Yoder's 29 Gallon Bow Front (56k Warning)

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:12 AM

Current Setup

Equipment:
29 Gallon Bowfront
DIY CO2 With a Powerhead DIY Reactor (pressurized system on the way)
MTS Substrate with Tahitian Moon Sand cap
Dosing EI
A 24Wx2 T5HO on mounting legs (~20" from substrate)
Aquaclear 70 HOB Filter

Floura: (Subject to change after redo)
2 small Amazon Swords
A lot of Anachris
Some "Really tall grass" (grew from bulb, not sure what it is...)
Peacock Moss (on the way)
H.C. (on the way)

Fauna:
1 Blue Dwarf Gourami
32 Zebra Danios
4 Red Wag Platys
6 Neon Tetras
65 Peppered Corydora Catfish

Hello everyone, this is my first planted tank! I have kept fish-only tanks for a few years off and on, but never a planted tank. For me, it all started when I went to the store, and said "Hey, maybe I could try a LIVE plant..." If my wife only knew what that one plant started!

Anyway, here is my OLD setup...

It had regular aquarium gravel, and a fake plant background, and some fake caves with fake corals on them.

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:15 AM

This worked for a while, but after seeing the proper way of doing a tank, I had to change it up! I have been working on mineralized top soil for a few weeks now, and I think it's ready, so that means it's redo time!

Fish and plants in their temporary home... (It's all I had!)

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:18 AM

Cleaned out tank with Tahitian Moon Sand border, and Dolomite and Potassium Chloride dusted, ready for MTS.

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:19 AM

MTS added (no pic oops!) and capped with T.M.S.

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:20 AM

Added rock (too much?) and ready for water...

P.S. - If anyone knows how to get rid of that stain, I'm open to ideas! I tried vinegar, lemon juice, razor blades, KaBoom Cleaner, nothing...

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:23 AM

Water and plants added... So far so good, although I still think my rocks are maybe too big...

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:26 AM

My neons, corys, and a zebra danio...

My gourami...

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 06:30 AM

On the left, you can see my DIY CO2 Reactor (it's ugly, and killed a Cory

but it gets the job done). After it sucked a Cory into the impeller, I decided to put a screen on the intake.

I'm ready for my HC and Peacock Moss to arrive (should be tomorrow), and fill in some of this empty space! Should I put moss on ALL my rocks, or just my small ones? Should I get a piece of driftwood? I'm such a newb...

Thanks for looking at my tank!

Klivian · 11-08-2010, 12:18 PM

Looking good, Yoder.

Yeah your new plants should help you fill in the foreground.

I think your rocks are big enough to be the focal point of the tank by themselves without needing drift wood. If you got any, I think you'd want a tall thin piece way in the background.

Moss on the big rocks sounds better. I don't have much experience with moss, but I imagine it would cover the small ones quickly and you'd be left wondering what was under the lump of moss =)

gringostar9 · 11-08-2010, 01:27 PM

Looks good. I like your rock placement a lot.

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 02:38 PM

Thanks, I'd like to get one of those large rocks out, maybe even break up the remaining one, and add some driftwood eventually.

**JCoxRocks** · 11-08-2010, 04:22 PM

Looking good! Its getting there. A foregound carpet of some sort would go a long way toward breaking up the look of those big rocks. Just my 2 cents. Otherwise, its really a great start!

J

Yoder808 · 11-08-2010, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCoxRocks

Looking good! Its getting there. A foregound carpet of some sort would go a long way toward breaking up the look of those big rocks. Just my 2 cents. Otherwise, its really a great start!

J

Thanks! I'm ready for my HC to get here and fill in that space.

Yoder808 · 11-09-2010, 12:10 AM

My Peacock moss came today (from Herns)! Tied it down with a loofah my wife was kind enough to sacrifice.

Is it tied too tight? Do I need to adjust it periodically?

My Gourami again

Yoder808 · 12-06-2010, 02:51 PM

Ok, time for an overdue update...

I added a few more neon tetras, and an LFS near me had a bristlenose pleco, so I grabbed him up. I also added two new plants (feel free to ID them

) Everything seems to be growing in well. The Cory's tear up the HC, but it's growing slightly faster than they can wreck it, so I think I should be good there. I am considering removing the anacharis, it grows SO fast.

Also, I posted a video on Youtube.

