56G~Mountain SCAPE~GOLD RAMS JUST BREED!!!!

[MikeP_123]

Forddna - Great! Cant wait to see how you develop your tank.

As for fish....
3-4 species total

Top:
Guppies (Maybe)

Mid level Schooling: 1 or 2 of the following
cardinals
or
rummy nose
or
van rio
or
serpae'


Bottom:
Panda cory - x8-10
or
Angelicus Loach - x5-6

Pairing:
GBR
or
flame gourami
or
juli gombi (or some kind of peaceful dwarf cichlid)

[forddna]

Sounds nice. My Zebra and Leopard Danios stick to the top, too..just throwing that out there. I assume all danios would do the same??

[MikeP_123]

Forgot all about danios! I love watching em zoom around!

how big of a school of panda cories do you think I could house?

[forddna]

6-8 should be plenty. Maybe start with 3-4, then add 3-4 more (don't want too much bioload added at once), and see how things go.

[StereoKills]

For your mid level schooling fish, you'll want at least 5 or 6 of the same species or they won't school.

[MikeP_123]

I meant 1-2 different species. Prob around 10 of each.

[mizu-chan]

I must say that this is one of the most original ideas I have seen in a long time. Extreamly creative and innovative.
I'm really excited to see this thing up and running. (:
Have you decided what kind of plants you're going to put in?

[MikeP_123]

Update: The water has been in for 2 or 3 days and has been conditioned. Still a little murky after 1 dose of API ACCU-CLEAR, so I added another done. It may be one of the drift woods. I wasn't able to boil it (to big) but instead soaked it a few times over 36-48hrs but I guess it wasn't enough. Anyone have any ideas how to clear up the water?


mizu - I have done a little sketch that looks great, Just need a way to scan it onto the computer and have somone ID a plant that looks close to the ones my imagination created . Looks good though. I know a red tiger lotus, a moss covered rock or 2, Some type of tall grass, maybe some HC... when i get some exact names ill be sure to share it.

[forddna]

Mike, carbon is your friend! I used a Bio-Zorb packet in my canister filter. You can also use Purigen, but I have only heard of using it in a container holding JUST the wood. Not sure it's okay to put in the tank, but I would think it is??? Either one you could get at any decent LFS.

[MikeP_123]

I have carbon in my filter, do you not think the carbon in my filter cartridge is enough? I am running a Whisper rated for up to 60G. Prob should get a bigger, better one but don't have the the "assets" at the moment. I saw this little thing that was like $15, it was a bunch of little white beads in a mesh bag that is supposed to clear the water. I thought $15 was a little much compared to the ACCU CLEAR so I got that instead.

[MikeP_123]

Another question...

How long does it take for drift wood to sink? Been over 36hrs maybe 48 and they still float....any tips or tricks?

[forddna]

Can you just boil parts of it?

[MikeP_123]

The truth is I never thought about boiling parts at a time

Good Idea

[MikeP_123]

UPDATE:

Well the Boiling parts at a time did not work either. If anyone else has another Idea to sink my bigger piece of drift wood that would be great!

Well I got the new ballast and almost went blind when I plugged it in. They are bright They look good and don't get hot at all. The only problem is that it looks like it is missing a part of the spectrum, Just doesn't look right. If anyone could tell me what I'm missing and a cheap way to fix it that would be great The bulbs are 9325K and 3000Lumins. Its got a huge spike the in orange but not much dark red so that is what I'm thinking it may be. Also not much green.

Besides the lights I got plants in the tank I know Its a little sparse but its my first planted tank. If anyone could tell me a little about the plants and any problems they see that would be great. Like if I bought non-aquatic plants etc...

Also got a snail with the purchase. Do these snails ever eat your plants?

But to no further adue The PICTURES!!!!

[MikeP_123]

Oh yea, And if anyone has any experience with a good online store to get plants such as Dwarf Hair grass and Red Tiger Lotus', what website do you use?