125g Planted Build Thread

[daileene]

Yeah, that's a big concern of mine too Neilan. Not sure why the wife put a sun right above my tank. She should have known better. But hey, if I get a bad algae problem, I can blame her

she better watch out then LOL...

really, your tank is amazing...does riccia a high light plant? it looks so awesome...

 

[Marconis]

Id worry about that direct sunlight. (the one on the wall, not the window)

Hahahaha

 

[browning1359]

If I can get a hold of a tank any where near 100+ gallons I might have to take your layout design lol really looks good

 

[Jason7894561230]

really, your tank is amazing...does riccia a high light plant? it looks so awesome...

It needs around medium light to really thrive and high light is always going to make it flourish. In low light i think it will still grow just very slowly

 

[daileene]

It needs around medium light to really thrive and high light is always going to make it flourish. In low light i think it will still grow just very slowly

thanks for the info jason...

 

[mfdrookie516]

Yeah, riccia does ok in about any light, but it grows like crazy in high light.

 

[Jason7894561230]

Hows your going?
Also i dont know if you have co2 on this tank? Do you?

 

[mfdrookie516]

yes I have co2... its going great. I pulled 18 new ludwigia stems off today and planted them. Things are moving right along.

 

[Jason7894561230]

Awesome, how is the cycle going?

 

[roydooms]

You're still cycling? You dose ferts? Are you using pure ammonia?

 

[Marconis]

Awesome, how is the cycle going?

I thought he brought over filters from another tank...

 

[mfdrookie516]

Yeah I didnt cycle this tank... I thought I was going to have to, but the ammonia quit leeching so I just pulled my fluval 305 and 405 off my 150 and put the black skirts in.


On a new note... I got a pair (male and female) of bristlenose plecos tonight, as well as a huge piece of driftwood. It's slowly coming together. Not sure if I feel up to putting the dw in tonight or not, so probably won't have any pics until tomorrow or this weekend some time.

 

[Joyler]

Oh boy, oh boy!! Can't wait til the pics! Maybe you'll get baby plecos...how cute!

 

[mfdrookie516]

I lied...

Here's a pic of the dw... a bad pic though

 

[Joyler]

I lied...

Here's a pic of the dw... a bad pic though

So sharp! Hope the fishies are careful

 

[mfdrookie516]

Here's a better pic with a size reference (water bottle)...

 

[fort384]

That is either a very small bottle of water, or that drift wood is huge.

 

[Joyler]

Holy moly! It's huge! Lol

 

[Fdsh5]

Holy crap that's not drift wood it's a drift tree

 

[mfdrookie516]

Ok... so I can't do with it what I want just yet... Its not waterlogged... but its in the tank with the two plecos. Here are some not so great quality photos (iPhone).

Notice the 47 stems of ludwigia in this photo