Hi
I've decided upon my new tank, a Juwel Rio 125.
I plan on having mainly plants that require low level lighting (its my first attempt at aquascaping), but also I am sure that during planning there will be plants that I will choose as part of the design that need good substrate and light (T5 included in Rio, so don't expect any problems. Also I want flexability in the future to plant more demanding plants.
I also want to have a community tank and plenty of shrimp.
What is the best substrate to keep the shrimp happy as well as the fish and gives flexibility choosing plants for my aquascape.
One combination I was looking at was the Dennerle Nano DeponitMix (€9.50 1kg) and Nano Garnelenkies (€10 2kg). I researched this as I was going to get a Dennerle 60L Cube, but I am thinking there could be a more cost effective way to get same effect.
http://www.aquaristikshop.com/e_Produkt ... 1000-g.htm
http://www.aquaristikshop.com/cgi-bin/n ... temartic_e
Oh yeah colour is important as I want it to be black.
I've calculated I need 30kg of substrate to give me just above 5cm. Using this calculator and google to convert http://www.plantedtank.net/substratecalculator.html
Thanks James
I've decided upon my new tank, a Juwel Rio 125.
I plan on having mainly plants that require low level lighting (its my first attempt at aquascaping), but also I am sure that during planning there will be plants that I will choose as part of the design that need good substrate and light (T5 included in Rio, so don't expect any problems. Also I want flexability in the future to plant more demanding plants.
I also want to have a community tank and plenty of shrimp.
What is the best substrate to keep the shrimp happy as well as the fish and gives flexibility choosing plants for my aquascape.
One combination I was looking at was the Dennerle Nano DeponitMix (€9.50 1kg) and Nano Garnelenkies (€10 2kg). I researched this as I was going to get a Dennerle 60L Cube, but I am thinking there could be a more cost effective way to get same effect.
http://www.aquaristikshop.com/e_Produkt ... 1000-g.htm
http://www.aquaristikshop.com/cgi-bin/n ... temartic_e
Oh yeah colour is important as I want it to be black.
I've calculated I need 30kg of substrate to give me just above 5cm. Using this calculator and google to convert http://www.plantedtank.net/substratecalculator.html
Thanks James