ChrisG
Seedling
- Joined
- 29 Aug 2015
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- 3
Hi,
I have a Fluval Roma 90 that I have attempted to plant in the past. I have had some success however while I was on holiday my timer plug broke leaving it on, this lead to rampant algae and the tank looked horrible. I ended up removing the majority of the plants, and the tank still looks to be in dismay. My substrate isn't deep enough either really, I plan to switch to using Miracle grow organic or something similar as it has been suggested to me a couple of times on reddit's various aquarium communities. I plan to top this off with some JBL Manado my dad had left over from setting up his tank. I do have another 2 tanks in addition to this planted tank however they didn't exactly qualify as planted unless having some Vallisneria Spiralis in my community tank does.
Equipment wise I have:
Pictures of my tank (and fish):
I have a Fluval Roma 90 that I have attempted to plant in the past. I have had some success however while I was on holiday my timer plug broke leaving it on, this lead to rampant algae and the tank looked horrible. I ended up removing the majority of the plants, and the tank still looks to be in dismay. My substrate isn't deep enough either really, I plan to switch to using Miracle grow organic or something similar as it has been suggested to me a couple of times on reddit's various aquarium communities. I plan to top this off with some JBL Manado my dad had left over from setting up his tank. I do have another 2 tanks in addition to this planted tank however they didn't exactly qualify as planted unless having some Vallisneria Spiralis in my community tank does.
Equipment wise I have:
- Fluval U2 Filter
- Glo Aqua-Glo 15w T8 light
- Glo Power-Glo 15w T8 light
- Reflectors for each light installed in the tank hood
- Aquatropic aquatherm 100 watt heater
- JBL ProFlora Bio 160 CO2
- For fertiliser I have ferropol and ferropol 24 by JBL, admittedly I have been fertilising my tank that often with the daily fertiliser
- Siamese Fighter Crown Tail
- 6 x Cardinal Tetra
- 3 x Bristlenose plecs, they are currently babies and I will be moving at least one of them out to my community tank in the future which has additional filtration to support it.
- Vallisneria Spiralis
- Twisted Vallisneria
- Cabomba Caroliniana
- Mini Amazon Sword (I believe)
- Elodea Densa
- And some others I can't manage to identify
Pictures of my tank (and fish):
The whole tank
The CO2 diffuser
What I suspect to be the mini amazon sword
Plant/Algae cluster that I hate looking at
Close up of Plant/Algae cluster
Twisted Vallis
Size of bristlenoses
The CO2 diffuser
What I suspect to be the mini amazon sword
Plant/Algae cluster that I hate looking at
Close up of Plant/Algae cluster
Twisted Vallis
Size of bristlenoses