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30th April 2010, 04:04 PM
Hi guys,
I just found this Site; I love the fact that it’s somewhat local
I thought I’d introduce myself, my name is Daniel, I have recently moved back to the Sunny Coast in Queensland, after a long stint of travelling. But now I figured it’s time to dust off the old Aquarium gear and give a Planted tank ago.
The new place is kind of small so I am only setting up my small tank that I originally got as a reef tank trial. It’s an Aqua one 620T, I have a via aqua 650 canister filter (1000l/h). The lights are actually a SunSun T5HO set (4x39watt) that I got of ebay (very cheap, I have had to replace both the ballasts and all the tubes to get them running again). Currently I am running a DIY CO2 system, with a DIY CO2 reactor. I plan on going pressurised soon though.
I was surprised to see that the Anubius I put in my mum’s tank before I left, where still alive even if there a little worse for wear. So I grabbed a heap of that for some instant green in the tank. I plan on slowly replacing most of it with other plants, but I’m not too sure what yet, any ideas?
I’m only using river sand as a substrate, dose that limit what plants I can have? I have however dropped a few Flourish Tabs in to help things along.
After reading a bit about the artistic side of setting up a planted/aquascaped tank I realise that it’s not the best arrangement but I’m not too sure on where to start?
Anyhoo I have added a few Pics to get some feedback, so let me have it.... hahahah
P.S. the fish where used to cycle the tank, I will be removing them Very soon ;)
I just found this Site; I love the fact that it’s somewhat local
I thought I’d introduce myself, my name is Daniel, I have recently moved back to the Sunny Coast in Queensland, after a long stint of travelling. But now I figured it’s time to dust off the old Aquarium gear and give a Planted tank ago.
The new place is kind of small so I am only setting up my small tank that I originally got as a reef tank trial. It’s an Aqua one 620T, I have a via aqua 650 canister filter (1000l/h). The lights are actually a SunSun T5HO set (4x39watt) that I got of ebay (very cheap, I have had to replace both the ballasts and all the tubes to get them running again). Currently I am running a DIY CO2 system, with a DIY CO2 reactor. I plan on going pressurised soon though.
I was surprised to see that the Anubius I put in my mum’s tank before I left, where still alive even if there a little worse for wear. So I grabbed a heap of that for some instant green in the tank. I plan on slowly replacing most of it with other plants, but I’m not too sure what yet, any ideas?
I’m only using river sand as a substrate, dose that limit what plants I can have? I have however dropped a few Flourish Tabs in to help things along.
After reading a bit about the artistic side of setting up a planted/aquascaped tank I realise that it’s not the best arrangement but I’m not too sure on where to start?
Anyhoo I have added a few Pics to get some feedback, so let me have it.... hahahah
P.S. the fish where used to cycle the tank, I will be removing them Very soon ;)