Puckhog429
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hey guys,
Its been a pretty long time since i've been on here. I have majorly downsized my tanks and setups as over the summer I have been busy with work and sports. So I no longer have my 200 gallon garage setup, 10 gallon, and 4 gallon cube (long story, had slow leak and caused a lot of damage). So I am left with my 29g which is not lookin so hot.
Here is a run down of my setup:
Tank: 29 gallon 30 X 12 X 18
Substrate: org. potting soil with red clay
Lighting: 30" Finnex planted plus (old kind with aluminum body)
30" Coralife Aqualight dual t5 36 watt with 6700k and 10k bulbs
Filter: Fluval 405 with custom pvc spray bar
Ferts: GLA PPS Pro (havent been using, just started again yesterday)
Glut dosed almost every day
Fish: 3 Small Angelfish, 6 Harlequin rasboras, 10 or so khuli loaches, and 2-3 ' otos
Plants: Lots of crypts, Anubias Nana, Aquarium lily, dwarf sag, italian val
What I would like to do with the tank is totally redo the scape with different plants, I would like to try my hand at pressurized co2 and eventually change up the stock list as well.
I would like to learn a bit more about co2 and which route to go. From the research I did I like the idea of the Drs Foster and Smith co2 kit found at Freshwater Planted Aquarium Plant Care: Drs. Foster & Smith Semi-Automatic CO2 System being that it includes almost everything I need.
I would like the co2 system to be as worry free and simple as possible as I am pretty busy and don't have tons of time to be messing with things.
Some suggestions or comments on what you would do for co2 in my situation would be great, also please consider that I am 16 and trying to keep my upgrades pretty reasonable in price.
For the new scape I want to use manzanita or something similar. Still unsure of what I want it to look like. I can worry about that once I get co2 dialed. Im gonna want to take advantage of the co2 and get some higher level plants in the mix as well assuming that my lighting will support it. I thought about tossing the t5 fixture and suplementing the current planted plus with another led.
Thanks in advance guys!
Its been a pretty long time since i've been on here. I have majorly downsized my tanks and setups as over the summer I have been busy with work and sports. So I no longer have my 200 gallon garage setup, 10 gallon, and 4 gallon cube (long story, had slow leak and caused a lot of damage). So I am left with my 29g which is not lookin so hot.
Here is a run down of my setup:
Tank: 29 gallon 30 X 12 X 18
Substrate: org. potting soil with red clay
Lighting: 30" Finnex planted plus (old kind with aluminum body)
30" Coralife Aqualight dual t5 36 watt with 6700k and 10k bulbs
Filter: Fluval 405 with custom pvc spray bar
Ferts: GLA PPS Pro (havent been using, just started again yesterday)
Glut dosed almost every day
Fish: 3 Small Angelfish, 6 Harlequin rasboras, 10 or so khuli loaches, and 2-3 ' otos
Plants: Lots of crypts, Anubias Nana, Aquarium lily, dwarf sag, italian val
What I would like to do with the tank is totally redo the scape with different plants, I would like to try my hand at pressurized co2 and eventually change up the stock list as well.
I would like to learn a bit more about co2 and which route to go. From the research I did I like the idea of the Drs Foster and Smith co2 kit found at Freshwater Planted Aquarium Plant Care: Drs. Foster & Smith Semi-Automatic CO2 System being that it includes almost everything I need.
I would like the co2 system to be as worry free and simple as possible as I am pretty busy and don't have tons of time to be messing with things.
Some suggestions or comments on what you would do for co2 in my situation would be great, also please consider that I am 16 and trying to keep my upgrades pretty reasonable in price.
For the new scape I want to use manzanita or something similar. Still unsure of what I want it to look like. I can worry about that once I get co2 dialed. Im gonna want to take advantage of the co2 and get some higher level plants in the mix as well assuming that my lighting will support it. I thought about tossing the t5 fixture and suplementing the current planted plus with another led.
Thanks in advance guys!