new planted tank--help w/ setup
I'm planning on converting my 29 gallon tank to a planted tank. I've
sketched out a layout with some plant species and am wondering if these plants and this layout will do good in my tank conditions. 29 gallons 3x20 watts (about 2wpg) pH somewhere above 7.5 (off my chart) planning on a DIY CO2 Haven't tested the hardness, but the water supply has just changed from hard well water to a city supply, so I'm guessing the hardness will drop over the next water changes Any help would be appreciated from any aspect--technicalities to aquascaping. I'd rather give it the best try the first time for keeping the cost down! http://www2.gvsu.edu/~klutingd/images/tank.jpg Oh...and I have a large buenos aires tetra that I've read eats plants...any experience with this? |
I have a heavily planted 29 gal tank, and the plants are doing very
well. 65 watts (Custom Sealife "Britelamp"), DIY CO2, KH about 5, pH 6.8-7. Flourite substrate. I experimented with all sorts of DIY CO2 setups before coming to the one I have now, which is very easy to maintain. Two 2-quart juice bottles connected by a "T" in the tubing, I swap each one out about every 2 weeks. Hagen "natural plant system" diffuser. AquaClear HOB filter ... a lot of people will tell you that a HOB filter will generate too much surface turbulence, but that's not true in my case .... as a matter of fact, I have an airstone rigged up under my diffuser to blow off excess CO2. I use a pH controller which turns on the airpump when the pH gets too low, but the airpump runs mostly at night and probably a simple timer would work too. Low maintenance, no worries! |
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