fishfanatic
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radek said:Night in my tanks
What kind of moon lights you go on there? Looks spectacular!
radek said:Night in my tanks
I agree, very cool. If it works with my setup, I'll get some in the future.What kind of moon lights you go on there? Looks spectacular!
radek said:I don't use any liquids and tablets. I use only soil with clay under the gravel. My tanks is Low Tech (soil, for fed plants root, not too much light (max 0,5W/1 l. of water))
Tcal01 said:What is your substrate recipe? I think im gonna do dirted tanks from now on.
What is your substrate recipe? I think im gonna do dirted tanks from now on.
What kind of moon lights you go on there? Looks spectacular!
Hey. Awesome tanks. Would love to have such planted tanks but I have golds which aren't plant friendly to aquascaping. I'm trying tough.
Question: what's your lighting and light cycle?
You mentioned netting, how do u plant through that easily? I'm assuming u had to cut holes in it as u planted.
Congratulations! I'm glad a few people on here have had success with keeping and breeding those guys. I want one, but I'm getting Laetacara Curviceps, and the two species would be pretty territorial.A pair of my Blue German Ram prepares stone for the next spawning.
radek said:I used cheap soil from Lowes and the natural red clay from a shop for artists. I chose the soil without pieces of wood and red clay red because he has a lot of iron. With clay I made a small (1/2 ") balls. Put in the tank 2" -3 "soil mixed with clay. Between soil and the glass is 1 1/2" gap I do not want to see the soil. I placed the screen net on top to separate soil from gravel (this can really help when I will be restart my tank). At the top is 2 "-3" of gravel. I cleaned the filter in a small part of water and added the water to the soil before backfilling it with gravel. In this way, I added to the soil bacteria from my filter. I then set decorations and very slowly pouring water.
This is cheap LED lights from Ebay. Something like this one : NEW 48 LEDs CAR TRUCK FLEXIBLE LIGHT STRIP BLUE LIGHT Lamps & Bulbs | eBay
Congratulations! I'm glad a few people on here have had success with keeping and breeding those guys. I want one, but I'm getting Laetacara Curviceps, and the two species would be pretty territorial.
Once again I applaud your aquascaping skills, once I get a good amount of experience I'll try to make my tank a wee bit prettier .
radek said:Thank you. I already have bunch (around 150 pc.) of five month old Blue German Ram. I was sold 60 and still have full tank this fish.
So you just buy those light strips and mount them yourself? Is it easy?
Your tanks are amazing. I'm following this thread and gonna have to go back and read the rest.
Ok just got done reading and I have a few more questions. You said they are low tech tanks so what kind of lights do you for daytime and to grow the plants? Do you have any algae issues?
Also if you use dirt and don't dose any other fertilizer won't you eventually deplete your nutrients and have to redo the substrate? With my sand I can just churn it up and add root tabs whenever I want. Just curious.
Thanks for sharing
That is incredible! I hope you don't plan to keep them in there too long.
radek said:Definitely not. I want sale them soon is possible.
The tanks look great! I can't believe the depth appearance on the 55. Really nicely done! How are your rams doing?