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Dear All,

Myself am Ravi from India this is ma first post in here I have had a good experience in fish keeping I had Marine and Flowerhorn so far never tried Planted tank so am here now for help from you guys.

I need some experts advice on my plans of starting on a Planted FW tank this is ma first one so need some suggestions and here is what I have as a base:
Tank: 60cms L x 45cms H x 36cms B
Lights: 40 W x 2 (Blue & White color)
Filtering: 1200 L/H Power head
Have plans to build a CO2 generator using the raw materials @ home.
Aeration: double nozzle Air pump

Plans:

Please suggest me the best and easily available Soil & Plants.

I am planning to have these Fish added: Neon Tetras, Tiger Barbs, Danios, Blue Rams, Dwarf Gouramis, Few Corydoras, Few Shrimps, and my favorite Killifish.

Please Suggest me with your best Ideas which can help me build a best one will definitely post the progress pics in here.

Awaiting your replies.

Ravi
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First ya gotta answer some questions:
1. Whats your budget?
2. What kinda light do you have?
3. How much work do you want your tank to be?

Oh and just to let you know, you probably wont need the airpump, and most of those fish will eat your shrimp.
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Baadboy11 said:
First ya gotta answer some questions:
1. Whats your budget?
2. What kinda light do you have?
3. How much work do you want your tank to be?

Oh and just to let you know, you probably wont need the airpump, and most of those fish will eat your shrimp.
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First of all thanks for your reply Baadboy, here are the answers for your questions:

1> Budget.. now this is a tricky question, I have nothing on ma mind to calculate... would you please help me know what would it cost to have an average start up tank.

2> I have the normal tube light which came in with the tank which is like a 40 Watts Each have 2 of them fixed on to the lid.

3> Hay how about you take a call on this m just a start in planted you are the expert please advice me.

Thanks,
Ravi
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Alright well for substrate you can go the cheap route and do mineralized soil with a cap of sand or anything else....or you can spend a little more and get something like ecocomplete or flourite that is labeled as a plant substrate. If you don't mind spending money the ecocomplete is probably faster and easier...check the substrate threads for more info.

As for your lights, they are probably pretty low powered, do you know if they are T8 or T5 or T12? It should say on the bulb. This will determine which plants you can grow and your level of maintenance.
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