Impulse buy...

[Nick Holt]

Hey guys,

So....

Over the weekend I made a bit of an impulse buy and I'm now the proud owner of an ADA 60P. For a long time now I've quite fancied the look of a planted aquarium so I guess now I've not got any more excuses for not getting one set up. In the past I've dabbled with marine tanks with limited success but I've never dealt with plants at all. I was wondering if you guys could point in the direction of some helpful guides as to tell the truth, I'm not really too sure where to go next! I'd like to have a go at creating something similar to this using wood.

Any advice, tips or starting points you guys could give me would be a massive help.

Cheers,
Nick

 

[rodoselada]

welcome to UKAPS Nick!
wonderful tank.

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Nick,Welcome to Ukaps

Have a read through the tutorials lots of helpful info

You can have a scape like the photo get some DW and plant some simple plants
For the DW
Java fern
Anubias
mosses
For the Substrate
Glossostigma elatinoides
Sagittaria subulata
Small Crypts

Looking forward to your Journal

 

[Dantrasy]

That's a nice scape you've set your eyes on. imho it contains some pretty easy plants to grow and some pretty hard ones.

easy: needle java (back left) staurogyne repens (mid ground left), and I believe the dominate plant is mini needle java? mini needle java might be a challenge to get hold of.

Hard: blyxa (back right) - actually this plant is easy, the hard part is getting the tips to go reddish brown (it needs high light). The foreground plant is hc, it too requires high light to spread and stay compact and low. High light almost always means you need co2.

 

[Nick Holt]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll start reading into lighting and CO2 in more depth tonight.

 

[PARAGUAY]

Hi Nick, As said the tutorials are a good way to learn ,your chioce of scape is up to you of course choice but plants in the easy category,would be a good way to start