The Planted Tank Forum - View Single Post - Help with my first nano (56k, I feel your pain)

**random_alias** · 11-15-2005, 05:30 AM

Water has cleared. Still waiting on plants. Thrown in some floaters in the meantime. I'd say it's 15% planted at this point. Had HUGE ammonia levels when I finally got around to testing. Forgot/neglected to seed the substrate and filter. Added some media from my established tank and the NH4 is disappearing.

There's 26w over this and I still can't photograph the subtleties from the lighting. Asked for a tripod for Xmas. Maybe then I can sit and fiddle with the camera settings/ambient lighting without having to worry about the camera itself.

So far I'm thinking Dwarf HG, HC and mini moss.

Rubberbands from braces are making an effective shrimp protector on this HOB until the mini pumps come in later this week to replace them.

Considering pressurized Co2.

11-15-2005, 05:30 AM	#41 (permalink)
random_alias Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NC Posts: 728	Water has cleared. Still waiting on plants. Thrown in some floaters in the meantime. I'd say it's 15% planted at this point. Had HUGE ammonia levels when I finally got around to testing. Forgot/neglected to seed the substrate and filter. Added some media from my established tank and the NH4 is disappearing. There's 26w over this and I still can't photograph the subtleties from the lighting. Asked for a tripod for Xmas. Maybe then I can sit and fiddle with the camera settings/ambient lighting without having to worry about the camera itself. So far I'm thinking Dwarf HG, HC and mini moss. Rubberbands from braces are making an effective shrimp protector on this HOB until the mini pumps come in later this week to replace them. Considering pressurized Co2. __________________ "Insanity: doing [or asking] the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Last edited by random_alias; 11-25-2005 at 08:14 AM.