Hi, after a couple of years of having a 10g small community tank, and 5g betta tank, ive decided to go the planted route for 29g tank (could of gotten bigger but i dont want to leave to big of a tank at home for my parent to watch while i transfer off to a college next year)
So some background info on my tank:
Standard 29g tank 30''
Finnex Ray 2
Basic Aquatek Regulator
GLA Atomic+ diffuser
Penguin 200 (soon to be switching to my eheim 2217 when im not lazy to cycle it in)
drop checker
5lb co2 cylinder
eco complete 2 bags
The usual ferts (iron, potassium, phosphorus, root tabs)
Plants and Inverts
Pond Snails ?
Anacharis narrow Leaf
Vallisneria Spiralis
Microsword
Crypt Undulata
Java Fern
Hygrophila corymbosa (the things it grows on its stems are the worse lol)
Dwarf Lily (all green some red dots)
Nesaea Red (half of it is red half of it is green)
Since this is my first planted tank and i didnt even know low-med-high light plants were (BUT, Now i do!) I didnt do tooo much research on my lighting, so i just ended up with the finnex ray 2, its a good light all of my plants have exploded in size especially my dwarf lilys they are so big now, except my nesaea, turning green mostly. But over the course of the 4 weeks of looking at my tank, ive decided to rescape my tank after my cycle is complete to add HC, red rubin swords, mermaid weed, and maybe some red root floaters.
Now the question is do i bite the bullet and throw my wallet at buildmyled
and the last question is Design it Yourself, or stick with prebuilt ones.
Thanks, and most likely i will try and sell my finnex ray 2 on craigslist, or find somebody to buy it! so at least if i buy a buildmyled it wouldnt be too bad
(i am dumb and forgot to dip my plants when i first got them, now i have pond snails :/, is there something i can do to get rid of them, ive tried salt shakers with lettuce, and smashing them on the glass)
So some background info on my tank:
Standard 29g tank 30''
Finnex Ray 2
Basic Aquatek Regulator
GLA Atomic+ diffuser
Penguin 200 (soon to be switching to my eheim 2217 when im not lazy to cycle it in)
drop checker
5lb co2 cylinder
eco complete 2 bags
The usual ferts (iron, potassium, phosphorus, root tabs)
Plants and Inverts
Pond Snails ?
Anacharis narrow Leaf
Vallisneria Spiralis
Microsword
Crypt Undulata
Java Fern
Hygrophila corymbosa (the things it grows on its stems are the worse lol)
Dwarf Lily (all green some red dots)
Nesaea Red (half of it is red half of it is green)
Since this is my first planted tank and i didnt even know low-med-high light plants were (BUT, Now i do!) I didnt do tooo much research on my lighting, so i just ended up with the finnex ray 2, its a good light all of my plants have exploded in size especially my dwarf lilys they are so big now, except my nesaea, turning green mostly. But over the course of the 4 weeks of looking at my tank, ive decided to rescape my tank after my cycle is complete to add HC, red rubin swords, mermaid weed, and maybe some red root floaters.
Now the question is do i bite the bullet and throw my wallet at buildmyled
and the last question is Design it Yourself, or stick with prebuilt ones.
Thanks, and most likely i will try and sell my finnex ray 2 on craigslist, or find somebody to buy it! so at least if i buy a buildmyled it wouldnt be too bad
(i am dumb and forgot to dip my plants when i first got them, now i have pond snails :/, is there something i can do to get rid of them, ive tried salt shakers with lettuce, and smashing them on the glass)