New World 90gal Low Tech- a Pictoral Journey!! 11/13 Replanting Begins

**eyebeatbadgers** · 04-11-2008, 02:54 AM

This should turn out to be a very nice easy to care for tank. I'd say the bulbs you have now will be just fine to grow those swords out. Maybe you could bring out the reds by keeping the nitrates low?

**lauraleellbp** · 04-11-2008, 03:46 AM

I hope it ends up low-maintenance, Eyebeat! Not sure what bulbs you were referring to, though, and swords don't grow from bulbs? I'm going to try and get away without dosing the water column at all, just stick with fert tabs; we'll see how it goes.

Here's my stocking plan ATM:

10 Amano shrimp Caridina japonica
10 Red cherry shrimp Neocaridina denticulata sinensis
10 Oto cats Otocinclus affinis
10 Cory cats Corydoras trilineatus
2 6" Clown loaches Chromobotia macracanthus
1 Clown pleco Panaque maccu
50 Cardinal tetras Paracheirodon axelrodi
20 Rummy-nose tetras Hemigrammus bleheri
12 Colombian tetras Hyphessobrycon columbianus
12 Dwarf silver hatchets Carnegiella schereri

Amano shrimp

Red cherry shrimp

Oto cats

Cory cats

Clown loaches (these are the 2 that are moving up in the world from my 46gal)

Clown pleco

Cardinal tetras

Rummy-nosed tetras

Colombian tetras

Dwarf silver hatchets

**lescarpentier** · 04-11-2008, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

I hope it ends up low-maintenance, Eyebeat! Not sure what bulbs you were referring to, though, and swords don't grow from bulbs?

I think that he means your lights.

**lauraleellbp** · 04-11-2008, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lescarpentier

I think that he means your lights.

oooOOO my bad- that make so much more sense!

**fishman9809** · 04-11-2008, 04:10 AM

why don't you go for a HUGE school of corydoras hastatus? they are soooo small. Also, where do you find your pygmy hatchets? I could not find 'em online anywhere.

**eyebeatbadgers** · 04-11-2008, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

oooOOO my bad- that make so much more sense!

....I was... I guess I should have been more descriptive.

**lauraleellbp** · 04-11-2008, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishman9809

why don't you go for a HUGE school of corydoras hastatus? they are soooo small. Also, where do you find your pygmy hatchets? I could not find 'em online anywhere.

C. trilineatus is my personal favorite. I already have one, and I'm pretty sure he'd like some buddies! If it were a smaller tank I'd go with dwarf cories for sure, though- I really do like them!

I haven't located the dwarf hatchets yet, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get my LFS to special-order them for me, if nothing else.

**fishman9809** · 04-11-2008, 04:48 AM

yeah, they are sooooooooooo hard to find.

SHAMEEK · 04-11-2008, 05:08 PM

wow gr8 job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
execelent looking budy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rasetsu · 04-11-2008, 06:12 PM

I have two really fat clown plecos. Cute little buggers.

srud · 04-11-2008, 06:17 PM

Very nice. I can't wait to see this come together. I'm particularly interested in the black flourite and the black river gravel concept.

I have a couple of large swords (1 amazon and 1 Kleiner Bar) in my 75 today. I also have a couple of Pleco's (recent additions) in there too. Much to my dismay, they are eating my Amazon's leaves to transparency

. They don't seem to like the Kleiner Bar as much. I mention this because I notice that you are planning to add some pleco's to this tank.

btw. My pleco's are the Temmicki (sp?) variety. I'm really iffy on the spelling of that. I have it written down at home. I will say this though, unlike a common pleco, they are extremely active and are doing a great job on cleaning up what algae I have.

**Ozymandias** · 04-11-2008, 06:23 PM

I love Corydoras trilineatus can't wait to see you're tank incomplete

rasetsu · 04-11-2008, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by srud

I have a couple of large swords (1 amazon and 1 Kleiner Bar) in my 75 today. I also have a couple of Pleco's (recent additions) in there too. Much to my dismay, they are eating my Amazon's leaves to transparency

. They don't seem to like the Kleiner Bar as much. I mention this because I notice that you are planning to add some pleco's to this tank.

My two clown plecos don't do anything but hide out under the driftwood and come out only to munch on algae wafers.

