Hey all! Figured I’d start a journal on this 75 gallon that was just set up yesterday. The filter is a SunSun HW-3000 and the light is a Beamswork DA FSPEC. My Seneye is measuring par 38-42 @ 20”. The idea for this tank is to have a big open space and lots of plants on the right hand side.
The substrate is #20 pool filter sand and I’m very happy with the size, color, and consistency. To the right it is dirted with Miracle-Gro performance organics ground soil. I sifted out the sticks and placed it at a depth of about 1” then capped with about 1.5” of PFS. The left is just PFS and placed at just over 1”. Only took one 50 lb bag of PFS to get that coverage. The “wall” is simply black lava rock.
For plants I was going to do mostly crypts and swords on the right, maybe with some undemanding stems like some temple compacta or the like. I want to do some less common swords and crypts but nothing too wild. We will see how that works out lol. On the left I wanted to maybe stack some small pieces of driftwood and attach buce and/or anubias, and that’s it. Leave a lot of open swimming space and rely on the plants for the fish to be able to hide.
Questions, comments, concerns, or criticism...it’s all welcome!
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The substrate is #20 pool filter sand and I’m very happy with the size, color, and consistency. To the right it is dirted with Miracle-Gro performance organics ground soil. I sifted out the sticks and placed it at a depth of about 1” then capped with about 1.5” of PFS. The left is just PFS and placed at just over 1”. Only took one 50 lb bag of PFS to get that coverage. The “wall” is simply black lava rock.
For plants I was going to do mostly crypts and swords on the right, maybe with some undemanding stems like some temple compacta or the like. I want to do some less common swords and crypts but nothing too wild. We will see how that works out lol. On the left I wanted to maybe stack some small pieces of driftwood and attach buce and/or anubias, and that’s it. Leave a lot of open swimming space and rely on the plants for the fish to be able to hide.
Questions, comments, concerns, or criticism...it’s all welcome!
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