11-08-2010, 06:12 AM	#1
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	Yoder's 29 Gallon Bow Front (56k Warning) Current Setup Equipment: 29 Gallon Bowfront DIY CO2 With a Powerhead DIY Reactor (pressurized system on the way) MTS Substrate with Tahitian Moon Sand cap Dosing EI A 24Wx2 T5HO on mounting legs (~20" from substrate) Aquaclear 70 HOB Filter Floura: (Subject to change after redo) 2 small Amazon Swords A lot of Anachris Some "Really tall grass" (grew from bulb, not sure what it is...) Peacock Moss (on the way) H.C. (on the way) Fauna: 1 Blue Dwarf Gourami 32 Zebra Danios 4 Red Wag Platys 6 Neon Tetras 65 Peppered Corydora Catfish Hello everyone, this is my first planted tank! I have kept fish-only tanks for a few years off and on, but never a planted tank. For me, it all started when I went to the store, and said "Hey, maybe I could try a LIVE plant..." If my wife only knew what that one plant started! Anyway, here is my OLD setup... It had regular aquarium gravel, and a fake plant background, and some fake caves with fake corals on them. Last edited by Yoder808; 11-08-2010 at 02:29 PM..

11-08-2010, 12:18 PM	#9
Klivian Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 68	Looking good, Yoder. Yeah your new plants should help you fill in the foreground. I think your rocks are big enough to be the focal point of the tank by themselves without needing drift wood. If you got any, I think you'd want a tall thin piece way in the background. Moss on the big rocks sounds better. I don't have much experience with moss, but I imagine it would cover the small ones quickly and you'd be left wondering what was under the lump of moss =) __________________ [75g planted] 15 harlequin rasboras, 4 roseline sharks, 1 neon blue dwarf gourami, 3 clown loach, 1 coolie loach, 12 neon tetras, 1 bristlenose pleco, 3 amano shrimp, 8 ghost shrimp, 2 pearl gouramis, 3 siamnesis [80g] 2 green terror cichlids, 1 electric blue jack dempsy [10g planted] N+1 red cherry shrimp

11-08-2010, 01:27 PM	#10
gringostar9 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 309	Looks good. I like your rock placement a lot. __________________ So much to learn! Going big on something so small EBI Journal; http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...00#post2001600 Hurricane Irene left my house with no power and led to the death of this tank. R.I.P. Piranhas. 55g Hello Rockview (Paradise Piranha)

11-08-2010, 04:22 PM	#12
JCoxRocks Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (29/100%) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 574	Looking good! Its getting there. A foregound carpet of some sort would go a long way toward breaking up the look of those big rocks. Just my 2 cents. Otherwise, its really a great start! J __________________ J's 3g - Glass Jar Shrimp Tank J's 20g - GBR Tank J's 38g - The One that Started it All J's 38g II - Breeder/Grow Out Paradise J's 125g - Angel Tank

11-09-2010, 12:10 AM	#14
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	My Peacock moss came today (from Herns)! Tied it down with a loofah my wife was kind enough to sacrifice. Is it tied too tight? Do I need to adjust it periodically? My Gourami again __________________ My 29 Gallon Bow Front

11-08-2010, 06:15 AM	#2
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	This worked for a while, but after seeing the proper way of doing a tank, I had to change it up! I have been working on mineralized top soil for a few weeks now, and I think it's ready, so that means it's redo time! Fish and plants in their temporary home... (It's all I had!)

11-08-2010, 06:18 AM	#3
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	Cleaned out tank with Tahitian Moon Sand border, and Dolomite and Potassium Chloride dusted, ready for MTS.

11-08-2010, 06:19 AM	#4
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	MTS added (no pic oops!) and capped with T.M.S.

11-08-2010, 06:20 AM	#5
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	Added rock (too much?) and ready for water... P.S. - If anyone knows how to get rid of that stain, I'm open to ideas! I tried vinegar, lemon juice, razor blades, KaBoom Cleaner, nothing...

11-08-2010, 06:23 AM	#6
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	Water and plants added... So far so good, although I still think my rocks are maybe too big...

11-08-2010, 06:26 AM	#7
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	My neons, corys, and a zebra danio... My gourami...

11-08-2010, 06:30 AM	#8
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	On the left, you can see my DIY CO2 Reactor (it's ugly, and killed a Cory but it gets the job done). After it sucked a Cory into the impeller, I decided to put a screen on the intake. I'm ready for my HC and Peacock Moss to arrive (should be tomorrow), and fill in some of this empty space! Should I put moss on ALL my rocks, or just my small ones? Should I get a piece of driftwood? I'm such a newb... Thanks for looking at my tank!

11-08-2010, 02:38 PM	#11
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	Thanks, I'd like to get one of those large rocks out, maybe even break up the remaining one, and add some driftwood eventually.

12-06-2010, 02:51 PM	#15
Yoder808 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oklahoma USA Posts: 44	Ok, time for an overdue update... I added a few more neon tetras, and an LFS near me had a bristlenose pleco, so I grabbed him up. I also added two new plants (feel free to ID them ) Everything seems to be growing in well. The Cory's tear up the HC, but it's growing slightly faster than they can wreck it, so I think I should be good there. I am considering removing the anacharis, it grows SO fast. Also, I posted a video on Youtube. __________________ My 29 Gallon Bow Front

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