So I have a 20 gallon and 30 gallon that I'm planning to merge.
Bigger is always better, right? So I was going to just move all of my 20 gal contents into the 29 gal, but I thought there could be more I can do.
30:
currently has large HOB, I just attached a canister filter and am letting that make a good bacteria colony.
Just purchased a 150 watt heater (the 100 watt wasn't doing anything) it is a little warm so I keep dialing it down but it heats over what I set it to.
5 harlequin Rasboras and many red cherry shrimp
Full spectrum bulb
Gravel, planning to replace with the titanium moon sand in the 20 ****was wondering if I should add a more plant specific substrate to this? I have some fluorite gravel stuff.**** I have hard water, thinking about making a s. Repens carpet (no experience with carpet except failed Java Moss lol)
20:
mostly hardy plants right now, like a couple types of Anubias, java moss, java fern, a sword plant, and all my duckweed was eaten haha. (My lucky bamboo of 5 years just died )
Some plattys and red Cherry shrimp
Driftwood
Titanium moon sand, sponge filter, and philips t8 18" plant and aquarium bulb.
Okay, so I really would like to know if s.repens will work as a carpet, what substrate additions I should do and lighting.
I'm not really planning to add co2 unless it's needed, I have some fish as well, lots of shrimp.
Lighting.... I love the philips but it does not come in 24" t8 no matter where I've looked, so I went to Petsmart and bought another full spectrum (I've bought the plant one before and it's too dim for me) and then I realized I already have a full spectrum in the 30... but it's been running 3-4 years so I'm guessing for plants it's good to have a new one anyways? Or would it be better to take that back and invest in a new light set up altogether?
Any plant recommendations? Hard water, ph of 7.6-8.2 (usually at 7.8) weekly water changes, could go to biweekly of heavily planted. Canister filter, seachem flourish fertilizer, also have root tabs I use for the sword.
Sorry this is so long, to wrap up:
Lighting?
Substrate?
Ferts?
Plant recommendations?
Thank you so much, this is my first post on this forum, my other fish forums kind of died.
Bigger is always better, right? So I was going to just move all of my 20 gal contents into the 29 gal, but I thought there could be more I can do.
30:
currently has large HOB, I just attached a canister filter and am letting that make a good bacteria colony.
Just purchased a 150 watt heater (the 100 watt wasn't doing anything) it is a little warm so I keep dialing it down but it heats over what I set it to.
5 harlequin Rasboras and many red cherry shrimp
Full spectrum bulb
Gravel, planning to replace with the titanium moon sand in the 20 ****was wondering if I should add a more plant specific substrate to this? I have some fluorite gravel stuff.**** I have hard water, thinking about making a s. Repens carpet (no experience with carpet except failed Java Moss lol)
20:
mostly hardy plants right now, like a couple types of Anubias, java moss, java fern, a sword plant, and all my duckweed was eaten haha. (My lucky bamboo of 5 years just died )
Some plattys and red Cherry shrimp
Driftwood
Titanium moon sand, sponge filter, and philips t8 18" plant and aquarium bulb.
Okay, so I really would like to know if s.repens will work as a carpet, what substrate additions I should do and lighting.
I'm not really planning to add co2 unless it's needed, I have some fish as well, lots of shrimp.
Lighting.... I love the philips but it does not come in 24" t8 no matter where I've looked, so I went to Petsmart and bought another full spectrum (I've bought the plant one before and it's too dim for me) and then I realized I already have a full spectrum in the 30... but it's been running 3-4 years so I'm guessing for plants it's good to have a new one anyways? Or would it be better to take that back and invest in a new light set up altogether?
Any plant recommendations? Hard water, ph of 7.6-8.2 (usually at 7.8) weekly water changes, could go to biweekly of heavily planted. Canister filter, seachem flourish fertilizer, also have root tabs I use for the sword.
Sorry this is so long, to wrap up:
Lighting?
Substrate?
Ferts?
Plant recommendations?
Thank you so much, this is my first post on this forum, my other fish forums kind of died.