Ian086
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hey everyone. I just thought I'd start a thread for my new 29g planted tank, that I'm getting started on in the next few days. I have some of the equipment purchased, others in the post and everything else I have a fair idea of what I want/need.....
Please feel free to join in and offer ANY advice on any aspect of the build. Although I have an idea in my head of what I want to achieve, I am open to all suggestions. My aim is to have a planted tank that i can be really proud of and maybe inspire others to take the plunge, just like I've been inspired by many beautiful tanks I have seen on our forum. I am pretty new to all this planted stuff, although I have a 15g planted, set-up up about 4 months, which is doing quite well and I am pretty happy with. If you think I am doing something wrong or have any suggestions on how to do it better, let me know. I have a tough skin and don't get offended easily, so please don't hold back....haha
It will be a relatively slow build, as some of you may know(I've said it enough!) the choice of equipment and stock on this side of the pond is not great. I usually have to import stuff from the US. I do have the 'main' tools I need to get started but may incur some delays because of the above reasons. Please bare with me, I really appreciate EVERYONES input. The more help/advice I get, the better the end result will be....
Even if you are not knowledgeable in plants, this thread is open to everyone, if you have a comment on anything in the thread...equipment, scaping, plants, stock, anything at all, please join in....
As you can see or know already, I like to waffle on, so I hope I don't bore people too much with this thread...haha
Also bear in mind the time zone difference, I am at least 6hrs ahead of most of the American AA members, so may not get to reply straight away!!.
As I said I have the guts of the tank sorted, tank, light, filter(s), heater, and substrate. The main stars, the plants, I have an idea on but again, I am completely open to suggestions/change on these......
It's late over here, so tomorrow, i'll give a more detailed list of what I have/am getting for the tank.
Please join in, I want this to be an informative thread but also an enjoyable one, for everyone, novices/experts and everyone inbetween. I don't take myself too seriously and hopefully we can have a bit of craic(if the Mods/Admins let us) along the way.....Ian
Please feel free to join in and offer ANY advice on any aspect of the build. Although I have an idea in my head of what I want to achieve, I am open to all suggestions. My aim is to have a planted tank that i can be really proud of and maybe inspire others to take the plunge, just like I've been inspired by many beautiful tanks I have seen on our forum. I am pretty new to all this planted stuff, although I have a 15g planted, set-up up about 4 months, which is doing quite well and I am pretty happy with. If you think I am doing something wrong or have any suggestions on how to do it better, let me know. I have a tough skin and don't get offended easily, so please don't hold back....haha
It will be a relatively slow build, as some of you may know(I've said it enough!) the choice of equipment and stock on this side of the pond is not great. I usually have to import stuff from the US. I do have the 'main' tools I need to get started but may incur some delays because of the above reasons. Please bare with me, I really appreciate EVERYONES input. The more help/advice I get, the better the end result will be....
Even if you are not knowledgeable in plants, this thread is open to everyone, if you have a comment on anything in the thread...equipment, scaping, plants, stock, anything at all, please join in....
As you can see or know already, I like to waffle on, so I hope I don't bore people too much with this thread...haha
Also bear in mind the time zone difference, I am at least 6hrs ahead of most of the American AA members, so may not get to reply straight away!!.
As I said I have the guts of the tank sorted, tank, light, filter(s), heater, and substrate. The main stars, the plants, I have an idea on but again, I am completely open to suggestions/change on these......
It's late over here, so tomorrow, i'll give a more detailed list of what I have/am getting for the tank.
Please join in, I want this to be an informative thread but also an enjoyable one, for everyone, novices/experts and everyone inbetween. I don't take myself too seriously and hopefully we can have a bit of craic(if the Mods/Admins let us) along the way.....Ian