Rob_Planted
Seedling
Hi everyone,
First journal from a new member so please be nice!
Ok so where to start...
I have kept tropical fish for 5/6 years now, and my pride and joy at the moment is my Fluval Roma 125L that has been running for 3 years pretty successfully, but with the focus on the fish. I have attached pics
You can see that the amazon swords and crypts have been fine in here all this time with zero ferts or carbon, and just the stock LED light that comes with the Roma. (I will also list fish stock at the bottom).
Apart from some obvious algae that has luckily never got any worse than it is right now, things have always run pretty smoothly in here with religious weekly RO water changes, and general pruning.
*If you are still awake reading this, you’ll be pleased to hear that this is where things get interesting!!
In 11 days time I will be moving house with fish for the first time (I also have a brackish Roma 90L with a figure 8 puffer but not too concerned about him right now with no plants).
The more and more I watch endless aquascaping videos on youtube from the likes of George Farmer, the more I want to give it a go and I have crazily decided to do this the moment I set the tank up in the new house! So far I’ve collected a few nice bits of mopani wood and will buy lots of hopefully undemanding plants at the time to create the look I’m after.
I’m thinking trident java fern, anubias nana and maybe some more crypts... As you can tell I’m very ‘new’ to plants so any advice is always welcome!
So here come some dreaded pre-move questions for you to help me prepare...
I have bought some easycarbo liquid carbon and some of the aquascaper complete liquid plant food. I have never used anything like this before but have researched that the easycarbo is best dosed just before the start of the photo period, is it wise to dose the liquid plant food at the same time? As I have never used these before I will start in low measures.
I really want to try to get the balance right in the tank. With the ferts, carbon and much higher plant load, will I need to upgrade my lighting? I really like the look of the Fluval Aquasky, could this be a better option?
Does this setup still sound low tech, or with the carbon and ferts would this now be classed as medium tech? (If that’s even a thing!)
A few more notes here that might be helpful:
I have lights on from 9am-1pm, then again from 5pm-9.30pm.
I have a Fluval 206 canister filter that I’m hoping to soon upgrade.
Also use a Fluval CP1 wavemaker ad-hoc for no particular reason apart from liking the look of it
Fish stock is -
Rummynose Tetra x 8
Cardinal Tetra x 5
Ram Cichlid x 2
Peppered Corydoras x 5
Bristlenose Plec x 1
Thanks so much in advance for any advice along the way and I hope a few of you will find some interest in the journey!
First journal from a new member so please be nice!
Ok so where to start...
I have kept tropical fish for 5/6 years now, and my pride and joy at the moment is my Fluval Roma 125L that has been running for 3 years pretty successfully, but with the focus on the fish. I have attached pics
You can see that the amazon swords and crypts have been fine in here all this time with zero ferts or carbon, and just the stock LED light that comes with the Roma. (I will also list fish stock at the bottom).
Apart from some obvious algae that has luckily never got any worse than it is right now, things have always run pretty smoothly in here with religious weekly RO water changes, and general pruning.
*If you are still awake reading this, you’ll be pleased to hear that this is where things get interesting!!
In 11 days time I will be moving house with fish for the first time (I also have a brackish Roma 90L with a figure 8 puffer but not too concerned about him right now with no plants).
The more and more I watch endless aquascaping videos on youtube from the likes of George Farmer, the more I want to give it a go and I have crazily decided to do this the moment I set the tank up in the new house! So far I’ve collected a few nice bits of mopani wood and will buy lots of hopefully undemanding plants at the time to create the look I’m after.
I’m thinking trident java fern, anubias nana and maybe some more crypts... As you can tell I’m very ‘new’ to plants so any advice is always welcome!
So here come some dreaded pre-move questions for you to help me prepare...
I have bought some easycarbo liquid carbon and some of the aquascaper complete liquid plant food. I have never used anything like this before but have researched that the easycarbo is best dosed just before the start of the photo period, is it wise to dose the liquid plant food at the same time? As I have never used these before I will start in low measures.
I really want to try to get the balance right in the tank. With the ferts, carbon and much higher plant load, will I need to upgrade my lighting? I really like the look of the Fluval Aquasky, could this be a better option?
Does this setup still sound low tech, or with the carbon and ferts would this now be classed as medium tech? (If that’s even a thing!)
A few more notes here that might be helpful:
I have lights on from 9am-1pm, then again from 5pm-9.30pm.
I have a Fluval 206 canister filter that I’m hoping to soon upgrade.
Also use a Fluval CP1 wavemaker ad-hoc for no particular reason apart from liking the look of it
Fish stock is -
Rummynose Tetra x 8
Cardinal Tetra x 5
Ram Cichlid x 2
Peppered Corydoras x 5
Bristlenose Plec x 1
Thanks so much in advance for any advice along the way and I hope a few of you will find some interest in the journey!