Tarolisol Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Well ive decided to set up a 90g planted tank and thought It would be nice to have you all follow along. Ive been doing Salt water reefs for years and have only had small FW tanks, Things have switched now and although 90g isnt huge im sure its only the beggining. Heres the start. 90G tank Fluval FX5 Coralife 4x65w fixture I am waiting to find a CO2 setup(pressurized) but for now am using florish exel. Substrate is Aqual Soil with target sand on top. Plants are Hygrophila polysperma(I think), Limnophila sessiliflora(I think), Hemianthus callitrichoides. For Now Edited March 12, 2009 by Tarolisol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werner Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 It's so... naked. Looking forward to see how it progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstar Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Make sure you plant the Hygro at the back, it took over my 20gal pretty quickly lol It's gonna be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 can't wait to see how it turns out. How did the sand soil combo work for you? I'm thinking of doing that for my 50 gallon, when I get it, which is soon, a few months.... sigh... anyway how is that going? What are you planning on putting in there for wood/rocks? Fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarolisol Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 can't wait to see how it turns out. How did the sand soil combo work for you? I'm thinking of doing that for my 50 gallon, when I get it, which is soon, a few months.... sigh... anyway how is that going? What are you planning on putting in there for wood/rocks? Fish? So far the sand and soil are working well but im sure it will mix together eventually, at least they are the same colour. Wood and rocks will be put in today or tomorrow. Not sure on fish yet, probably a school or cardinal tetra, rainbows, and some rams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarolisol Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Well a little progress, Ive got wood in and will start planting and getting some rocks in, also I have built a temporary DIY co2 untill I get all the parts for the pressurized one put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 wow I like the wood, any fish yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Looks good so far, can't wait to see how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarolisol Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Another update so far so good, ive added a uv sterilizer. A little hair algea and some green cyno but not to bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nauticus Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 That looks awesome, I love the progression. It would look great with rock works on the back covered in java or anubias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarolisol Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Everything is growing really well, almost to well. Except the "cuba" stuff. Algea likes to cover it and i just cant seem to get it do do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byte Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 It might help to feed the CO2 into the bottom of the Elite filter so the bubbles are smashed up by the impeller. To get a real fine mist, use a ceramic? bubbler like shown. Low or fluctuating CO2 levels will bring on algae. Be careful using any ceramic bubbler-diffusor with the DIY bottles as it might increase the back pressure in your bottles leading to a big mess... :boom: Bad photo, but you can see the CO2 line going in the bottom screen. I had to cut a small piece of the grate away to get the line through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Looks good. I find that the HC is always the plant to get hit the hardest by algae. Mine also has bad thread algae growing in it, I had to remove most of it manually but wasn't able to get it all because it is so delicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarolisol Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Looks good. I find that the HC is always the plant to get hit the hardest by algae. Mine also has bad thread algae growing in it, I had to remove most of it manually but wasn't able to get it all because it is so delicate. Well the hair algae is dieing off and i figure the other algae was due to the fact my filter was clogged a bit and the water output was very minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazon Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Another update so far so good, ive added a uv sterilizer. A little hair algea and some green cyno but not to bad. Looks Awesome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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