I might be interested in one of your filters. I have a 30g moderately planted tank, lots of beautiful crypts and amazing anubias nana. They have done remarkably well despite my neglect. I have 24 t8 aqueon colormax light, 17 watts. Not sure the k rating on it. I've never dosed ferts or co2. It's been going like this for 2 years. I had 11 serpae tetra and 5 tiger barbs with a penguin 200 biowheel.
I've grown tired of the mass of orange fish so traded them in for some driftwood and moved the plants around. Added a hygrophilia corymbosa plant and 11 neon tetra and had the water tested. Water did not test well as I expected. But nothing too bad that a lot of water changes won't fix. My crypts leaf tips are curling so World of Fish recommend I start dosing c02 as well and use Erase CLP to neutralize all the waste.
So now finally getting to my point- I'd like to also a sword plant and maybe some vals to take up the space I created when I moved stuff. I would also like to add a small school of harlequin rasbora, 8. 6 oto cats, and I'd really like have some swordtail or platys. Preferably swordtails because I found some really nice looking specimens but they grow so large I wouldn't be able to have as many as I like (4). I'd really like a lyretail dalmation molly as well. So I was thinking platies since they stay smaller but I didn't find any as attractive as the swordtails.
According aqadvisor.com this is well overstocked. So I was thinking of adding extra filtration. But would this be unwise for the sake of the plants due to the extra water movement, possibly negating my efforts of adding API liquid c02? I was also thinking of adding another light fixture, an aqueon floramax tube. Would this also be unwise given how successful my plants have grown with the current extremely low tech setup? I'm concerned about making too many changes.
I very much appreciate you taking the time to read my concerns and any insight you could provide!
Thank you,
Angela
I've grown tired of the mass of orange fish so traded them in for some driftwood and moved the plants around. Added a hygrophilia corymbosa plant and 11 neon tetra and had the water tested. Water did not test well as I expected. But nothing too bad that a lot of water changes won't fix. My crypts leaf tips are curling so World of Fish recommend I start dosing c02 as well and use Erase CLP to neutralize all the waste.
So now finally getting to my point- I'd like to also a sword plant and maybe some vals to take up the space I created when I moved stuff. I would also like to add a small school of harlequin rasbora, 8. 6 oto cats, and I'd really like have some swordtail or platys. Preferably swordtails because I found some really nice looking specimens but they grow so large I wouldn't be able to have as many as I like (4). I'd really like a lyretail dalmation molly as well. So I was thinking platies since they stay smaller but I didn't find any as attractive as the swordtails.
According aqadvisor.com this is well overstocked. So I was thinking of adding extra filtration. But would this be unwise for the sake of the plants due to the extra water movement, possibly negating my efforts of adding API liquid c02? I was also thinking of adding another light fixture, an aqueon floramax tube. Would this also be unwise given how successful my plants have grown with the current extremely low tech setup? I'm concerned about making too many changes.
I very much appreciate you taking the time to read my concerns and any insight you could provide!
Thank you,
Angela