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  • My first 'real' planted tank

    Been working on this for several weeks now and FINALLY feel like it's ready to post a pic. Thank you to everyone who contributed plants, knowledge, advice, etc...you know who you are...

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  • #2
    Looking good!

    Now post equipment, lighting period and dosing regime!
    700g Mini-Monster tank

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    • #3
      Oh you need a schooling group of fish in there now!
      700g Mini-Monster tank

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      • #4
        looks awesome...just need some fish!
        215g Malawi Peacocks and Mbuna
        180g Tropheus Ikola and Bemba and Clown Loaches
        58g Bristlenose breeding and grow out

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        • #5
          I have some S.A. Puffers in there, but they mostly hang out in the plants. Hmmm....what could live with the Puffers? They really don't bother trying to eat anything except bloodworms. I bet just about anything would be fine in there with them...they are so dang passive. )
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          • #6
            Welcome to the green side of the world. Looking good!
            "The word superstar really turn me off and I tell you why because the word starrrrrrr, Man is an illusionnnnn" Bruce Lee

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            • #7
              Originally posted by tnguyen View Post
              Welcome to the green side of the world. Looking good!
              Thank you!! I like it here!
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              • #8
                Originally posted by imagirlgeek View Post
                Thank you!! I like it here!
                And you fish will too!
                "The word superstar really turn me off and I tell you why because the word starrrrrrr, Man is an illusionnnnn" Bruce Lee

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                • #9
                  Traci, the tank is looking good. Good start.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by eklikewhoa View Post
                    Looking good!

                    Now post equipment, lighting period and dosing regime!
                    1 - Rena XP2
                    1 - nano powerhead for circulation
                    50% weekly water change

                    4 - 65w 6700k power compacts (on about 10-12 hours)
                    2 - 250w MH (on for a couple hours as kind of a 'high noon sun' scenario)

                    ~1 ml per day of PMDD (I'm sure this will change over time, but as of now, that's what I'm dosing)
                    CO2 - I'm at a little over 2 bubbles per second right now, but I'm increasing it daily and testing each night until I get that right.

                    Did I miss anything?
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                    • #11
                      2 out of 3 site admins have planted tanks...what is the world coming to?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Delock View Post
                        2 out of 3 site admins have planted tanks...what is the world coming to?
                        But I also have Trophs, Petros, SA Cichlids, Gobies, Tangs, Puffers, Catfish, Loaches, African Cichlids, Monster fish, and I'm sure more that aren't so easy to categorize....I'm well rounded. )
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by eklikewhoa View Post
                          Oh you need a schooling group of fish in there now!
                          +1


                          Looks beautiful, Traci. You've got some 'scapin' skillz there, lady.

                          Mark
                          What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

                          Robert Anson Heinlein

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                          • #14
                            Looking good!
                            Fish are people too, they just have gills.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Delock View Post
                              2 out of 3 site admins have planted tanks...what is the world coming to?

                              You are next dude!
                              "The word superstar really turn me off and I tell you why because the word starrrrrrr, Man is an illusionnnnn" Bruce Lee

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