The Planted Tank Forum

Nuvo 16 Planted Tank Build Log

rbtmccord — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:28:24 GMT

Hello everyone

I have finally ordered my Innovative Marine Nuvo 16 in white with twin 8 watt 10K lights. It should be here mid week.

I will post again this evening with the preliminary items that I will be using in this build. Couple of quick questions as I have yet to decide on the substrate.
Eco-complete or flourite. Normally I would use a fine black sand but with the white backdrop I am wondering whether either of these companies makes makes a white sand in their flourite or eco-complete lines.

If anyone has any suggestions for a choice in this area please pipe in as I am going to decide and order this evening.

Also will be building a full size 3d mock up of the tank interior out of foamcore so I can work on the aquascape in the meantime. I have several pieces of mangrove root will post pictures tomorrow of the wood to insure I am calling correctly. I can work on it while waiting for my tank to arrive.

let me know what you recommend for substrate.

Thanks
Bob

Guppies and mollies breeding together

jtilley — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:48:57 GMT

Right now I have 3 female Molly's in my tank that I like pretty well. I am wanting to add 3 guppies 1 male and 2 female and let them breed so I can watch the fry grow as I have heard it is a cool experience. My question is will the male guppy breed with the three female mollies? I really don't want a bunch of mixed fish in my tank or to be really quickly over run with fry by five fish instead of two. So can I put the same tank and it be safe that they won't breed or will I have to rehome the mollies?

RCS Breeding Question

mwei — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:56:46 GMT

Hello all!

I currently have around 6-10 Red Cherry Shrimps in my 1 gallon tank and 1 of my female shrimps is berried BUT she dropped most of her eggs. I am wondering if I should be worried about the egg drop or not. She's only holding onto 2-3 eggs roughly, I think. What should I do? Is there something wrong with the tank water quality that made her drop the eggs?

I am still relatively new to this world of shrimp care so I just want to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong and what not. All help, tips, and advice will be greatly appreciated! :D

Picking dwarf sag.

lukegasston — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:05 GMT

My dwarf sag has loads of runners popping up an I'd like to give some to some friends. What's the best way to puck to off shoots?

Duck Weed INVASION!!! QUACK!!!

GJL Creative Solutions — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:03:46 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFeuolUyVoE

I find myself removing nets full of this stuff every week. Its unreal. Does it suck up all my ferts ya think?
:alien:

Need tips/advice/help~

mwei — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:58:29 GMT

Hello ALL!

I am very new to this planted tank stuff and I'm about to embark on a expedition of setting up a 10 gallon fish tank that's been sitting down in my basement for god knows how long. I want to make this 10 gallon a planted tank. Since plants need light..I'm going to need some good lighting!

Since I am still a college student and I have one more semester to go, I want to make my setup as portable as possible. Thus, I was thinking about getting two of those clip on desk lamps and use fluorescent light bulbs. Would this setup be sufficient enough for a 10 gallon planted tank? Some plants that I will be looking into are:

Bacopa Caroliniana
Micro Sword
Plant on Driftwood
Alternanthera Reineckii
Amazon Sword
Naja Grass
Hornwort
Jungle Val
Hygrophila Corymbosa

I am currently still looking and learning about a lot of other types of plants out there so this list may end up changing A LOT.

But ya...I won't be able to add any CO2 or anything like that until probably 1-2 years later. So, before i do anything, I want to make sure that what I have in mind for lighting would work.

Easiest Fish Ever.

Searchlights — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:56:56 GMT

I got about 5 of these little dudes in a spring close to my house, and I've got to say these are the easiest fish I've ever kept. They took to flake food the first day. They hang with my school of cories all day and just chill on plants. They're becoming my favorite fish! If anyone is setting up a U.S native tank, these rainbow darters are a must! :)

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wta blackworms

steven p — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:04:18 GMT

Message me

ADA 60-H Lights

happi — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:37:07 GMT

got ADA 60H and need some high light on this tank, which one would you recommend? the tank will be high Tech with Co2 and EI dosing.

Water and land separation

Lee04 — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:36:47 GMT

Hello,

I've been trying to separate the water from the land in one of my tank builds.
I tried hot gluing with even layers some acrylic as a barrier, but it could not hold back the water.
Do I need to use silicone? Are there better ways?

Here is a similar tank to what I am trying for (not mine):

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Thanks for your help!

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how many cardinals?

owens81jw — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:27:03 GMT

how many cardinals should i put in my 20L?

15? 20? 25?

tank will have weekly water changes

My 4 gallon marineland

Tmittone3 — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:04:20 GMT

Came home the other day and the lady pick me up a shrimp tank I've been wanting. Best part she got it from petco for 27 bucks :). Here's a dirty water but my amazing drift wood I found today.

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magnum 350 powering CO2 reactor

ccattie — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:54:07 GMT

I never liked having the extra stuff inside my tank so I decided to switch to an in-line CO2 reactor. I don't want to hook it up to my primary filter (XP3). So I've decided to pull the old magnum 350 out of garage retirement. It was a good filter in the olden days and she still works so I figure why not? Anyway, any suggestion for what to put inside the canister? Some folks suggest just biomedia, others say convert it to a sponge filter, some say just use the water polisher now and then. I was leaning towards just filing it with matrix and leaving it be. Any suggestions?

-C

What type of wood to use for rack?

DBlauj — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:22 GMT

I'm going to try to build my first rack to hold three 20 longs vertically and was wondering what type of wood do you guys use for your 2x4s? Any info would be great, like I said this would be my first crack at building a rack.

light schedule?

ccattie — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:23:15 GMT

Is there any merit in having my lights come on in stages? I have quad 54watt T5ho bulbs that can be set to come on in pairs. Somebody told me I should try and mimic the day and have one set come on, then in a few hours turn the other set come on - then do the reverse to turn them off. It sounds like it has merit, but I figured I'd ask the experts. I have a 55gallon with a decent amount of plants (working towards heavy).
-c