Claudy Banks
Seedling
Hi All
My first attempt at creating a planted tank, something I'd been meaning to do for ages. I'd kept fishes years ago, back in the days when you would buy some plants, watch them die, and go back and buy some more. So now the time was right to go for a proper planted tank, swat up on all the latest methods, follow the guidelines, buy the right equipment, have a bit of patience. All dead easy right? Wrong! I soon realised so much advice was contradicted elsewhere and every tank was different to every other. My main point of reference in the early stages was on this very forum, 'Setting Up A Higher Tech Planted Tank' and ploughing through older posts. Eventually I felt ready to take the plunge and start getting various bits of equipment together. This took the best part of a month.
My initial purchases comprised:
Tank-Juwel Rio 300 350litre
Filter-Fluval 406 (used in conjunction with internal Juwel filter)
CO2- JBL Pro Flora kit
JBL Pro Flora ph controller
Lighting- 4x T5 54watt c/w reflectors
Also, odds and ends such as 3x digital timers, driftwood, substrate etc.
In the next post I will relate some of my trials and tribulations on the setup, money well spent, money wasted, that sort of thing.
My first attempt at creating a planted tank, something I'd been meaning to do for ages. I'd kept fishes years ago, back in the days when you would buy some plants, watch them die, and go back and buy some more. So now the time was right to go for a proper planted tank, swat up on all the latest methods, follow the guidelines, buy the right equipment, have a bit of patience. All dead easy right? Wrong! I soon realised so much advice was contradicted elsewhere and every tank was different to every other. My main point of reference in the early stages was on this very forum, 'Setting Up A Higher Tech Planted Tank' and ploughing through older posts. Eventually I felt ready to take the plunge and start getting various bits of equipment together. This took the best part of a month.
My initial purchases comprised:
Tank-Juwel Rio 300 350litre
Filter-Fluval 406 (used in conjunction with internal Juwel filter)
CO2- JBL Pro Flora kit
JBL Pro Flora ph controller
Lighting- 4x T5 54watt c/w reflectors
Also, odds and ends such as 3x digital timers, driftwood, substrate etc.
In the next post I will relate some of my trials and tribulations on the setup, money well spent, money wasted, that sort of thing.