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54G Planted Tank Project (With Pictures)

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#1 · (Edited)
Hi All!

My wife's brother recently bought his first fish tank. He filled it with gravel, 1 plastic plant, and 1 goldfish. After seeing his tank, I realized how beautiful fish are and decided to get one of my own.

I started doing research on fish tanks and I saw a ton of planted aquascapes that were absolutely brilliant. I decided to go with a fully-loaded setup instead of using 1 fake plant and 1 fish.

Most Recent Snapshot (1/12/2013):


Here's a list of what I've gotten so far:
-54 Gallon Bow-Front Corner Tank + Cabinet Stand
-Wet-Dry Sump
-150W Heater
-Pressurized CO2 System
-Potting Soil Topped with Eco Complete Substrate
-Small Air Stones
-TONS OF ROCKS (few of which I actually used -- I'm interested in Iwagumi
style tanks)
-2x24W T5HO Lighting Strip

I plan on stocking my tank with the following plants:
- Dwarf Hairgrass
- Java Moss
- Micro Swords
- Jungle Vals

Fish stock still undecided.

I'm at work right now so I can't post a picture at this very moment but I hope to get some pictures rolling by tomorrow! I'm expecting my order of plants to arrive on Friday so I look forward to getting all of that together as well :)

Please help me get my tank up and running :) This is my first and I'm sure to make mistakes along the way! I'm counting on you guys to help me out here! :D

Edit: Oh and also... http://en.iaplc.com/results12/top200vote/ *jaw crashes through basement*
 
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#29 ·
Did a quick look-up of wisteria. It looks like it grows really tall.

You can't really see it in the picture but the area above the CO2 diffuser has a strong downward current caused by my sumps output back into the tank. I purposely created that flow so that the CO2 bubbles from the diffuser will be pushed back downwards before reaching the surface of the water.

Wisteria is a tall plant and will get blown sideways from the amount of current in that area. I need to plant that area up with some short midground plants.
 
#30 · (Edited)
Just came back from vacation.

My jungle vals seem to have completely melted while I was gone. I'm thinking of cutting them really short (about 2 inches) in hopes that the plant will stop wasting nutrients on the melted leaves and form new ones instead. Is that a good idea? I heard some plants will melt when their tank is changed but regrow well based on the new water parameters. Is this fact or myth?
 
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