Originally, this was simply a tank with plants. Now...it will be a "planted tank". There's clearly a distinction between the two. It used to have only 20 watts of regular fluorescent lighting, but I just got my coralife fixture today. More explanation to follow (keep scrolling):
Tank
25 gallons 32x12x16
Equipment
Coralife 30" T5 fixture--36 watts
Aqua Clear 50
Substrate
Coarse sand
Fertilization
fish poo
trace 1x week
iron once in awhile
excel
Flora
Amazon sword
Java fern (regular, narrow leaf, and windelov)
anubias (barteri)
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'red'
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne crispulata v. balansae
Cryptocoryne spiralis
banana plant
sunset hygro
rotala rotundifolia
tiger lotus
Fauna
2 Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (bolivian rams)
5 Corydoras habrosus
3 Sphaerichthys selatanensis (chocolate gourami)
2 otos (will get more)
some guppies that got there accidentally
So, here's a "before" picture of the tank:
Then, I got the coralife fixture and threw in (literally) a few more plants:
I haven't "scaped" yet, and that's because I got some manzanita that I ordered for two of my tanks, and it needs to sink!! Here it is in my 125G:
Once it sinks, I'll be able to create some sort of aquascape to make the tank look nice. :smile:
Tank
25 gallons 32x12x16
Equipment
Coralife 30" T5 fixture--36 watts
Aqua Clear 50
Substrate
Coarse sand
Fertilization
fish poo
trace 1x week
iron once in awhile
excel
Flora
Amazon sword
Java fern (regular, narrow leaf, and windelov)
anubias (barteri)
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'red'
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne crispulata v. balansae
Cryptocoryne spiralis
banana plant
sunset hygro
rotala rotundifolia
tiger lotus
Fauna
2 Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (bolivian rams)
5 Corydoras habrosus
3 Sphaerichthys selatanensis (chocolate gourami)
2 otos (will get more)
some guppies that got there accidentally
So, here's a "before" picture of the tank:
Then, I got the coralife fixture and threw in (literally) a few more plants:
I haven't "scaped" yet, and that's because I got some manzanita that I ordered for two of my tanks, and it needs to sink!! Here it is in my 125G:
Once it sinks, I'll be able to create some sort of aquascape to make the tank look nice. :smile: