So here's my 75gal set-up so far:
-Acrylic 75gal tank 48''L x 15''W x 24''H
-Aqueon 300W 15inch heater
-Rena xP3 canister filter (for up to 175gal, 350GPH)
-Lights: 2 T12 48'' 40W tubes (one daylight 6500K and one plant/aquarium 3100K) - so I am at 1wpg (low light)
-Subtrate: playsand
-Decorations: one large piece of malaysian drifwood, some slate rocks.
I live in So.Cali so my tap water is slightly basic and very hard. Water in tank:
gH: ~300pm (14 drops on API test kit)
kH: 8 degrees or 143ppm (8 drops on API test kit)
pH = 7.4
temp = 86F (bringing this down to 84 during the fishless cycling and then down to 80F a week or so before I add fish)
Fish Stocking plans:
All the fish in my 20gal will go into the 75gal. Then adding:
-fire eel (small)
-MTS and a few assasin snails
-MAYBE: a couple of pictus cats (not sure the tank can handle it)
Plant Stocking plans (pardon if I misspell any scientific names):
- 1x Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri) - I know they need medium light but this is part of the plant package I am getting. I guess I can always ask them to substitute if there is no chance it will survive with my lighting.
-2x Baby Tears (Hermianthus micranthenum)
-1x Anubias nana (Anubias barteri var nana)
-5x Jungle Val (Vallisneria gigantea)
-4x Corkscrew Val (Vallisneria asiatica var biwaensis)
-1x Aponogeton ulvaceous
-2x Cryptocoryne petchi
-1x Cryptocoryne wendtii bronze
-2x Java fern narrow leaf
-1x Cabomba green (Cabomba caroliniana)
And I would love to keep some banana plants (Nymphoides aquatica) but read they need high light. Anyone had success keeping them in low light conditions like mine?
A couple more points:
-Do I have too many background plants and not enough foreground plants? If so any recomendations for foreground?
-I plan on using seachem flourish root tabs, and I messed up and bought some seachem excel. I now know this is a no no with vals but they had already shipped it and wouldnt let me cancel the order.
-Is using dry ferts worth it with my low light set-up?
-Same for DYI CO2 injection, is it worth it for my set-up
-What extra test kits (besides, API master kit, gH and kH) should I think about getting, phosphates?
So, please tell me what you think so that I can order plants I appreciate any help.
-Acrylic 75gal tank 48''L x 15''W x 24''H
-Aqueon 300W 15inch heater
-Rena xP3 canister filter (for up to 175gal, 350GPH)
-Lights: 2 T12 48'' 40W tubes (one daylight 6500K and one plant/aquarium 3100K) - so I am at 1wpg (low light)
-Subtrate: playsand
-Decorations: one large piece of malaysian drifwood, some slate rocks.
I live in So.Cali so my tap water is slightly basic and very hard. Water in tank:
gH: ~300pm (14 drops on API test kit)
kH: 8 degrees or 143ppm (8 drops on API test kit)
pH = 7.4
temp = 86F (bringing this down to 84 during the fishless cycling and then down to 80F a week or so before I add fish)
Fish Stocking plans:
All the fish in my 20gal will go into the 75gal. Then adding:
-fire eel (small)
-MTS and a few assasin snails
-MAYBE: a couple of pictus cats (not sure the tank can handle it)
Plant Stocking plans (pardon if I misspell any scientific names):
- 1x Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri) - I know they need medium light but this is part of the plant package I am getting. I guess I can always ask them to substitute if there is no chance it will survive with my lighting.
-2x Baby Tears (Hermianthus micranthenum)
-1x Anubias nana (Anubias barteri var nana)
-5x Jungle Val (Vallisneria gigantea)
-4x Corkscrew Val (Vallisneria asiatica var biwaensis)
-1x Aponogeton ulvaceous
-2x Cryptocoryne petchi
-1x Cryptocoryne wendtii bronze
-2x Java fern narrow leaf
-1x Cabomba green (Cabomba caroliniana)
And I would love to keep some banana plants (Nymphoides aquatica) but read they need high light. Anyone had success keeping them in low light conditions like mine?
A couple more points:
-Do I have too many background plants and not enough foreground plants? If so any recomendations for foreground?
-I plan on using seachem flourish root tabs, and I messed up and bought some seachem excel. I now know this is a no no with vals but they had already shipped it and wouldnt let me cancel the order.
-Is using dry ferts worth it with my low light set-up?
-Same for DYI CO2 injection, is it worth it for my set-up
-What extra test kits (besides, API master kit, gH and kH) should I think about getting, phosphates?
So, please tell me what you think so that I can order plants I appreciate any help.