yigitoglu tank

[yigitoglu]

Hello everyone,
I am a newcomer and this is my first planted tank adventure.

I hope I will be successful. Wish me luck.


This is the first pictures right after first setup.








And this is soil I use

















This is Latest picture of after 12 hours:




I am planing to change cap of my tank for better lighting and I will start building something in few days.

[2in10]

Interesting hard scape, looks good

[yigitoglu]

thank you very much for your comment.

i have a question i think what i have there is a dwarf hairgrass. am i correct?

[chad320]

Yes, its a dwarf hairgrass. Welcome to the forum and good luck with your new tank. Do you have any other plans for it? Shrimp? Fish?

[yigitoglu]

thank you very much.

I am at the stage of choosing a type of fish for it.
I guess i will be going for a small type fish which swim together...
And if i can be successful with the dwarf hairgrass i am considering about 2 or 3 types of plants too...

I saw a plant here in the market but i dont know its name so i do a search on the site and i found similar plants but im not sure... I think theres some more research to do waiting for me

[chad320]

I see you used CalAqua soil. What is the media in the filter bags?

[yigitoglu]

thats a powerful, long lasting and most simple plant fertilizer.

[yigitoglu]

Under an improved lighting you can see some of the trimmed pieces of grass and bubbles from my built in wet-dry filter.
And you can notice my dirty glass tank

[yigitoglu]

Alright. I dont want to open new topic and get the forum 'dirty' so i will ask away from here...
i was spending some time searching and reading on the forum (in working hours while my boss is out :p) and i just realized that my water temperature might be high. Like theres no way to get it under 30 Celcius.
And when weather is hot outside and if i am not home to turn air conditioner on temperature of water pushes up to 40C at noon time.

any comments from experienced planters about this matter?

[raven_wilde]

Originally Posted by yigitoglu

Alright. I dont want to open new topic and get the forum 'dirty' so i will ask away from here...
i was spending some time searching and reading on the forum (in working hours while my boss is out :p) and i just realized that my water temperature might be high. Like theres no way to get it under 30 Celcius.
And when weather is hot outside and if i am not home to turn air conditioner on temperature of water pushes up to 40C at noon time.

any comments from experienced planters about this matter?

I know that some people with this problem run a small fan across the surface of the water or over their lights. Keeping air circulating in these areas helps pull the heat away from the water.

[yigitoglu]

A little update of today. Sorry about some reflections on the glass.

[yigitoglu]

just to keep it updated.... any recommendations guys?

[CagneyM]

Looks amazing! I might suggest having something more on the left side of the tank. It looks a little empty compared to the rest. Also you should look into having a couple of bigger fish in there to fill the water up some more. I suggest cichlids.

[jwm5]

I like the river rock/large pebble mix, dont see that too much on here, and it looks good.

[yigitoglu]

thanx for the comments guy.
left side of the tank i am still trying to grow some stuff.... i as u can see my grass looks healthier but also seems like to me that i lost some of them...
i will definitely add some more fish cuz i have more snails than fish in my tank at the moment LOL