My 65 planted

[zach_1_6]

This tank is almost a year old now. I am almost satisfied with the scape of it, my 3 little swords (1 red melon, 2 amazon) just need to grow bigger and fill in the empty spots.

stocking:
Rainbowfish mix of dwarfs, boesemani, red, and turquoise. mixed tetra, rainbow shark, raphael catfish.

any criticism will be helpful!

 

[ashleynicole]

Very nice! what is the ground cover? Do you dose fertilizers? CO2?

 

[Gboy66]

Wow great tank!!! What are the plants in the bavk right and foreground? What type of lighting?

 

[xander]

Looks great. More details please.

 

[zach_1_6]

plant list:

left side:

for-ground: dwarf sage (all acrose front/ middle trimmed very short as it grows 8 inches + now)

back-ground: rotala rotundifolia/rotala indica, very small anubias on rock. very small amazon sword.

right side:
for-ground: dwarf sage, very small red melon sword, very small Madagascar lace, very small amazon sword, bronze crypts, very small (1 stem) ludwigia

back-ground: jungle vals, corkscrew vals

lighting: Coralife 196 watt dual compact fluorescent 36 inch. 1 6700k, 1 10 000k bulbs.

pressurized co2 (not running at the moment need to get another tank full and a new diffuser)

filtration: top-fin 60 HOB, and marineland magnum 220 canister.

300 watt heater

substrate: eco-complete.

reverse osmosis water

dosing seachem flourish, and flourish iron

i think i covered everything there, anything else you would like to know just ask, thanks everyone!

 

[Gboy66]

Do you buy all of these and let them grow in, or just buy tons of plants?

 

[zach_1_6]

I bought 2 bundles of rotala i had 1 spiral val, 2 jungle vals, 1 amazon sword, 1 red melon sword, 1 dwarf sage that was a hitchhiker, 2 bronze crypts, 1 madagascar lace, 1 java fern (forgot to mention that above) and 1 anubias. those are what i bought and it grew into what i have now and i bought a whole bunch of ludwigia but only a tiny stem lived.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Looks really nice! Great job

 

[Gboy66]

I bought 2 bundles of rotala i had 1 spiral val, 2 jungle vals, 1 amazon sword, 1 red melon sword, 1 dwarf sage that was a hitchhiker, 2 bronze crypts, 1 madagascar lace, 1 java fern (forgot to mention that above) and 1 anubias. those are what i bought and it grew into what i have now and i bought a whole bunch of ludwigia but only a tiny stem lived.

That is so awesome!! If you ever want to sell some of that dwarf sag or rotala, pm me

 

[zach_1_6]

That is so awesome!! If you ever want to sell some of that dwarf sag or rotala, pm me

if you live somewhere near Ontario Canada i will sell you a whole bunch... not to sure it will survive our winter temperatures this time of year

 

[ashleynicole]

Your dwarf sag is amazing.. mine is spreading nicely in lowlight but not nearly as thick as yours.

 

[zach_1_6]

yea, i have noticed that the higher light has made the carpet a lot more thick.

 

[Gboy66]

if you live somewhere near Ontario Canada i will sell you a whole bunch... not to sure it will survive our winter temperatures this time of year

Throw in a couple heat packs lol...ya they might not make it to california...

 

[zach_1_6]

Throw in a couple heat packs lol...ya they might not make it to california...

yea that would be quite the hike lol

 

[Gboy66]

yea that would be quite the hike lol

Either way, keep me in mind this spring. I love your tank!

 

[zach_1_6]

I will keep that in mind by the time spring come I will have double the amount now!

 

[Gboy66]

I will keep that in mind by the time spring come I will have double the amount now!

Well if so, then maybe you could cut me a deal lol jk

 

[zach_1_6]

Lol too bad you didn't live up here in Canada

 

[abbly]

Awesome tank . Starting a few planted tanks myself and am looking for some good plants . I love the carpeted look and I am in Ontario PM if you are ever looking to sell

 

[zach_1_6]

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