BexM
Member
HI, I've not been on the forum for a while. My 49 gallon planted tank has been sucking for quite some time now. I've had various problems, some success here and there and to be honest had become very disheartened with this hobby. I have been just running the tank and neglecting the plant side of things.
That was until the other day, I was in my local LFS and I saw this.
They never have wood this large or impressive and I snapped it up straight away.
This is my tank at the moment. It's tall but it has two 24w t5ho's with added reflector, they dont span the whole length of the tank but they seem to work well. I think it's low-med light but I may be wrong.
http://www.waterzoo.co.uk/Aquatlantis-U49
It's a bit of a mess, the background is comming away and is all discoloured. The plants are a state and covered with various algae. The soil cap doesn't seem to keep the soil in and the water always looks dirty, it's the wrong soil and cap for my hard water...... etc.
Anyway, my plan is to strip it down and start all over again using this thread as a guide.
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/the-soil-substrate-or-dirted-planted-tank-a-how-to-guide.18943/
I hope I can get it right this time and achieve my dream scape.
That was until the other day, I was in my local LFS and I saw this.
They never have wood this large or impressive and I snapped it up straight away.
This is my tank at the moment. It's tall but it has two 24w t5ho's with added reflector, they dont span the whole length of the tank but they seem to work well. I think it's low-med light but I may be wrong.
http://www.waterzoo.co.uk/Aquatlantis-U49
It's a bit of a mess, the background is comming away and is all discoloured. The plants are a state and covered with various algae. The soil cap doesn't seem to keep the soil in and the water always looks dirty, it's the wrong soil and cap for my hard water...... etc.
Anyway, my plan is to strip it down and start all over again using this thread as a guide.
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/the-soil-substrate-or-dirted-planted-tank-a-how-to-guide.18943/
I hope I can get it right this time and achieve my dream scape.
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