CmLaracy's 75P ADA

[CmLaracy]

Here it is, the moment we've all been waiting for...


Hardscape with powder ASA-




Hardscape with HC planted-




From above-




Right side-




E. Tenellus from above-




Low Water-




Directly After Setup





One day later, FINAL-




Powder ASA makes planting HC SOOOO much easier BTW

[moogoo]

looks awesome. can't wait for the HC to fill in!! I feel like you need something in the middle back though. seems like an empty space. also it would be really nice if you could get some moss to grow on some ends of the driftwood.

you're getting me so excited to set mine up!! i've got all my plants in my 10 gal, waiting until i can get my 30 gal set up. I'll have time to do it this week but probably not until wednesday. AH!! I've been waiting so long, it's killing me.

your tank is an inspiration though

[CmLaracy]

Yeh, about the middle back, I ran out of E. Tenellus, so when more grows I'm going to move it into that spot. Thanks

And thanks for the kind words!!

[Digsy]

Nice! I'm looking forward to watching it fill in. How long until you add shrimp?

[CmLaracy]

2 weeks to be safe

any more opinions?

[ValorG]

sexy... the pic with only the hardscape made me think of Salvador Dahli's work.

[gmccreedy]

Originally Posted by ValorG

sexy... the pic with only the hardscape made me think of Salvador Dahli's work.

Nice catch. You can almost see the "crutches" all over.

[gmccreedy]

Originally Posted by CmLaracy

2 weeks to be safe

any more opinions?

wait more than that. BIG Ammonia spike coming!

[@marko@]

nice, hope HC works for you. i tried it once, i tried twice, now a third time and its dying. if you get yours to grow, plz post the tank specs so i get mine to live.

i love the hardscape you made with the driftwood btw.

[CmLaracy]

Originally Posted by gmccreedy

wait more than that. BIG Ammonia spike coming!

Well, I'll be waiting for it, because my parameters are pretty good right now for an un-cycled tank. I'm not dosing any nitrogen or phosphorus btw... just potassium and trace.

pH: 6.4
NO3/Nitrate: 10.0ppm
NO2/Nitrite: 0.0ppm
NH4-/NH3/Ammonia/Ammonium: 1.0ppm

sexy... the pic with only the hardscape made me think of Salvador Dahli's work.

I'm taking that as a compliment!!

nice, hope HC works for you. i tried it once, i tried twice, now a third time and its dying. if you get yours to grow, plz post the tank specs so i get mine to live.

i love the hardscape you made with the driftwood btw.

Thats no fun, well thanks for the compliments. My specs for the HC are 4wpg of Power fluorescent and T5, a combo of both. Pressurized CO2, and I'm only dosing Brighty K and Green Brighty Step 1. No N or P, I'll leave that to the fish.

[dr.tran]

NICE!!

Whats the light u have? Is it a custom? BTW, show a pic of the stand! I am thinking of making one or getting one custom done too.

[moogoo]

Isn't having a lot of plants in your tank supposed to eliminate the need for truly cycling? So, with all the plants, they should suck up the ammonia pretty quickly, giving bacteria plenty of help in developing while ammonia stays down down down.....

[CmLaracy]

Originally Posted by dr.tran

NICE!!

Whats the light u have? Is it a custom? BTW, show a pic of the stand! I am thinking of making one or getting one custom done too.

I actually have 2 light fixtures with 2 bulbs each, one coralife 2x65w PC, and one 2x18w T5 fixture. The stand was custom done by my cousin for free, and I am forever in debt to him. lol, I'll post a pic later

Originally Posted by moogoo

Isn't having a lot of plants in your tank supposed to eliminate the need for truly cycling? So, with all the plants, they should suck up the ammonia pretty quickly, giving bacteria plenty of help in developing while ammonia stays down down down.....

I guess so, thats pretty much what I was going for. Who thinks I need to shape up the back left corner a bit?

[Badcopnofishtank]

Very nice. Very well done. I cannot wait for it to grow in. Any plans for moss tied to parts of the driftwood? Which of the tenellus did you run out of, the narrow leaf or broad leaf?

[MrJG]

Lookin' great Chris. I know you had a blast getting everything planted yesterday! Now its time for water change fun for the next few weeks. Scape and plants are awesome. If you can you should get some fast growing plants to float in the tank for a bit to keep algae at bay until the initial cycle/ammonia burst finishes up. I really think thats the only thing that managed to get me over that post-setup nasty hair algae bloom that I started with... but you have a nice CO2 setup so it might not be as much of a worry.
Enjoy it man, I know you've been cramming for a long time to do everything right the first time.