have made some coconut caves. Here is my full information of the tank.
Current set-up:
75 gallon tank
108 watts T5 lights with TEK reflectors (5,000k PLANTA bulb with enhanced red and pink colors for photosynthesis, 10,000k bulb)
Rena XP3 canister filter: 20 ppi, 30ppi, bioballs, carbon (temporary), marineland rite size fit pads, water polishing pad, water polishing pad + (temporary).
Silica play sand (3 1/2 inches deep)
Driftwood
coconut caves
Daily dosing of flourish excel
Flourish root tabs
Ph is about 7.6-7.8
Planned Set-up:
20 von rio tetras
8 corydoras (probably bronze or albino)
4 bolivian rams
2 pearl guarmis
Algae eater (either 6 otos, 1 bn plec, amano shrimp, or SAE if i can find one)
Suggestions on other fish?
Java Moss
Java Fern
Anubias
Hornwort
Dwarf Clover
Valisneria (what type should i get?)
Maybe Crypts
Water lettuce
Amazon Swordplant
My question is will these plants work in my setup and are there other plants i could get? What fertilizers do i need besides the excel? Please note that i have inert silica sand so i dont want too many nutrients through roots plants in there although a tiny bit should be ok with the root tabs hopefully. Any other fish i could get?
Any comments or changes etc?
i will be posting pictures of the growth of my tank from sand and water to decorations to plants to fish etc.
I just set up my tank just last week and it has been running with water, substrate, and filter and nothing else. A few pieces of driftwood has arrived in the mail and i have made some coconut caves. Here is my full information of the tank.
Current set-up:
75 gallon tank
108 watts T5 lights with TEK reflectors (5,000k PLANTA bulb with enhanced red and pink colors for photosynthesis, 10,000k bulb)
Rena XP3 canister filter: 20 ppi, 30ppi, bioballs, carbon (temporary), marineland rite size fit pads, water polishing pad, water polishing pad + (temporary).
Silica play sand (3 1/2 inches deep)
Driftwood
coconut caves
Daily dosing of flourish excel
Flourish root tabs
Ph is about 7.6-7.8
Planned Set-up:
20 von rio tetras
8 corydoras (probably bronze or albino)
4 bolivian rams
2 pearl guarmis
Algae eater (either 6 otos, 1 bn plec, amano shrimp, or SAE if i can find one)
Suggestions on other fish?
Java Moss
Java Fern
Anubias
Hornwort
Dwarf Clover
Valisneria (what type should i get?)
Maybe Crypts
Water lettuce
Amazon Swordplant
My question is will these plants work in my setup and are there other plants i could get? What fertilizers do i need besides the excel? Please note that i have inert silica sand so i dont want too many nutrients through roots plants in there although a tiny bit should be ok with the root tabs hopefully. Any other fish i could get?
Any comments or changes etc?
i will be posting pictures of the growth of my tank from sand and water to decorations to plants to fish etc.
