5.5g Planted Tank Journal

[mark razmandi]

This is my first planted tank, any and all suggestions are welcome.

5.5 gallon
Marineland bio wheel 100
18w power compact 6500k
150 watt marineland heater
ADA aquasoil
dosed with iron and kent pro plant

Plants:
Anubias nana
Java fern
Rotala indica
Bronze Wendtii crypt
Japanese Moss ball

Stock:
10 Brass tetras
5 espei rasbora
10 Pygmy cories
1 Bumblebee gobie
2 M/F Red-melon gourami
1 nerite
1 flying fox
4 assassin snails

Scape:
Zebra granite
Malaysian drift wood


I plan on getting RCS and planting a 20g soon.

[TaTeR ToT]

love those pics man!

tank looks beast that goby is definatly the most photogenic fish ever.

[Mzungu]

He's cute! But...

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/McKane_Bumblebee_Gobies.html

The Brachygobius nunus has less well banded stripes, and occasionally black spots or broken stripes. It is not very tolerant of a fresh water environment.

[mark razmandi]

im actuially well aware of this but since i found this out after i bought him and i dont know of anywhere that has brackish tanks i dont see any point in taking him back.....
so im just going to let him live his life in my tank.

[Roujin]

Awesome Mark! Great choices in fauna and flora. Are you planning to move some to your future 20g?

[mark razmandi]

i plan on putting the excess rotala and crypts in my 20 once they fill out more.... im hooked on planted tanks now

[cichlid1409]

no ground cover?

[mark razmandi]

well i plan on getting blyxa or something like that for the ground cover but first i gotta set up my DIY CO2 and to add insult to injury, my light broke today so im running a 15w florescent now which is still 3w per gallon...i need to get my power compact fixed ASAP