finaddict Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 need to add more plants but this is 1month old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 VERY nice tank!! You did a great job organizing the plants and decorations, looks excellent though I think it'll look even better when the plants fill in more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werner Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Very nice! And yes, by all means add more plants. You can never have enough plants. :thumbs: Are you still playing with the layout? The rocks are gone in the last picture and the big piece of wood with the Anubias has moved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 yes i am still moving things around, i had this huge sword plant that would never stay rooted so i moved it to my 115g. looks much better in there. the first picture is what it looks like right now... but who knows.... i am going to add some more, bacopa, rotala for height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbert Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Nice! When it fills in, it's going to be spectacular. I had to pet your adorable pleco with my mouse pointer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 very nice tank. I like the albino brisle nose :smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 updated... added the most amazing aponagetons, tall anubias gilletii,celebes rainbows celebes rainbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 It looks brilliant! One of the best community tanks I have seen, does it get CO2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 NO co2 t5 Ho LIGHTING, flourite substrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 (edited) Is there a difference between T5 and T5 HO? And does the Fluorite substrate have any impact on the fish? Edited March 28, 2008 by Slough Shark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict Posted September 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 new update. need to trim the plants... taking over and no co2 added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimax Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 That is an awesome bristlenose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Is there a difference between T5 and T5 HO?And does the Fluorite substrate have any impact on the fish? T5HO just means they are high output, and the regular T5's don't have as much light output. Which makes HO better in comparison when using them on a planted tank. Fluorite will not affect the fish, and what it does is soaks up nutrients from the water and holds onto it, then the roots of the plants eats those nutrients. Using laterite I think is basically the same idea, but plants do much better with some form of substrate that does this. You can even use peat as a bottom layer to your gravel, but using it can get more messy. That is such a great looking tank Love the plants. If you started to use CO2, all of your plants that have a red tone will turn more red than without. This happened with my tank and now that they get plenty of CO2 and the red plants are looking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrandpoohbah Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) Actually, Flourite doesn't absorb nutrients from the water. It is basically man-made gravel that already has the nutrients built into it. Edited September 9, 2008 by thegrandpoohbah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I thought it was the fluorite that did that. Maybe it was another substrate I was mixing it up with. Either way it holds nutrients that are beneficial for plant growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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