Hiya, all! Nice place ya got here
I was pointed this way from AquariaCentral, since I'm trying to get more up to speed on planted tanks. Here's my set up:
30g "high" (24w x 24h x 12d)
"SunSun" cannister filter
Substrate is a mix of river gravel and eco-complete (and oh how I wish I would have just used eco-complete, ah well too late now)
Hood is a DIY (poor first effort), lighting is a re-used Eclipse flourescent fixture running two F15T8 18" bulbs, the bulbs themselves are from Eclipse
Just added a DIY CO2 setup + started adding Flourish 1/week.
I purchased some plants and nerites snails from MsJinxzd over at AC; Rachel was kind enough to label all the plants, give some planting advice etc. Of course, I was so excited I tossed all the labels away without writing anything down, so now I don't know exactly what I have <facepalm>
Any help you guys and gals can provide will be great! All plants are doing well except one group - I have about 4 of these guys, they all look a little shriveled and have brown spots on them. From my reading, I'm wondering if these are plants that need root tabs, which I am not currently using? (The last two pics show these plants)
Final thought - I am upgrading the lighting with a 1x55w "Bright" kit from AH Supply. I should have the new hood done this weekend and the new light in place. I'm thinking I am woefully short on light given the el cheapo fixture I have and the depth of the tank.
P.S. I also got a couple of hitchhikers (I think) - one is visible in the pics. Any idea what kind of snail this is?
Many many thanks in advance!!
I was pointed this way from AquariaCentral, since I'm trying to get more up to speed on planted tanks. Here's my set up:
30g "high" (24w x 24h x 12d)
"SunSun" cannister filter
Substrate is a mix of river gravel and eco-complete (and oh how I wish I would have just used eco-complete, ah well too late now)
Hood is a DIY (poor first effort), lighting is a re-used Eclipse flourescent fixture running two F15T8 18" bulbs, the bulbs themselves are from Eclipse
Just added a DIY CO2 setup + started adding Flourish 1/week.
I purchased some plants and nerites snails from MsJinxzd over at AC; Rachel was kind enough to label all the plants, give some planting advice etc. Of course, I was so excited I tossed all the labels away without writing anything down, so now I don't know exactly what I have <facepalm>
Any help you guys and gals can provide will be great! All plants are doing well except one group - I have about 4 of these guys, they all look a little shriveled and have brown spots on them. From my reading, I'm wondering if these are plants that need root tabs, which I am not currently using? (The last two pics show these plants)
Final thought - I am upgrading the lighting with a 1x55w "Bright" kit from AH Supply. I should have the new hood done this weekend and the new light in place. I'm thinking I am woefully short on light given the el cheapo fixture I have and the depth of the tank.
P.S. I also got a couple of hitchhikers (I think) - one is visible in the pics. Any idea what kind of snail this is?
Many many thanks in advance!!