my planted tank Journal

[chr15_8]

tank size: (internal dimensions) 46x15x16 (about 41 uk gallon/185 litres/48 US gallons)

lighting: 90 watts t8’s + 1 55W power compact t5 with daylight plus giving just over 3wpg (without including reflectors on the t8’s)

substrate: tropica aquacare +1.5kg’First Layer – Pure Laterite’ + 2.8kg tetraplant complete substrate with 3mm gravel on top (long story why i have so many different substrate will explain if asked as it will probably bore you all)

co2: jbl profi set 2 with a DIY external reator

filter: Eheim 2224 Professionel External Filter with ‘flo’ glassware

heater: standard heater but will be changing it to an external

fertilizers: EI + trace

Fish:
30ish neon tetra’s (will be getting alot more in time)
6 red cherry shrimp
5 amana shrimp
5 red crystal’s (low grade )
4 ottos
3 sae
1 borneo sucker
5 kuhli loaches

Plants: will mainly be form greenline + a few tropica

HC ‘cuba’
CRYPTOCORYNE BALANSAE
NESAEA CRASICAULIS
CYPERUS HELFERI
AMBULIA AROMATICA
BACOPA CAROLINIANA
HYGRO. SALICIFOLIA

background:
plain black

any question/suggestions please ask/say

thanks
chris

[ste12000]

Please sir i have a question!!! :wink:

When are you going to use that new camera and post some good pics of your planted tank????

Sounds good…..

[chr15_8]

eerrr when i get some plants i surpose

ive been busy recently and i still need to order my plants.

i only filled the tank up abot 2 weeks ago and have started transferring them back (going to be hard to plant and dont want to keep moving the fish in and out/stressing them

chris

[ste12000]

Sorry i got it mixed up i thought you had already set the tank up, Make sure you post some pics when your all done. Have you used Greenline before?? I have and was very very impressed with the service and plants.
Can you explain the substrate please.. everyone on here already knows im boring lol :roll: I used to keep plants with laterite and co2 but i am far from an expert and any advice is good advice..Cheers mate.

[chr15_8]

nope i havent used greenline but i will be this time (only becasue EA have stopped selling plants :cry: )

my subtrate in this tank is screwed up to be honest due to being sold wrong products. (mainly lfs) :roll:

any way i was sold a product which ‘is very good for a planted tank under normal stones/sand so i bought it and relised after i put it in it was normal amnky looking gravel.

so i bought another type of substrate (tetraplant) wasvery happy with it except the lfs(a different one may i add) only had one box/tub. so i bought the pure Laterite aswell. i wenrt very happy with the coverage of the pure laterite. so i decided i would order up the ‘proper’ tropica substate.

i have used this before and was amazing only reason i didnt use it first time was because i wanted to set it up that day and the only place i can get it from is mail order!

not very interesting and more than likely boring lol

substrate in plated tanks are normally nutritious for the plants root systems.

as i said tropica is probably the best you can get

chris

[chr15_8]

this is probably not happening now!

not really missed the planted bit tbh (its only holding the fish with no plants) so i think ive lost interest in it.

however i do have another plan for the tank which i wont be revealing untill alot closer to the time. by the way it will include alot of aquascaping

chris

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