**lauraleellbp** · 04-11-2008, 08:35 PM

SUBSTRATE WASHING DAY

Here's what $175 worth of substrate looks like, laying in the sun to dry:

In order of ease in rinsing

AquaPebbles 6 bags = 30lbs (black gravel on far right of main pic)

Fluorite Black (far left of main pic, 2 bags = 31lbs)

Fluorite black sand (2nd from left in main pic, 4 bags = 62lbs)

Colorquartz T grade, 2nd from right, 1 bag = 50lbs (I was surprised that this took the MOST rinsing!)

**eyebeatbadgers** · 04-11-2008, 08:41 PM

Wow. Looks like fun

04-11-2008, 02:54 AM	#16 (permalink)
eyebeatbadgers Moderately Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (60/100%) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 2,425	This should turn out to be a very nice easy to care for tank. I'd say the bulbs you have now will be just fine to grow those swords out. Maybe you could bring out the reds by keeping the nitrates low? __________________ 10 29 NAAGC

04-11-2008, 03:46 AM	#17 (permalink)
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (53/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 11,728	I hope it ends up low-maintenance, Eyebeat! Not sure what bulbs you were referring to, though, and swords don't grow from bulbs? I'm going to try and get away without dosing the water column at all, just stick with fert tabs; we'll see how it goes. Here's my stocking plan ATM: 10 Amano shrimp Caridina japonica 10 Red cherry shrimp Neocaridina denticulata sinensis 10 Oto cats Otocinclus affinis 10 Cory cats Corydoras trilineatus 2 6" Clown loaches Chromobotia macracanthus 1 Clown pleco Panaque maccu 50 Cardinal tetras Paracheirodon axelrodi 20 Rummy-nose tetras Hemigrammus bleheri 12 Colombian tetras Hyphessobrycon columbianus 12 Dwarf silver hatchets Carnegiella schereri Amano shrimp Red cherry shrimp Oto cats Cory cats Clown loaches (these are the 2 that are moving up in the world from my 46gal) Clown pleco Cardinal tetras Rummy-nosed tetras Colombian tetras Dwarf silver hatchets __________________ Laura Lee's tank Journals: At Work-10 gal Shrimpy Crypt Jungle, 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank (in progress), At Home- 46 gal Low Tech Planted (in progress), 90 gal New World Community August 2009 Fishing trip in the Amazon; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin (in progress)

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fishman9809 Need custom lily pipes? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (29/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: a city near AFA XD Posts: 3,846	yeah, they are sooooooooooo hard to find. __________________ Ehfipimp #300 foo!!!!! Eheim Classic 2213....Madness you say?? this....IS.....SPARTA!!!!!! Fluval Pimp #6 !!!!!! Fluval 204 (\__/) This is bunny, copy and paste bunny into your signature so he can achieve (='.'=) world domination. ('')_('')

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Ozymandias Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (19/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: IN/NJ Posts: 1,115	I love Corydoras trilineatus can't wait to see you're tank incomplete __________________ Proud member of NJAGC my 30 gallon rebuild (taken down) My 5.5 build "real cars don't have spark plugs"

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SHAMEEK Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: kolkata Posts: 5	wow gr8 job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! execelent looking budy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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rasetsu Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 364	I have two really fat clown plecos. Cute little buggers.

04-11-2008, 06:17 PM	#26 (permalink)
srud Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 32	Very nice. I can't wait to see this come together. I'm particularly interested in the black flourite and the black river gravel concept. I have a couple of large swords (1 amazon and 1 Kleiner Bar) in my 75 today. I also have a couple of Pleco's (recent additions) in there too. Much to my dismay, they are eating my Amazon's leaves to transparency . They don't seem to like the Kleiner Bar as much. I mention this because I notice that you are planning to add some pleco's to this tank. btw. My pleco's are the Temmicki (sp?) variety. I'm really iffy on the spelling of that. I have it written down at home. I will say this though, unlike a common pleco, they are extremely active and are doing a great job on cleaning up what algae I have.

04-11-2008, 08:35 PM	#29 (permalink)
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (53/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 11,728	SUBSTRATE WASHING DAY Here's what $175 worth of substrate looks like, laying in the sun to dry: In order of ease in rinsing AquaPebbles 6 bags = 30lbs (black gravel on far right of main pic) Fluorite Black (far left of main pic, 2 bags = 31lbs) Fluorite black sand (2nd from left in main pic, 4 bags = 62lbs) Colorquartz T grade, 2nd from right, 1 bag = 50lbs (I was surprised that this took the MOST rinsing!) __________________ Laura Lee's tank Journals: At Work-10 gal Shrimpy Crypt Jungle, 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank (in progress), At Home- 46 gal Low Tech Planted (in progress), 90 gal New World Community August 2009 Fishing trip in the Amazon; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin (in progress)

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