[dasob85]

Just planted it yesterday, still not finished.

 

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coming from you, thats high praise. your tank looks so much nicer than mine haha.

 

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Hi Sox, I ordered 3 pieces from PC1 and used 2 pieces for the left long one, and the right long one. Cut off a branch and stuck it in the middle to make a nice fan shape. superglued and used stainless steel screws to fix everything together to a tile to prevent potential floating issues. In summary, I cheated and used 3 separate pieces

btw, after i saw this thread, i had an incentive for setting up the tank I look forward to seeing yours!

 

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What do you think is the best LED light for a tank like this? It seems like it's a bit of a tricky spot in that it's long so that lights that cover the whole length are going to be powerful, but since it's so shallow they might be too much. I see some people here are using multiple clip on lights.

ADA has the marineland double bright 36' long on his tank. I dont think he uses co2 though.

I got it too but i'm still in the dry start phase. on day 6 and my HC does seem to grow under the light if that helps. I do plan on putting co2 on my tank. Its rated to have 54 par at 12 inches by the manufacturer.

 

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I think when I was deciding on my canister filter, a majority of ppl suggested eheim 2115.

mine is collecting dust right now due to the dry start so i can't comment on how powerful it is. I did like my eheim when i had a big tank years ago though. I got lily pipes already too. The green tubing outside the tank doesn't really bother me. I'm just a very optimistic person and hopes that everything works

 

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darn, my hc is already almost filled in can i steal some other plants from you if i win? ^_^ If yes, put me down for #5

edit: i got mine from gla and the shipping was around 21 i think. marine depot shipping was less than gla's. i just like the gla sticker better

 

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a 6 foot tank would be awesome! I think i saw a ADA tank on youtube from britain that was 4 feet long and about the same length and height of a 12gal 3foot tank. maybe called 120-f? i'm pretty sure it was an -f series

 

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I have no experience with them but are you not supposed to put the stem of the blyxa into the gravel? will they rot?

 

[dasob85]

great! good to know. the picture above had the stem floating so I was curious

 

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the only suggestion I can think of is to get your plants from ppl on this forum. You get so much because people are so generous. Shipping is much cheaper here as well.

Once you have said tank, you can probably sell the plants you grow on here as well. Hopefully your birthday is coming up soon

 

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thought i'd throw this out there, but if you make sure you have everything else ready when the tank arrives so you can just start setup. I was missing things left and right and waited an extra 2 weeks before I could start setting my tank up. Of course, many of you are probably smarter than me lol

 

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Well, at least have the substrate ready lol, Maybe having the driftwood soaking already so it doesn't float. stuff like that. I agree one can never be truly ready.

personally i can't wait to see everyone's tank journals! this is gonna be awesome.

romagjack, your tank looks great! check out this guy's journal, he has 2 clipon lights which look very nice too.
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/tank-journals/156271-micr0s-12-gallon-long.html

 

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my thoughts? if you are gonna do hc, make sure your branches dont jut out of the water or it will make netting the cuttings a pain lol.

 

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that would awesome if this thread was the reason marinedepot is out of stock. You should ask them for some commission neoshrimp!

 

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congrats! I hope you get it by then

 

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thats great! I look forward to many new tank journals. lets take over the journal section roud:

 

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I wanna say 8

 

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lol! You guys are funny with the hiding. I wish I could do the same but I only have 1 tank. A second one would give me away too easily.

 

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lol. I'm sure your mother got quite a shock at all the teeth coming at her.

 

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note to self: always pick small schooling fish when trying to hide from a spouse lol.