frrok
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi I believe this may be my first thread that I've started here in AA. I just wanted to share my recent project with you all. I've been lurking for sometime and maybe have listed a few times. This isn't my first tank or dirt tank for that matter but I nonetheless feel very new at all this.
Here is a 10 gallon that i converted to a dirt substrate over the weekend. I chose to name it, Mezza Luna (italian for "half moon")
Pics are in this order, the before shot , layout of substrate then final planted. Let me know what you think of the scape, any critiques? Wood is Manzanita As far as equipment goes I am using a zoo med 501 for filtration(which I had to return to one petco cuz it was defective) Archaea 27w cfl fixture. Substrate is MGOCPM and Eco complete as cap. Only black gravel I could find that was the close to the size that needed, black and natural. After I planted I quickly realized how light eco was and some plants kept floating up. Very frustrating. I had better luck with super naturals gravel that I used in my 3.5. It's unfortunate that these companies do not make a fine black natural gravel(thats not sand) in 1-3mm. That would be ideal. Anyway, hope you enjoy. As it was a struggle to re-do it, especially with fish. I'm really happy with the outcome. And it is by no means finished. I want to added a few more species of stem plants and I have knock off lily pipes on order as I don't care for the intake and outflow.l on the zoo med. Dirt is awesome!
Fish:
2 Gold twin bar platies
1 orange glofish
2 ottos
1 Betta(which is quite docile and a non-issue with other fish)
Plants
Jungle Val
Crypt Wendti tropica
Crypt Wendti red
Dwarf hairgrass
Dwarf sag
Here is a 10 gallon that i converted to a dirt substrate over the weekend. I chose to name it, Mezza Luna (italian for "half moon")
Pics are in this order, the before shot , layout of substrate then final planted. Let me know what you think of the scape, any critiques? Wood is Manzanita As far as equipment goes I am using a zoo med 501 for filtration(which I had to return to one petco cuz it was defective) Archaea 27w cfl fixture. Substrate is MGOCPM and Eco complete as cap. Only black gravel I could find that was the close to the size that needed, black and natural. After I planted I quickly realized how light eco was and some plants kept floating up. Very frustrating. I had better luck with super naturals gravel that I used in my 3.5. It's unfortunate that these companies do not make a fine black natural gravel(thats not sand) in 1-3mm. That would be ideal. Anyway, hope you enjoy. As it was a struggle to re-do it, especially with fish. I'm really happy with the outcome. And it is by no means finished. I want to added a few more species of stem plants and I have knock off lily pipes on order as I don't care for the intake and outflow.l on the zoo med. Dirt is awesome!
Fish:
2 Gold twin bar platies
1 orange glofish
2 ottos
1 Betta(which is quite docile and a non-issue with other fish)
Plants
Jungle Val
Crypt Wendti tropica
Crypt Wendti red
Dwarf hairgrass
Dwarf sag