Rebirth of a 29g

[JustOneMore20]

Thanks!

I know you said you used 4 bags of flourite, but how many pounds did you use? I am planning on setting up a 29 gallon planted tank so I am trying to figure out how deep my substrate should be

I used approx. 60lbs...each bag of Flourite was about 15lbs. That got me about 3-3.5 inches in the back and about 2-2.5 in the front of the tank.

New pic taken on 2/11

Some of the plants were in need of trimming....and some still are. Everything is growing nicely. Some plants I wish were a little more pink or red than they are...and I wish the Glosso would grow shorter, but its growing, so I shouldn't complain!

I still don't have any fish. The ones I want aren't sold locally so I have to order online and the place I want to order from isn't shipping yet because of the cold. Hopefully the weather will warm up soon for everyone. Meanwhile, I'm just enjoying the plants.

 

[Aquarium1]

Wonderfully magnificent lol (sidebar: I'm reading Great Expectations for English class btw ). Where did you get that dw?

 

[Etunes]

Nice look. Good job as always. Were are you hiding the Co2 diffuser?

 

[Aquarium1]

It's there on the far right (I think that's what that is lol) 3 quarters of the way up.

 

[Etunes]

Look at that. I love the glass ones. They are easy to hide, even in plain site. They do a good job as well. How often do you have to change the tank out (refill it).

 

[Purrbox]

Actually that glass one on the right is the CO2 indicator, not the diffuser... I personally don't see the diffuser.

 

[Aquarium1]

I'm guessing a co2 indicator detects the amount of co2 in the water? I'm not very experienced in CO2 injection lol

 

[discus_lover]

again great picture....

 

[Purrbox]

I'm guessing a co2 indicator detects the amount of co2 in the water?

That's correct. Basically you add a KH Reference Solution to the indicator along with some indicator solution (basically PH indicator). By using a KH Reference Solution of 4 dKH when the solution turns green you know that you have 30ppm of CO2. By adjusting the KH Reference Solution you can set what level of CO2 will show as green.

 

[JustOneMore20]

The diffuser is in the very back...you can see the airline down the back of the tank...it looks light blue in the picture. You can see the bubbles coming from the diffuser as well.

Thanks for the comments!

Etunes, I assume you are asking about the co2 tank? I have to refill it about once a year...sometimes more often...but no more than about every 10 months or so. I have a 20lb tank so it lasts a while.

 

[Aquarium1]

So, where'd you get the dw? It looks awesome!

 

[JustOneMore20]

Sorry Wayne, I saw your question, but forgot to answer it!

I got the driftwood from a guy on one of the plant forums I go to. It's manzanita wood. There is a website, manzanita.com, that sells it for tanks too.

 

[Aquarium1]

lol, np. Thanks for answering. I'll have to check out that site.

 

[Glenc]

Hi Kristin, you are a very talented girl. Very nice work

 

[JustOneMore20]

Thanks Glen! You are very talented as well! I need to trim and post an updated pic for this tank.

 

[Craigthor]

Great looking layout. Wood isn't from Jake(Badcopnofishtank) is it looks like the kind of quality he sells

 

[JustOneMore20]

Thanks Craig. Yep, the wood is from Jake. That is where I buy all my manzanita now. He's a good guy to deal with.

So I finally stocked this tank! I was waiting for it to warm up so I could get fish shipped to me.

Pics!

Sundadanio axelrodi 'blue'

Amano shrimp

Apistogramma agassizii 'double red' female

Cherry Shrimp

I put the Cherries in there a couple weeks ago just to have something in the tank (instead of feeding invisible fish). I think I put maybe 6-8 in there.

My stocking now is:

10 Sundadanio axelrodi blue
4 Amano shrimp
6-8 Cherry Shrimp
2 Apistogramma agassizii double red (m/f pair)
6 Corydoras habrosus (wouldn't pose for the camera)

I plan on adding:
10 Danio Choprae
3 Sparkling Gouramis

And that will stock the tank. Sounds like alot of fish, but most of them are tiny.

I'm going to attempt some better pics tomorrow when all the lights are on over the tank. It was too dark today, plus the fish were still settling in. I'll get a full tank shot too.

 

[Etunes]

awosome. so cool to see all the fish. gj.

 

[supradupafast]

Ohh. Lovely.
Nice to see a good looking Apisto
Awesome!

 

[CA_BroncoFan]

That really looks awesome! You should enter it into the aquascaping contest!