I have the same light seems to do wellView attachment 1396805.5 gallon bedside before I added any fish
I have the same light seems to do wellView attachment 1396805.5 gallon bedside before I added any fish
The hardest one to get to color up was the red cabomba.
I added a second one and have them side by side, I am moving everything to a bigger tank because the plants are overgrowing it lolI have the same light seems to do well
SweetView attachment 1396805.5 gallon bedside before I added any fish
I got reineckii in there in the front left. I got it from petco so it was mostly dead and covered in algae. Its coloring up now and starting to grow. I agree with iron for reds but it depends on the plant. That cabomba needs a lot of co2 and high light. If not it'll turn brown and just grow algae. Its one of the more difficult plants for some strange reason. Atleast in my tankRed plants need iron to help bring the red out.
Some reineckii would help compliment the green, red zones. If the monte carlo doesn't work out as many people don't do well with it, dwarf sag, trimmed low can accommodate the lawn look as well.
At the moment I run a mr aqua 12g for nano fish
< anubias petite, crypts maine collected granite type stone & river slate >, and 7g Fluval EBI as a shrimp tank with dragon stone, ADA 60p as a dutch style with amanos, and scarlet badis, a unbranded shallow 17g as a cat drinking pond that grows my xmas moss and soon a shrimp colony < 30lbs of sieryu stone > a 110g future discus tank [ no discus yet ] lightly planted, probably become a dim lit sword, Echinodor plant and buce tank with 120lbs of seiryu stone, and hopefully a show piece manzanita or XXL bonsai driftwood setup. 29g, and 20g mixed plants, usually where trimmings go before they get given away.
All have eco complete as substrate. My personal preference. Some of it mixed with black petco sand. I don't co2 and rarely dose flourish, 50% water changes. Not a fan of excell either. Nasty stuff.
I still use CFL 6.5k spectrum bulbs, Phillips daylight spectrum t5 bulbs. I do run a older fluval planted LED presently over the 110g with a rare 3 bulb t5 fixture. Unless your running co2 I'm not the biggest fan of LED over planted tanks. Personal preference.
Hoping to setup a 400>600 South American Geophagus biotope this summer. Dying to do a shell dwellers tank this year, and work on a kilifish breeding at some point.
Which one, I'll post a few later. Maybe I'll setup a tank tour once the pandemic is over. I have a dozen tanks going at the moment, and more being added.I'd love to see pics of your tank cryptic
Agreed, low tech planted are the way to go in my opinion. Much less maintenance.I enjoy the no maintenance of planted tank. If you add co2 and other things it turns into the reef tank lol
Its a little more work than a reef tank but not by much. It just takes alot more trimming and 50 percent water changes because of the ei method i use. The hardest part is the balance of lights, ferts and co2Agreed, low tech planted are the way to go in my opinion. Much less maintenance.
Thanks, I don’t add anything. Only feeding the fish, the substrate is designed for planted tanks, I top off with r.o and everything is happyNice growth
That’s an awesome fish! I’ve never owned discus
Wow nicely done !!