I was plunged into the hobby 2 years ago when my mother in-law bought my daughter 2 goldfish for her birthday. We were completely unprepared and made all the usual mistakes. The gold fish survived for about 8 months which then allowed me to start over and get some tropicals..
And my obsession has grown from there, I bite the bullet and went planted about 2 months ago. I've got a small external filter running but I left my old filter in the tank and filled it with bio-rings which I'm going to use to seed my filter in my new 350l tank which should be arriving soon.
My current tank is a 64l insight. I used Westland pond compost under play sand. The plants are just the usual easy ones Anubis, java fern/moss and I can't remember the name of the other one.And some moss balls..
I started dosing liquid co2 but it hasn't had any effect so I stopped. Not dosing any ferts. The plants haven't melted but haven't really grown much either.. The light is only a 9 watt led I think so pretty weak. I almost ordered a new light but I figured I'd hold off till I have my new tank up and running as I'll be spending a small fortune on it. Was going to order some ferts as I'll need them for my big tank anyway..
I just fancied a trial run before my big tank arrived and it seems to be going ok. Getting a bit of algea here and there but nothing major.
I've got x-ray tetras, neons, some platys, and a couple of wcmm and they're all doing great..
I'd like to thank you all in advance for your patience, as no doubt I will be bombarding you with lots annoying questions over the next couple of months!
Cheers,
Colin
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And my obsession has grown from there, I bite the bullet and went planted about 2 months ago. I've got a small external filter running but I left my old filter in the tank and filled it with bio-rings which I'm going to use to seed my filter in my new 350l tank which should be arriving soon.
My current tank is a 64l insight. I used Westland pond compost under play sand. The plants are just the usual easy ones Anubis, java fern/moss and I can't remember the name of the other one.And some moss balls..
I started dosing liquid co2 but it hasn't had any effect so I stopped. Not dosing any ferts. The plants haven't melted but haven't really grown much either.. The light is only a 9 watt led I think so pretty weak. I almost ordered a new light but I figured I'd hold off till I have my new tank up and running as I'll be spending a small fortune on it. Was going to order some ferts as I'll need them for my big tank anyway..
I just fancied a trial run before my big tank arrived and it seems to be going ok. Getting a bit of algea here and there but nothing major.
I've got x-ray tetras, neons, some platys, and a couple of wcmm and they're all doing great..
I'd like to thank you all in advance for your patience, as no doubt I will be bombarding you with lots annoying questions over the next couple of months!
Cheers,
Colin
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