Xand3r
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Two months later after I got a marineland 46 gallon bow front tank I'm finally putting it together. This will be the home of my two juvenile angels and my two Rams. So far, I don't have much going on so I will basically describe my equipment, and other things that I have. I would appreciate some criticism and stocking Ideas.
Tank: Marineland 46 gallon Bow front
Filter: Fluval 306 cycled
Heater: Aqueon pro 200 Watt
Lighting: 36" trio T5 HO right now I'm only using two bulbs (10000K) and I plan to keep it that way, at least for a while.
Substrate: a small amount of peat moss (my water is pretty hard so it doesn't affect my pH) about 30 lb of EcoComplete and black sand (black diamond blasting sand, this stuff is pretty dirty, I spent about 4 hours washing a 50 lb. bag) on the top.
Thermometer: Nutrafin glass thermometer
A piece of drift wood found in my yard ( Boiled for 3-4 Hrs. and soaked for about 2 months)
Plants: 1 Amazon Sword, some Anubias 1 attached to driftwood and one to lava rock (I will probably put the one on driftwood in my 29), a couple of stems of money wort and about 20 stems of wisteria.
Note: I have successfully kept all of these plants for about 8-9 months (in a different tank) I was using the Hagen Plant Grow Natural System with CO2 (some people told me that I didn't really need any CO2 and that an air stone should be enough but I did the experiment and my plants starting to look sick an example of this is my moneywort which was growing pretty quick and it stopped growing, I'm back to the DIY CO2 and the plant is growing again) and I was dosing with Aqueon Aquarium plant food (I was using half the amount suggested)
The tank was put together thursday night and the pics I'm going to post are from that day so the water may not look 100% clear.
I would like to add some more plants to cover the background and maybe add some more color (red ludwigia?) and shapes. So any stocking ideas fish and/or plants, comments and critics will be appreciated
I've noticed that most people here use flourish, do you think that I will get better results with that, or should I keep using the aqueon product. I'm always open to new ideas.
Tank: Marineland 46 gallon Bow front
Filter: Fluval 306 cycled
Heater: Aqueon pro 200 Watt
Lighting: 36" trio T5 HO right now I'm only using two bulbs (10000K) and I plan to keep it that way, at least for a while.
Substrate: a small amount of peat moss (my water is pretty hard so it doesn't affect my pH) about 30 lb of EcoComplete and black sand (black diamond blasting sand, this stuff is pretty dirty, I spent about 4 hours washing a 50 lb. bag) on the top.
Thermometer: Nutrafin glass thermometer
A piece of drift wood found in my yard ( Boiled for 3-4 Hrs. and soaked for about 2 months)
Plants: 1 Amazon Sword, some Anubias 1 attached to driftwood and one to lava rock (I will probably put the one on driftwood in my 29), a couple of stems of money wort and about 20 stems of wisteria.
Note: I have successfully kept all of these plants for about 8-9 months (in a different tank) I was using the Hagen Plant Grow Natural System with CO2 (some people told me that I didn't really need any CO2 and that an air stone should be enough but I did the experiment and my plants starting to look sick an example of this is my moneywort which was growing pretty quick and it stopped growing, I'm back to the DIY CO2 and the plant is growing again) and I was dosing with Aqueon Aquarium plant food (I was using half the amount suggested)
The tank was put together thursday night and the pics I'm going to post are from that day so the water may not look 100% clear.
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I would like to add some more plants to cover the background and maybe add some more color (red ludwigia?) and shapes. So any stocking ideas fish and/or plants, comments and critics will be appreciated
I've noticed that most people here use flourish, do you think that I will get better results with that, or should I keep using the aqueon product. I'm always open to new ideas.