Jon1706
Member
Hi everyone.This is my frist go at doing a planted aquaruim. I've been coming here as a guest and checking out the site and got a lot of great tips, which I've put to good use. My tank used to be a mixed Tank and I did have a few plants in it before. But since my move I've planed on setting up a fully planted aquaruim. I am hoping toup gardes My basic Jewel 60l tank over the next few months With Co2 and better Lighting. I hope that you enjoy this as much as I am enjoying making it. ( any comments would belovely )
Frist Part
The frist part of this upgrade was to replace the gravel with Argos play sand. That was the easy part. Next was removing the ugly black filter box that comes with jewel tanks. This was a bit of a pain but with some helpful threads I found on another Forum, I set on with it the do or die task of removing the ugly black box, half an hour later it was removed and the tank was silll in one place.
Yay more space and no more ugly black box (sorry to anyone out there who like them)
So with more tank space comes more wood yay. After asking about wood I found some I like and was about to order some, till I went to my lfs where i found some lovely bog wood. So £10 later and two lumps of wood. I've sorted out my deco yay.
The filter im using now is a Tetratec 600, This gives me 10x turn over. I've been wondering about Hydor Koralia Nano Pump this would give me 25x turn over is two much? I am replacing the spray bar with some lilly heads i found on ebay. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lily-Pipe-inflow- ... 286.c0.m14)
Any Comments on these or the company would be great please.
As I said before I am slowly up grading my tank over the next eight months. The next thing on my list is a new ligthing system the one I've seen is from Arcadia and it it the OTL T8 Luminaire. I would like T5 but I can not aford them. I have worked out this should give me 2wpg, Which gets me on to C02 as I would like to have ago at setting up a pressurised CO2 co2 set up. But I am worryed it if all goes wrong when Im setting it up and I go up with it lol. The other kit I have seen is ADA CO2 Advanced System Black (http://www.thegreenmachineaquatics.com/ ... em%20Black) . At the moment I am using easy Carbo. But I know when i change my lighting i will need more C02. My light set up now is 1wpg I belive. (15w T8 Tube + Reflector).
Plants
This is a List of my Plants I am hoping to had more stem plants and some moss and a carpet of something, More about this in a bit.
Plant List
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Brown"
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Tropica"
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Green"
Hygrophila Corymbosa " Siamensis 53B"
Java Fern
Anubias Baeteri var. nana
all these plants are tropica grown from pets at home, and they have grown on very well. I Fertilise my plants with ProFito 6ml a week . And I have changed over to Tropica Plant Nutrition+ capsules. I will be changing over to Tropica Plant Nutrition+ liquid Fertiliser once im ProFito runs out.
I havent placed a Substrates under the sand as I wasn't sure about it, But Since I started this I have read about clay based Cat Litter Is this any good? Any comments be great on this as I still at a point where i can change things a round I think.
As I would Like some more Stem plants I did have some Hygrophila lacustris but it died within a week. I Have been looking at the Tropica and Greem Manchine website and I have found the following Tropica plants which I think would look nice and hopefully grow well in my current set up.
Plants I would like List
Bacopa Caroliniana
Hygrophila Corymbosa 'Siamensis'
Hygrophila Polysperma
Shinnersia Rivularis 'Weiss-Grun'
I belive I have space for three more Stem plants or with a push I think I might get all four in. any comments on these plants or tips on them would be great.
I am thinking about a tight compact carpet in the right hand corner. I have read about java moss and I like this but is there other plants I can use with my light leavels to get a nice compact carpet. And while Im on about moss Iwould like some on my wood I have seen some love scapes with moss on the wood but Im not sure which moss I could use on my wood.
