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10/21/2020
Hello everyone, this is the start of my journal for my 20 gallon planted aquarium. The tank was started around a week ago, but today is when all the plants are in.
First off let me tell you this: this tank was unplanned. My old tank was shut down and I had to move all the fish to this one. It was I think 40 some gallons. Did I want
white sand? No, I much prefer black sand, but this is all I had on hand. I had to get something going.
I'm currently trying to dial in the co2 to make it optimal, which is proving to be a boring and long process. The lights are for sure not the best, as I'm running a
crappy old finnex made for a longer tank, and a flood light. See? Not the best.
Stocking:
1x Angelfish
9x Danio
12x Neon tetras
Are these the exact numbers? No, probably not, but I tried.
Plants:
Rotala wallichii
Rotala rotundifolia blood red
Rotala Mexicana Goais
Pearlweed
Red tiger lotus
Dwarf hairgrass
Bacopa caroliniana
Ludwigia ovalis
I'm really curious as to what plants do well and what plants do not do well. So far my theory is that all of the rotala and ludwigia will suffer, the rest will do decent-ish.
I'll be honest with you; I do not have high expectations for this tank. Will I be happy if everything turns out well? Yeah I will, who wouldn't be?! Thing is, anything
can happen, and this tank was not planned. That's just how it is sometimes.
This tank is dirted with the same method I used in my last tank. There are some osmocote pellets in the substrate as well spread out. For now I'm doing 50% water changes
daily to remove the tannins and extra nutrients in the water column (ammonia and such). I'm hoping the plants will use a lot of it as well, but they are just getting
used to the tank for now. I'll be posting weekly updates (hopefully) and taking daily pictures so I can put it all in a timelapsed video later on. Cheers.
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Day 1
10/21/2020
Hello everyone, this is the start of my journal for my 20 gallon planted aquarium. The tank was started around a week ago, but today is when all the plants are in.
First off let me tell you this: this tank was unplanned. My old tank was shut down and I had to move all the fish to this one. It was I think 40 some gallons. Did I want
white sand? No, I much prefer black sand, but this is all I had on hand. I had to get something going.
I'm currently trying to dial in the co2 to make it optimal, which is proving to be a boring and long process. The lights are for sure not the best, as I'm running a
crappy old finnex made for a longer tank, and a flood light. See? Not the best.
Stocking:
1x Angelfish
9x Danio
12x Neon tetras
Are these the exact numbers? No, probably not, but I tried.
Plants:
Rotala wallichii
Rotala rotundifolia blood red
Rotala Mexicana Goais
Pearlweed
Red tiger lotus
Dwarf hairgrass
Bacopa caroliniana
Ludwigia ovalis
I'm really curious as to what plants do well and what plants do not do well. So far my theory is that all of the rotala and ludwigia will suffer, the rest will do decent-ish.
I'll be honest with you; I do not have high expectations for this tank. Will I be happy if everything turns out well? Yeah I will, who wouldn't be?! Thing is, anything
can happen, and this tank was not planned. That's just how it is sometimes.
This tank is dirted with the same method I used in my last tank. There are some osmocote pellets in the substrate as well spread out. For now I'm doing 50% water changes
daily to remove the tannins and extra nutrients in the water column (ammonia and such). I'm hoping the plants will use a lot of it as well, but they are just getting
used to the tank for now. I'll be posting weekly updates (hopefully) and taking daily pictures so I can put it all in a timelapsed video later on. Cheers.

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