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Set up a planted tank a few weeks ago, was just fish for a month.
Here is my setup. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
40g breeder
Aqueon 50 filter
Aqueon 150w heater...tank 76 degrees
t8 lamp, aqueon 17w floramax bulb, 18 in length, sits on glass top
Dual air pump
Substrate is brown gravel I had left over. 50 lbs. along with random river rock
Three pieces of driftwood I bought. (found some more in state park im going to add in next week or so)
4 plants, two of each but need help identifying
- dose excel every other day and have flourish tabs next to plants
Stocked with:
5 golden white clouds
5 glowlight tetra
2 black neon tetra, had 5 but lost during a four day vacay.
1 bristle nose pleco
Want to stock some Cory or Harlequin rasbora and increase my black neons to 5. I also want to add a swirly plant, brazilian ?... It's tall grass looking with spiral blades.
One plant is completely brown with one green leaf. I trimmed off others to save plant energy for new growth. LFS guy said this is normal for this plant, but i cant remember the plant name. The other one is doing awesome with a long stem, runner?, that has more plant leaves growing. Tried to get a good picture.
I only buy from a LFS whom I trust. He owns the store. Tells me no all the time and suggests better or less for tank. I owned a mbuna cichlid tank, so I'm not new to fish care just species of fish and plants.
Chemistry is 0-0-10 pH 7.8
I don't remember kh or gh.
I feed all fish with tetra min baby shrimp, flakes and granuals. Algae wafer for pleco (newer tank, so I supplement)
No natural sunlight for its in a basement. Will get a CFL light indirectly by a lamp next to it. Light is set for 10 hours of on time.
Thanks for reading. Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. Been reading the forum for a long time and decided to jump in. There is so much information here I decided to almost do a trial an error with some suggestions from LFS.
Here is my setup. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
40g breeder
Aqueon 50 filter
Aqueon 150w heater...tank 76 degrees
t8 lamp, aqueon 17w floramax bulb, 18 in length, sits on glass top
Dual air pump
Substrate is brown gravel I had left over. 50 lbs. along with random river rock
Three pieces of driftwood I bought. (found some more in state park im going to add in next week or so)
4 plants, two of each but need help identifying
- dose excel every other day and have flourish tabs next to plants
Stocked with:
5 golden white clouds
5 glowlight tetra
2 black neon tetra, had 5 but lost during a four day vacay.
1 bristle nose pleco
Want to stock some Cory or Harlequin rasbora and increase my black neons to 5. I also want to add a swirly plant, brazilian ?... It's tall grass looking with spiral blades.
One plant is completely brown with one green leaf. I trimmed off others to save plant energy for new growth. LFS guy said this is normal for this plant, but i cant remember the plant name. The other one is doing awesome with a long stem, runner?, that has more plant leaves growing. Tried to get a good picture.
I only buy from a LFS whom I trust. He owns the store. Tells me no all the time and suggests better or less for tank. I owned a mbuna cichlid tank, so I'm not new to fish care just species of fish and plants.
Chemistry is 0-0-10 pH 7.8
I don't remember kh or gh.
I feed all fish with tetra min baby shrimp, flakes and granuals. Algae wafer for pleco (newer tank, so I supplement)
No natural sunlight for its in a basement. Will get a CFL light indirectly by a lamp next to it. Light is set for 10 hours of on time.
Thanks for reading. Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. Been reading the forum for a long time and decided to jump in. There is so much information here I decided to almost do a trial an error with some suggestions from LFS.
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