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Solstice · 11-20-2006, 01:09 AM

Thanks eklikewhoa!

This is my first tank, so I'm not too sure how all of the different plants are going to grow in and what's going to work best in my water.

Unfortunately, the driftwood doesn't stand on its own, so it's leaning against the glass in the back which makes it hard to plant behind. I was hoping the cabomba would fill in and I could move the heater over next to where the CO2 diffuser is now to hide it a little more. I guess we'll see whether the cabomba or the rotala grows faster and whichever one does will wind up in the back hopfully hiding all of that.

I currently have a 42w compact flouro light hanging over the tank and it's only 3500k so the tank has a little tinge of yellow to it, but I have a 5500k bulb on order so that ought to brighten things up a bit.

I'm dosing EI too

11-20-2006, 01:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
Solstice Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 644	Thanks eklikewhoa! This is my first tank, so I'm not too sure how all of the different plants are going to grow in and what's going to work best in my water. Unfortunately, the driftwood doesn't stand on its own, so it's leaning against the glass in the back which makes it hard to plant behind. I was hoping the cabomba would fill in and I could move the heater over next to where the CO2 diffuser is now to hide it a little more. I guess we'll see whether the cabomba or the rotala grows faster and whichever one does will wind up in the back hopfully hiding all of that. I currently have a 42w compact flouro light hanging over the tank and it's only 3500k so the tank has a little tinge of yellow to it, but I have a 5500k bulb on order so that ought to brighten things up a bit. I'm dosing EI too __________________ Sol 90gal non-planted - gone - It sprung a leak and shattered 10gal planted hex - 6 neons, lots of RCS, a few CRS, 3 Ottos, oogles of snails 3gal nano - 100+ CRS, Red Ramshorn Snails Questions about dosing nano tanks? Please see this thread.