I've only got the one picture i can use at the min as im having to use my moblie internet as my landline isnt set up yet. So sorry about the bad picture had to use the carma on my phone and in a low setting to upload this.
http://www.fishforums.net/uploads//mont ... 509066.jpg
My last Bit I am hoping to make a ADA style Aquaruim Cabinet in the next few weeks ( thats why i can add the cat litter if it is any good )
Well Thank you for looking I will keep updating this when new things happen or things change. once again I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoy doing it
Jon
Frist Part
The frist part of this upgrade was to replace the gravel with Argos play sand. That was the easy part. Next was removing the ugly black filter box that comes with jewel tanks. This was a bit of a pain but with some helpful threads I found on another Forum, I set on with it the do or die task of removing the ugly black box, half an hour later it was removed and the tank was silll in one place.
Yay more space and no more ugly black box (sorry to anyone out there who like them)
So with more tank space comes more wood yay. After asking about wood I found some I like and was about to order some, till I went to my lfs where i found some lovely bog wood. So £10 later and two lumps of wood. I've sorted out my deco yay.
The filter im using now is a Tetratec 600, This gives me 10x turn over. I've been wondering about Hydor Koralia Nano Pump this would give me 25x turn over is two much? I am replacing the spray bar with some lilly heads i found on ebay. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lily-Pipe-inflow- ... 286.c0.m14)
Any Comments on these or the company would be great please.
As I said before I am slowly up grading my tank over the next eight months. The next thing on my list is a new ligthing system the one I've seen is from Arcadia and it it the OTL T8 Luminaire. I would like T5 but I can not aford them. I have worked out this should give me 2wpg, Which gets me on to C02 as I would like to have ago at setting up a pressurised CO2 co2 set up. But I am worryed it if all goes wrong when Im setting it up and I go up with it lol. The other kit I have seen is ADA CO2 Advanced System Black (http://www.thegreenmachineaquatics.com/ ... em%20Black) . At the moment I am using easy Carbo. But I know when i change my lighting i will need more C02. My light set up now is 1wpg I belive. (15w T8 Tube + Reflector).
Plants
This is a List of my Plants I am hoping to had more stem plants and some moss and a carpet of something, More about this in a bit.
Plant List
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Brown"
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Tropica"
Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Green"
Hygrophila Corymbosa " Siamensis 53B"
Java Fern
Anubias Baeteri var. nana
all these plants are tropica grown from pets at home, and they have grown on very well. I Fertilise my plants with ProFito 6ml a week . And I have changed over to Tropica Plant Nutrition+ capsules. I will be changing over to Tropica Plant Nutrition+ liquid Fertiliser once im ProFito runs out.
I havent placed a Substrates under the sand as I wasn't sure about it, But Since I started this I have read about clay based Cat Litter Is this any good? Any comments be great on this as I still at a point where i can change things a round I think.
As I would Like some more Stem plants I did have some Hygrophila lacustris but it died within a week. I Have been looking at the Tropica and Greem Manchine website and I have found the following Tropica plants which I think would look nice and hopefully grow well in my current set up.
Plants I would like List
Bacopa Caroliniana
Hygrophila Corymbosa 'Siamensis'
Hygrophila Polysperma
Shinnersia Rivularis 'Weiss-Grun'
I belive I have space for three more Stem plants or with a push I think I might get all four in. any comments on these plants or tips on them would be great.
I am thinking about a tight compact carpet in the right hand corner. I have read about java moss and I like this but is there other plants I can use with my light leavels to get a nice compact carpet. And while Im on about moss Iwould like some on my wood I have seen some love scapes with moss on the wood but Im not sure which moss I could use on my wood.
I've only got the one picture i can use at the min as im having to use my moblie internet as my landline isnt set up yet. So sorry about the bad picture had to use the carma on my phone and in a low setting to upload this.
http://www.fishforums.net/uploads//mont ... 509066.jpg
My last Bit I am hoping to make a ADA style Aquaruim Cabinet in the next few weeks ( thats why i can add the cat litter if it is any good )
Well Thank you for looking I will keep updating this when new things happen or things change. once again I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoy doing it
Jon