oldpunk's low-ish tech 29 gal(updated 4/4/09)

[EdTheEdge]

Love 29Gal tanks! You've done this one justice! Nice job!!!

[oldpunk78]

thanks ed!

[starrystarstarr]

one great looking tank!

[rpayer]

Originally Posted by oldpunk78

^hahaha, now your hygro is going to grow twice as fast!

what did you set up for the co2? how are you going to diffuse it?

Hey as long as it isn't covered in algae!

Well I originally set it up with a 2l coke bottle and a 20oz "catch can" but I had a leak I couldn't find so I am just running it straight from the 2l into my koralia. I am pretty apprehensive at this point...

[oldpunk78]

^you are going to need something inline to get the nasty stuff before it makes it's way into the your tank. it's only a matter of time before it happens. i hope your are smearing silicone right now trying to fix the leak. and make sure you have a check valve up near the top of the tank. it will save you a big mess if you get another leak. the smallest brass fittings at lowes (i think they are 5/16) work great for me. you just drill your hole, screw them in and let the silicone dry. no leaks yet.

and thank you starry! nice heels, btw...

[Tex Gal]

Why did you change your 6700K for a 18000K? 6700K is what the plants like. Even though you only have 2 wpg they are T5's so you have plenty of light. Your tank looks very nice. That's quite a spray of CO2 you have there. Can you lower it in the tank? Niko came up with a cute cheap way to do CO2 with an small $9 internal filter. It could take the place of your powerhead on the left and do your CO2 at the same time. Then you wouldn't have a problem with the height of your back plants. You also wouldn't see all that CO2 spray that you see now. I use it in my 29g. It works great!

[rpayer]

Originally Posted by oldpunk78

^you are going to need something inline to get the nasty stuff before it makes it's way into the your tank. it's only a matter of time before it happens. i hope your are smearing silicone right now trying to fix the leak. and make sure you have a check valve up near the top of the tank. it will save you a big mess if you get another leak. the smallest brass fittings at lowes (i think they are 5/16) work great for me. you just drill your hole, screw them in and let the silicone dry. no leaks yet.

and thank you starry! nice heels, btw...

I know but the real reason for pulling it out was more process of elimination. Now I'm thinking something isn't right with my mixture. I pulled the line out of the tank last night and just set it in a 20oz coke bottle. It still isn't making any bubbles... What are the ingredients for your C02 mixture? I did 2 cups of sugar and 1/2 tsp of yeast.

[oldpunk78]

i followed the recipe in here:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/di...2-article.html

make sure your water isn't more than warm or you could kill your yeast...

edit - these things really make it easy to ensure that you don't get any leaks:

[oldpunk78]

Originally Posted by Tex Gal

Why did you change your 6700K for a 18000K? 6700K is what the plants like. Even though you only have 2 wpg they are T5's so you have plenty of light. Your tank looks very nice. That's quite a spray of CO2 you have there. Can you lower it in the tank? Niko came up with a cute cheap way to do CO2 with an small $9 internal filter. It could take the place of your powerhead on the left and do your CO2 at the same time. Then you wouldn't have a problem with the height of your back plants. You also wouldn't see all that CO2 spray that you see now. I use it in my 29g. It works great!

a lot of people really like this bulb:

here is the one i added:

not that much difference. i just wanted to bring out the reds and blues so it didn't look so washed out.

the co2 is where it is because that was the best spot get it even all over the tank evenly. i tried just putting it one side and the co2 stayed on that side only. the spay bar forces it down and it gets pretty well distributed that way.

why does everyone hate on the equipment so much? lol it has a purpose.

[rpayer]

Originally Posted by oldpunk78

i followed the recipe in here:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/di...2-article.html

make sure your water isn't more than warm or you could kill your yeast...

edit - these things really make it easy to ensure that you don't get any leaks:

Well i'm going to pick up a few of those and start over.. I did something wrong.

[oldpunk78]

make sure that the silicone is DRY before adding your mixture. i thought that i could get away with not letting it cure all the way and got a leak. i would also set up two bottles for co2, one won't be enough.

[Tex Gal]

FYI for you water temp for your yeast. My nephew did a science experiment to find out what in which water temp yeast grows best. He found that 110 F was the best. That's pretty hot to the touch.

[oldpunk78]

thanks tex gal.

i wish i had room under my stand for a bucket big enough to fit 2 one gallon containers in.

[oldpunk78]

update: i added a piece of dw(small, you probably can't even make it out in this photo) and moved the blyxa(sp?) i think things have grown... lol

[rpayer]

Originally Posted by oldpunk78

update: i added a piece of dw(small, you probably can't even make it out in this photo) and moved the blyxa(sp?) i think things have grown... lol

Your crypts are really nice...