Hi all,
been about 2 years since I came onto this site. Had a small reef, and upgraded it to a larger tank. I set up my 9 gal eheim tank as a FW planted less than a year ago. this past weekend it crashed.. not entirely sure what happened, but I lost everything in the tank. I think the nerite snails died and leeched an insane amount of ammonia into the tank.
Anyway, I recently cleaned out the tank entirely, gave the eco-complete substrate a good cleaning.. rinsed the plants, rocks and wood and reset it back up. I may need to move the driftwood as it's not very stable. I am in process of re-cycling it- so in the mean time, lets do some research and planning!
I have a finnex planted + (12"). Dosing with excel each day, and have root tabs for the plants.
Here's the suggestions/ideas I am looking for:
• How does the scape look? any suggestions?
• What are some good small-medium red plants to break up the green?
• What are some small plants I can attach to the driftwood?
• I am thinking about adding some RCS and other shrimps of the variety- what are some good tank mates to go with them?
• What are some unique fish I could add, if I decide not to get shrimps?
• If I go the shrimp route, any suggestions on how I can ensure they won't go carpet surfing? The back of the tank has small opening thanks to the air tube and heater cord.. I can't cut the glass top to make it fit.
This is a cube tank, there's really not a whole lot of ground space- especially when I add more plants, I am not sure if pygmy cories would be a good choice.
been about 2 years since I came onto this site. Had a small reef, and upgraded it to a larger tank. I set up my 9 gal eheim tank as a FW planted less than a year ago. this past weekend it crashed.. not entirely sure what happened, but I lost everything in the tank. I think the nerite snails died and leeched an insane amount of ammonia into the tank.
Anyway, I recently cleaned out the tank entirely, gave the eco-complete substrate a good cleaning.. rinsed the plants, rocks and wood and reset it back up. I may need to move the driftwood as it's not very stable. I am in process of re-cycling it- so in the mean time, lets do some research and planning!
I have a finnex planted + (12"). Dosing with excel each day, and have root tabs for the plants.
Here's the suggestions/ideas I am looking for:
• How does the scape look? any suggestions?
• What are some good small-medium red plants to break up the green?
• What are some small plants I can attach to the driftwood?
• I am thinking about adding some RCS and other shrimps of the variety- what are some good tank mates to go with them?
• What are some unique fish I could add, if I decide not to get shrimps?
• If I go the shrimp route, any suggestions on how I can ensure they won't go carpet surfing? The back of the tank has small opening thanks to the air tube and heater cord.. I can't cut the glass top to make it fit.
This is a cube tank, there's really not a whole lot of ground space- especially when I add more plants, I am not sure if pygmy cories would be a good choice.
