10 gallon Build/ Journey Thread :)

[Jason7894561230]

It getting there whats going in it?

 

[tyspot1000]

Im not sure yet. I was thinking about this:

5 amano shrimp
5 RCS
6 CPD's
2 endlers
1 sparkling gourami.

 

[Durvish]

more pics please

 

[tyspot1000]

Ive been to lazy to charge my camera, sorry. I will get pics as soon as I can!

 

[LemurLad]

Looking great so far! Will be following!

 

[tyspot1000]

Thanks

 

[Nivi]

Hey i have a similar planted tank 10G too, urs looking great cant wait to see those fish and shrimps. How long is ur tank and ur fixture?

 

[tyspot1000]

The tank is a standard 10 gallon (20 inches) and the light fixture is 17 inches

 

[Nivi]

Nice, my tank is ~17inch. Im planning to buy a fixture like urs. Do you have any medium- high light plant in your tank and are they growing well?

 

[tyspot1000]

They are mostly all Medium light plants (thats the highest kind of plant It can support) And they are all growing great, I think better than they were at the fish store.

Im dosing with florish excel 2-3 times a week.

 

[fort384]

More pics!!

If the plants are growing fast, you may start bottoming out on nutrients. Again, the LED thing is newer so it is hard to gauge. You may want to start dosing at least a trace mix and some potassium. There are a few out there like api leafzone and tetra florapride that combine potassium and iron/trace elements. Petsmart usually will have one or the other. The flourish comprehensive is good too but sometimes harder to find.

The other thing to keep an eye on as the tank matures a bit is nitrate. Again if the plants are growing fast it is very possible you could find yourself bottoming out on N. If this is the case you may have to supplement with N as well. Flourish makes a liquid N supplement or the cheapest in the long run would be to start looking at dry ferts. Http://www.aquariumfertilizer.com is a good source.

Not saying any of it is a requirement yet... But it might be something you start reading up on, and looking for excess algae growth and nutrient deficiencies as you move forward, just in case!

Keep up the good work!

 

[tyspot1000]

Thanks for the information!

Ill try and get some pics soon, camera still dead

 

[tyspot1000]

Heres a pic I took yesterday. I totally forgot that I could upload from my phone sorry people.

 

[fort384]

wow! It is really looking great.

 

[Aquarium1]

wow! It is really looking great.

+1

 

[Nivi]

Looking good. Seems like ur tank is lid free? Is that better for plants.

 

[tyspot1000]

Thanks guys. Im not sure how the no lid benefits the plants, but thats how the light fixture was made. And the 10 gallon had no lid, I got it from the fish store for $2.50 (.25 cents per gallon) , It was a deal!

 

[Durvish]

Wish I could get a 75 gal tank for .25 a gallon! lol

 

[tyspot1000]

Yeah, thats the good thing about my LFS, they are really cheap with there used tanks, but not there new or starter tanks kits are not. A 75 gallon tank there (if using the 25 cents per gallon) would be $18.75

 

[tyspot1000]

*Update*

I tested today and they read:

Ph: 7.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate:0-5 (Not on zero [yellow] and not on 5 [light orange] , but an in-between number, so that means the nitrates are coming up! Yay!