discusdan
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I say disastrous as this is my first planted tank and something is bound to go wrong in a huge way.
A little back ground, I used to keep fish around 4 years ago but had to brake the tank down, ever since I've wanted to get it up and running again and finally the time has come.
After 4 years I've forgotten a lot of the things I learnt the first time round so am slowly gathering information before jumping in and starting the tank.
So far I've got the tank into position and added a sand substrate, so commence the first disaster, rushing in and buying sand as a substrate before knowing that its not ideal for a planted aquarium.
looking into it, it seems I can use root tabs to try and get some nutrients to the plant roots and using ferts will help as well which I was going to do any way.
any other suggestions?
I found a nice bit of bog wood (not sure what type it is?) that I'm currently soaking in the tank as I have no where else to soak it.
Its been soaking for two weeks now and shows no signs of sinking so I'm going to have to find a way to hold it down.
This piece will stand upright on the left side of the tank and i'm going to get another similar bit for the right hand side then plant around them.
So that's how far I've go at the moment, I'll update this thread on my progress as and when it happens. any help is much apprecaited.
cheers.
progress so far.
A little back ground, I used to keep fish around 4 years ago but had to brake the tank down, ever since I've wanted to get it up and running again and finally the time has come.
After 4 years I've forgotten a lot of the things I learnt the first time round so am slowly gathering information before jumping in and starting the tank.
So far I've got the tank into position and added a sand substrate, so commence the first disaster, rushing in and buying sand as a substrate before knowing that its not ideal for a planted aquarium.
looking into it, it seems I can use root tabs to try and get some nutrients to the plant roots and using ferts will help as well which I was going to do any way.
any other suggestions?
I found a nice bit of bog wood (not sure what type it is?) that I'm currently soaking in the tank as I have no where else to soak it.
Its been soaking for two weeks now and shows no signs of sinking so I'm going to have to find a way to hold it down.
This piece will stand upright on the left side of the tank and i'm going to get another similar bit for the right hand side then plant around them.
So that's how far I've go at the moment, I'll update this thread on my progress as and when it happens. any help is much apprecaited.
cheers.
progress so far.