Edvet
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I have a 50x50x50cm cube which i am going to try to go low-tech on. Lighting wil be one suspended 125 highpressure mercury lamp (old Giesemann light) which i can hang from just above to 5 feet above.I wil use a Eheim external filter with a spraybar.
Not sure about the soil. We don't have JI compost here. Originally i thought i'd use a clay/laterite mixture below the riversand/small gravel. But i gather the compost functions as a CO2 source so i better get some kind of soil. So would a pond mixture be best or a peat mixture??
I can prime the filter on my big tank and use floaters so cycling shoudn't be an issue.
For low light plants i am looking to the Echinodorus group, (only going to use South American plants probably).
Tank wil be in my bedroom so low maintenance will be nice. (Looking to Big tom's bucket of mud i am)
Not sure about the soil. We don't have JI compost here. Originally i thought i'd use a clay/laterite mixture below the riversand/small gravel. But i gather the compost functions as a CO2 source so i better get some kind of soil. So would a pond mixture be best or a peat mixture??
I can prime the filter on my big tank and use floaters so cycling shoudn't be an issue.
For low light plants i am looking to the Echinodorus group, (only going to use South American plants probably).
Tank wil be in my bedroom so low maintenance will be nice. (Looking to Big tom's bucket of mud i am)