new 75g planted tank as of oct 21

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gaga43

Discussion Starter · Oct 22, 2010 (Edited)

so this is my first planted tank tank i will start with the dimentions and whats all here

Tank size
48"x21"x18"

Equipment
Ehiem 2217 canister
Elite 802 bubbler
Hydor 400w heater

Lights
42" t8 18000k 40w power-glow x2
Soon to be as of tonight 48" t8 5000k 32w flora-sun x2

Substrate
4 20lb bags of eco-complete. was super expensive at 38.99 a bag so i only went 4 bags

Fish
roseline shark x4
bala shark x2
firemouth cichlid x2 +fry
Convict cichlid x2
Albino rainbow shark x1
Albino cory x1 got 4 more cory. x2 panda and x2 bronze
Tiger oscar x1 in a different tank until he gets a bit bigger

Plants
Cryptocoryne parva x1 pot 10$
Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia x1 plant 10$
Java fern x3 plants all for 10$

Pictures
Whole tank

Left hand side java fern

firemouth and fry by bottom of log

right hand side anubias

right hand side anubias and java fern x2

front of tank crypt

Glass is a little dirty... just set it up last night and haven't had time to clean it
Let me know what you guys think!

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odie

· #2 · Oct 22, 2010

Congrats but not to be negative but your tables as stands scare the heck out of me. Your cichlids are going to destroy your plants and each other and bala sharks get huge!!!!!

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gaga43

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 22, 2010

cichlids haven't touched the plants... and the only reason the firemouths chase anyting is because of their fry... i thought the same thing about the stands when i bought the tank 4 months ago... there insanely tough though:drool:... and bala sharks.. yeah the get big i usually just give them away after a year of 2...

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brains613

· #4 · Oct 25, 2010

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lauraleellbp

· #5 · Oct 25, 2010

brains613 said:
Can we get rid of the spam?

Just click on the report button and a Mod will spot and get it ASAP. (I just did...)

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lauraleellbp

· #6 · Oct 25, 2010

The convict and oscar will most likely destroy this tank so I'd plan to leave them out/rehome them. Bala sharks also sometimes will eat plants, so another thing to keep an eye on.

As far as the rest of the setup, your light level is extremely slow, so I'd stick with Anubias, Java ferns, mosses, and perhaps some crypts and swords. Do I understand correctly that you're not adding another fixture to your current T8 fixture, just switching out the bulbs? If that's the case, you've got EXTREMELY low light so don't expect to see the plants grow very quickly. Even 4x T8 bulbs would still be a very low light tank. But your lighting is fine if you don't want to add stem plants and/or get a carpeting plant going. I'm not sure how your Crypt parva will do in this little light, though, so I'd be sure to keep them out of shadows.

You need to make sure that the rhizomes (the green "stem" that the leaves and roots grow out of) on your Java ferns and Anubias are all up out of the substrate and exposed to light, otherwise they'll start to rot and the plant will die. These are both plants that also would do well tied onto your driftwood rather than down in the substrate, but either will work.

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odie

· #7 · Oct 25, 2010

brains613 said:
Can we get rid of the spam?

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lauraleellbp

· #8 · Oct 25, 2010

odie said:
Did I miss something?

Yup.

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It went buh bye! :hihi:

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gaga43

Discussion Starter · #9 · Oct 25, 2010

lauraleellbp said:
The convict and oscar will most likely destroy this tank so I'd plan to leave them out/rehome them. Bala sharks also sometimes will eat plants, so another thing to keep an eye on.

As far as the rest of the setup, your light level is extremely slow, so I'd stick with Anubias, Java ferns, mosses, and perhaps some crypts and swords. Do I understand correctly that you're not adding another fixture to your current T8 fixture, just switching out the bulbs? If that's the case, you've got EXTREMELY low light so don't expect to see the plants grow very quickly. Even 4x T8 bulbs would still be a very low light tank. But your lighting is fine if you don't want to add stem plants and/or get a carpeting plant going. I'm not sure how your Crypt parva will do in this little light, though, so I'd be sure to keep them out of shadows.

You need to make sure that the rhizomes (the green "stem" that the leaves and roots grow out of) on your Java ferns and Anubias are all up out of the substrate and exposed to light, otherwise they'll start to rot and the plant will die. These are both plants that also would do well tied onto your driftwood rather than down in the substrate, but either will work.

yeah the crype parva looks like its going yellow

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