chris521957
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Hi all. Been a member here for about 5 years, but due to circumstances, not been able to do a tank until now. Just moved into a new house and doing that up at the moment, so i should be ready to begin doing the tank in a couple of months. In the meantime it will be questions and researching. Due to time and me being basically bone idle, i will be looking at doing a Walstad method tank, but not too heavily planted. No Co2 injection and as little extra fertilisation as i can get away with. I would like to end up with something like a iwugami tank, with stones and maybe some red moor wood, as i will be wanting a couple of small plecs in there. I have my tank, its a Fluval 140, 800x350x500 (lxwxh).The lighting in this tank is 2 x 24watt T8's. I have a 900 ltr per hour cannister filter and a 150 watt heater. I want to use an aquatic soil as my base substrate with gravel over the top, both at approx 30mm depth in the planted areas, with a white or pale coloured sand in the more open areas. I have been looking at woodstone for the main features, but will also consider other natural rocks. In the planted areas i am wanting a good size lawn area, with some taller plants in the background, but not all the way along the back of the tank. The tank came with a black poster? on the back, but i may change to pale blue or white. The plants i want to use will need to be from the easy list of plants as this is my 1st planted tank. Not decided on a fish stocking list yet, apart from a couple of small plecs ( love them). I hope i am not being too ambitious with my aims for this tank with it being my 1st tank of this kind. If anyone has any ideas or criticism of my train of thought, please let me know, i can take it, and i dont really want to fail with this. I am prepared to take longer and wait till i have enough information before i begin this new adventure. Thanks in advance for any ideas or help. Chris.