Richard Dowling
Member
Hi All,
Ive been thinking about tank layouts and plants for what seems like months, Im not really getting anywhere. At the moment the tank is pretty bland and in pretty poor condition after a 2 week holiday and huge algae bloom as a result. I only have Vallis as I havnt started buying new plants yet apart from Java Fern which is on the way. I will be completely ripping it out and starting again now that I have 56 more watts, new substrate etc. I'll start this as soon as ive decided on Plants. I'd rather go for easily maintained plants until I have a pressurised Co2 unit. I was going for Java Fern on Wood surrounded by Anubias Barteri (Until I realised that cannot go below substrate), Sagittaria platyphylla in the mid ground in the rest of the tank and Marsilea hirsuta as a foreground plant. Its finding a border for the Java Fern Wood in place of Anubias that I am now struggling with. Can anyone make any suggestions about the current choices and possible swap for the Anubias idea?
Tank: 81x36x50 (125l)
Lighting: 2x18W T8 & 2x28W T5 - 8 Hours a Day
Filtration: Tetratec EX1200
Substrate: Sand (Soon to be layer of John Innes capped by Akadama)
Fertilizer: EI - Macro 3x Weekly, Micro 3x Weekly (Liquid Carbon & Profito currently unused)
Co2: Nutrafin Natural Plant System (Yeast & Baking Soda) 1bps
Water Changes: 50% Weekly
Decor: Natural Heather Wood (I have various different bog woods & Lava rock but cannot decide)
Ive been thinking about tank layouts and plants for what seems like months, Im not really getting anywhere. At the moment the tank is pretty bland and in pretty poor condition after a 2 week holiday and huge algae bloom as a result. I only have Vallis as I havnt started buying new plants yet apart from Java Fern which is on the way. I will be completely ripping it out and starting again now that I have 56 more watts, new substrate etc. I'll start this as soon as ive decided on Plants. I'd rather go for easily maintained plants until I have a pressurised Co2 unit. I was going for Java Fern on Wood surrounded by Anubias Barteri (Until I realised that cannot go below substrate), Sagittaria platyphylla in the mid ground in the rest of the tank and Marsilea hirsuta as a foreground plant. Its finding a border for the Java Fern Wood in place of Anubias that I am now struggling with. Can anyone make any suggestions about the current choices and possible swap for the Anubias idea?
Tank: 81x36x50 (125l)
Lighting: 2x18W T8 & 2x28W T5 - 8 Hours a Day
Filtration: Tetratec EX1200
Substrate: Sand (Soon to be layer of John Innes capped by Akadama)
Fertilizer: EI - Macro 3x Weekly, Micro 3x Weekly (Liquid Carbon & Profito currently unused)
Co2: Nutrafin Natural Plant System (Yeast & Baking Soda) 1bps
Water Changes: 50% Weekly
Decor: Natural Heather Wood (I have various different bog woods & Lava rock but cannot decide)