My 20G Long FW Planted Tank Build/Journey

[ejaramillo01]

oh, and for the record, that fish food that you saw in the video is the container for goldfish food but the food it really contains is the tropical food. I just normally transferred the tropical food there from the big container so I can mix some goodies on them and crushed them a little bit so it is in smaller bites than its normal size.

just thought I would throw this in here just so if someone will think I am feeding the tropical fish goldfish foods.

Lol
I feel relieve now !

 

[daileene]

LOL...i just gave you a heart attack Ed?

 

[McLumpy]

Absolutely beautiful tanks, Daileene! I especially love the columns/rock w/ sand/pebbles you have in the 1 tank!

Oh and, I had to put "Finding Nemo" on to keep my son busy so I could make this post. lol

 

[daileene]

Ohhh thank you girl. That tank with the column/rock is where all your plants will go and i put some of the anacharis on the other 20G too. That is so cute that you put the finding nemo for your son. I love that movie. 'Keep on swimming, keep on swimming....'

 

[gabysapha]

Daileene your tanks are coming along wonderfully! I can always count on you to include lots of pictures We all love visual threads!

 

[daileene]

Oh thank you so much gaby. I appreciate it. How's yours coming along?

 

[gabysapha]

Good thank you! I just got an order from severum mama- a bunch of crypts. Once they settle in and fill out I think they will add the element of lushness I was looking for. Very excited!

 

[daileene]

Ohhh new plants are always exciting. Show us some pics too when you have time.

 

[daileene]

Okay now that I have new plants in, here are my new list of plants and residents:

5 serpae tetras (for now)
spiralis crypts and other kinds of crypts (i don't know them all)
anubias nana
anubias petite
dwarf grass
hornworts (few left because most melted after I dosed my first CO2 booster)
java fern philippines
amazon sword
java moss
rotala
anacharis
italian val
aponogeton (sp?) bulb
some water wisteria (small bunch with roots)

Lighting: Coralife Freshwater Aqualight T5 Single Fluorescent Light (18W 6700K full spectrum daylight) - 30 inch
Heating: Profile Aquarium Heater Lot: 102600 (I don't know how much wattage this is)
Filter: AC50

Pictures will follow...

 

[daileene]

Here are the pics:

 

[daileene]

More:

 

[daileene]

and 4 more...the italian val and the aponogeton (sp?) bulb:

Moss starting to cover the lava rock and some anacharis:

 

[ejaramillo01]

and 4 more...the italian val and the aponogeton (sp?) bulb:


Moss starting to cover the lava rock and some anacharis:

Great shoots! Do you have CO2 in your planted tanks ? I have not being able to keep vas alive in my tank, looks like the excel kill them

 

[daileene]

I just started to dose the CO2 liquid booster like 2 weeks ago, but since I know that vals, anacharis and now hornwort are sensitive with CO2 liquids, I tried to dose it away from them, not on top of where they are. I have seen that it worked since my vals and anacharis and the leftover of my hornwort from my first mishap, are still alive.

 

[daileene]

I am planning on doing a DIY CO2 in all my tanks so I hope that will not affect the vals and anacharis in the long run.

 

[daileene]

Okay, just an update of what plants I have in here:

Crypt Lucens
Crypt Lutea
Crypt Parva
Crypt Spiralis
Crypt Balansae
Anubias Barteri var. Nana 'petite'
Java fern 'Philippine'
Java Moss
Anacharis
Hornwort
Rotala Indica
Water Sprite (Ceratopteris Cornuta)
Dwarf Sagittaria
Melon Sword (Echinodorus Osiris)
Italian Val
Aponogeton Echinatus
Frogbit

 

[George9]

Okay, just an update of what plants I have in here:

Crypt Lucens
Crypt Lutea
Crypt Parva
Crypt Spiralis
Crypt Balansae
Anubias Barteri var. Nana 'petite'
Java fern 'Philippine'
Java Moss
Anacharis
Hornwort
Rotala Indica
Water Sprite (Ceratopteris Cornuta)
Dwarf Sagittaria
Melon Sword
Italian Val
Aponogeton Echinatus
Frogbit

Lot of plants there! I'm trying indica too with no luck. Out of curiosity, are you getting some nice growth out of it?

 

[daileene]

Lot of plants there! I'm trying indica too with no luck. Out of curiosity, are you getting some nice growth out of it?

I have seen some new leaves coming out shooting upwards. So far it is somewhat slow but I am hoping they will grow faster when I finally setup my DIY CO2.

 

[daileene]

Pictures from today before PWC:

 

[Wy Renegade]

Looks like that tank is starting to grow in nicely. I'll be curious to see how it progresses with the CO2.