Pezzep
Aquarium Advice Freak
So I'm turning my 8g that used to house my cherries into a dirted heavily planted betta tank with a different species of shrimp, probably yellow neocaridinas and tiger shrimp or bee shrimp. Wanted to ask if you 100% have to cap the dirt or will it eventually settle on its own after a while? Cause I didn't know it would float at first and I threw the dirt in with a little water in the tank...made for a big mess.
I used miracle grow organic potting soil, I've read that some people add red clay and such to it, is this necessary? Do any of you that have done dirted tanks add red clay and what are the benefits of doing so?
Also wanted to get an opinion on lighting for the tank I want to have high light and am looking for a decently priced fixture that will achieve this for my tank. I'd prefer LED but anything really will do as long as it's high or on the high end of medium light. The tank is 12.6 inches high if that helps decide with lighting at all.
Also taking any recommendations on plants if people just want to throw out names of their favourite plants to look at that would be great. I have some plants in mind but the more options I have the better. Will be dosing ferts and liquid carbon.
Here's a pic of what I got so far.
Have a moss ball I'm going to rip up and attach to the branches to try and get a tree look going, which I assume will take a very long time as I've read the type of moss that makes up moss balls is very slow growing, correct me if im wrong. The front area will be filled with pool filter sand with some rocks to break up the two substrates. Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings.
I used miracle grow organic potting soil, I've read that some people add red clay and such to it, is this necessary? Do any of you that have done dirted tanks add red clay and what are the benefits of doing so?
Also wanted to get an opinion on lighting for the tank I want to have high light and am looking for a decently priced fixture that will achieve this for my tank. I'd prefer LED but anything really will do as long as it's high or on the high end of medium light. The tank is 12.6 inches high if that helps decide with lighting at all.
Also taking any recommendations on plants if people just want to throw out names of their favourite plants to look at that would be great. I have some plants in mind but the more options I have the better. Will be dosing ferts and liquid carbon.
Here's a pic of what I got so far.
Have a moss ball I'm going to rip up and attach to the branches to try and get a tree look going, which I assume will take a very long time as I've read the type of moss that makes up moss balls is very slow growing, correct me if im wrong. The front area will be filled with pool filter sand with some rocks to break up the two substrates. Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings.