My first truely planted tank

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Rivercats said:
Any plant will have to be kept trimmed. You can go with crypt Wendtii's, red, bronze, Mi Oya, or Florida Sunset. You could do a Red Tiger Lotus and keep it trimmed to the size needed. If you have enough light you could possibly do Myriophyllum tuberculatum, Red Myrio, or Telanthera Rosefolia (Alternanthera reineckii).
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Those all look beautiful. I just wish I had a place where I could get plants locally. I have to order anything I want pretty much. Only place I have that has plants is the plastic tubes at petsmart and even that is about 40 miles away.
 
Paxdaddy said:
Those all look beautiful. I just wish I had a place where I could get plants locally. I have to order anything I want pretty much. Only place I have that has plants is the plastic tubes at petsmart and even that is about 40 miles away.
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Almost all the plants in the 220g were ordered on-line. The rest I already had. The couple fish stores around here I won't get plants from. I just make sure I have a large enough order to make shipping worth it.
 
So I did decide to put the driftwood back in. The windelov java fern wasn't doing very well in my other tank. Sorry I can't get higher quality pics. I don't have Internet at my house so everything is done on my phone.
 

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Wow! I love watching how fast plants grow! Your tank is beautiful and I think that it's overgrown but in a pretty way, if that makes since lol. I love the dwarf hair grass, do you recommend it for me? I have a 60 gallon planted tank and am tryin to make a nice carpet and for one side I have dwarf baby tears making a carpet and in the other corner some dwarf sag made a nice carpet, but for the middle is just plain substrate- I have moderate to high light (about 1.2-2 wpg and a pressurized C02 system. Fluval stratum substrate. Sound okay for the hair grass? I love the way it looks and think it would make a nice center ground cover for my tank. Check out my tank at http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/updated-60-gallon-planted-angelfish-tank-235985.html
Tell me what you think!
 
DanTheGuppyMan said:
Wow! I love watching how fast plants grow! Your tank is beautiful and I think that it's overgrown but in a pretty way, if that makes since lol. I love the dwarf hair grass, do you recommend it for me? I have a 60 gallon planted tank and am tryin to make a nice carpet and for one side I have dwarf baby tears making a carpet and in the other corner some dwarf sag made a nice carpet, but for the middle is just plain substrate- I have moderate to high light (about 1.2-2 wpg and a pressurized C02 system. Fluval stratum substrate. Sound okay for the hair grass? I love the way it looks and think it would make a nice center ground cover for my tank. Check out my tank at http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/updated-60-gallon-planted-angelfish-tank-235985.html
Tell me what you think!
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Thank you. What you said does make sense. I know it's not everyone's preference but I was going for Somewhat of an overgrown look. As for the dhg doing well in your tank. I'm sorry but I'm not really sure. I'm running 4 watts per gallon and a ten gallon isn't very deep. I'm not sure what the minimum light requirement is for it. I do know it likes a lot of light. I did take a look at your tank though and I must say it is beautiful. I wish I had the funds to have a larger planted tank. Maybe someday. Oh and those are some gorgeous Angels you have there.
 
Oh yes I understand about the overgrown look, I am waiting for all my plants to grow out and then trim them a little to make it look nice, but still have the overgrown look to it. Thanks for the info you could provide though, I am now doing some research on the dhg :) good luck with your tank! :D
 
DanTheGuppyMan said:
Oh yes I understand about the overgrown look, I am waiting for all my plants to grow out and then trim them a little to make it look nice, but still have the overgrown look to it. Thanks for the info you could provide though, I am now doing some research on the dhg :) good luck with your tank! :D
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Thanks. Todd luck to you also. Sorry I couldn't be more help. This is my first planted tank so I'm new to it and don't know as much as I would like to. Rivercats has been extremely helpful to me so far.
 
Oh no it's fine this is my first planted tank too believe it or not I don't know lots either! And I seriously don't think I could have what I have right now without the help of Rivercats either! Sorry to stray from the topic of this thread and thanks again!
 
DanTheGuppyMan said:
Oh no it's fine this is my first planted tank too believe it or not I don't know lots either! And I seriously don't think I could have what I have right now without the help of Rivercats either! Sorry to stray from the topic of this thread and thanks again!
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No problem at all!
 
While moving stuff around I saw this guy. Can someone give me a positive id. Apple snail maybe? He's pretty fast as far as snails go. Best pic I could get of him.
 

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You need to get a shot of his shell for an ID but Tiger is right, it's not an apple snail.
 
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