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i'm new on this forum, though i've been on TPT, not active socially, but i am a cr33p3r and stalk those forums.
i've known about this forum for a while, but i didnt know it had so many categories, until i actually made an account. i guess that "never judge a book by it's cover" thing goes for more than just books. it amazes me how many people in houston there are that are into planted tanks. i thought i was alone, or at least down here in the soufwest. any one know any good LFS, i know about: fish land, city pets, extreme fish n pets, fish gallery, t and t reptile and fish, and fish ranch (my friends uncle owns it! but i dont get discounts >:( ]. i would like to know if there are any other good ones out there, because i probably wont feel accomplished without going to every single one. i'd also like to get cool plants and stuff but i'm only 16 and income, although some, is not enough to buy all the things i'd like for my tanks. so what's YOUR favorite part of a planted tank, or any one (or more) of your tanks?!? sorry if this thread has already been started, but i'm trying not to be a cr33p3r on this forum and get to know people on here, so basically its a conversation starter.
here are my tanks:
29g LOW-tech (more "showy" than planted tank)
lighting: 2x 20w lights (1 life-glo; 1 power-glo)
substrate: gravel
filtration: annoying Elite HUSH 55 HOB filter :evil:
CO2: none :'(
ferts:none
Plants: hygro angustifolia, Water sprite, 2 different kinds of swords don't know what kind, hornwort, java fern, l. repens., hornwort
fauna: 5 mollies, 6 platies, 1 glass catfish, 2 bettas, 2 swordtails, 1 killie, 1 three spot gourami, 1 CAE.
(although i might get rid of the killie because lately some of my fish have been missing fins, and i dont think its the gourami)
Thing i like: it looks nice although the water sprite is all brown; NO ALGAE, or at least the annoying kind like thread or hair I'M SO GLAD.
Things i don't like: water sprite >:(
20 Long "mod-high" (?)
lighting: 65w 10,000k current satelite
substrate: eco-complete
filtration: 2 HOB filters meant for 10 gallons (cheap cheap :( until i can find a better cheaper filter, say anyone have an eheim?
)
CO2: DIY 2x2L coke bottles, 1/4tsp yeast, 2 cups suger, water, glass diffusor
ferts: i have but do not use: excel, flourish, iron, nitrogen. I found the potassium and phosphorus at t&t for 7$ each wich is really cheap! so i will be getting the rest soon, then i'd have to figure out a dosing schedule, anyone willing to help because i have no clue what to do :/
plants: HC, DHG, Cabomba, broad leaf stelata, baby tears, riccia, hygro angustifolia, 2 swords, anubias nana, and 2 other stem plants i dont know the name of
fauna: 2 p. gertrudae females (LOOKING FOR MALES!) 2 p. furcatus (don't know gender), 1 beautiful female GBR!, 8 white clouds; I dont know what to do with them! i want to make this a p. gertrudae/furcatus tank with 5 or 6 of each species, and the GBR. but i really like the white clouds and don't what to throw them out! also hoping to put in 3 CPD.
things i like: it looks nice, and is my first acctual attempt at a planted tank.
Things i dislike: ALGAE: HAIR, FUZZ, IT'S EVERYWHERE! i wish the DHG and HC would hurry up in carpeting, although the DHG isnt looking too good, didnt look good when i first got it either.
1.5 gallon
i got this tank when i first started keeping fish, and was meant for keeping a pregnant platy i had, back then baby fish were such an excitement, still are, although i rarely see them. this is basically a tank that i threw in plants in to see if it would work.
lighting: 60w desk light i just grabbed from a desk (don't know if its really 60w)
fauna: 5 RCS, 1 platy fry i saved from the 29!
diy co2, tahts been running for a month now and i really need to change... :/
sand substrate
plants: water sprite, l. repens, sword, bulbs i got from walmart, hornwort, java moss. 2 clippings from the stem plants in 20L
no ferts.
i hope to upgrade this to a 5.5 gallon soon with the 27w hapton bay lamp, but that means i'd need ferts. we'll see how things go!
i WISH i could put CRS but theyre so expensive, even though they breed like rabbits
, maybe one day in the far future.
things i like: i look at it at night before i go to sleep since its next to my bed and it relaxes me.
things i dont like: small, no room to do much with, "cramped"
i also have a 10g that used to house the GBR and White clouds. since then (july 14) i havn't done a water change, just put in a bunch of hornwort, put in little bits of riccia and placed HC ontop of hornwort to see if i can "accidentaly" grow it emmersed. sand substrate, only thing on is the air bubbles. this tank surprised me after it was "abandoned" because it was full of algae. i placed the hornwort in turned on the air bubble thing, and it all went away. well not all but a whole bunch of it. right now this tank is basically a ramhorn snail condo, unintetnional, so if anyone wants food for their puffers PM me, i'd be more than happy to give them to you. the nitrites, and ammonia read 0 and nitrAtes are at 15-20 which really isn't that bad for a nonWC tank. the tank lights never go on although i do have a 20w flourecent set up on it. i dont know why i still have this up, its like an expirement tank that my parents really dont want but dont say anything about it.
alright so now youve heared about my tanks, tell me bout yours!
i've known about this forum for a while, but i didnt know it had so many categories, until i actually made an account. i guess that "never judge a book by it's cover" thing goes for more than just books. it amazes me how many people in houston there are that are into planted tanks. i thought i was alone, or at least down here in the soufwest. any one know any good LFS, i know about: fish land, city pets, extreme fish n pets, fish gallery, t and t reptile and fish, and fish ranch (my friends uncle owns it! but i dont get discounts >:( ]. i would like to know if there are any other good ones out there, because i probably wont feel accomplished without going to every single one. i'd also like to get cool plants and stuff but i'm only 16 and income, although some, is not enough to buy all the things i'd like for my tanks. so what's YOUR favorite part of a planted tank, or any one (or more) of your tanks?!? sorry if this thread has already been started, but i'm trying not to be a cr33p3r on this forum and get to know people on here, so basically its a conversation starter.
here are my tanks:
29g LOW-tech (more "showy" than planted tank)
lighting: 2x 20w lights (1 life-glo; 1 power-glo)
substrate: gravel
filtration: annoying Elite HUSH 55 HOB filter :evil:
CO2: none :'(
ferts:none
Plants: hygro angustifolia, Water sprite, 2 different kinds of swords don't know what kind, hornwort, java fern, l. repens., hornwort
fauna: 5 mollies, 6 platies, 1 glass catfish, 2 bettas, 2 swordtails, 1 killie, 1 three spot gourami, 1 CAE.
(although i might get rid of the killie because lately some of my fish have been missing fins, and i dont think its the gourami)
Thing i like: it looks nice although the water sprite is all brown; NO ALGAE, or at least the annoying kind like thread or hair I'M SO GLAD.
Things i don't like: water sprite >:(
20 Long "mod-high" (?)
lighting: 65w 10,000k current satelite
substrate: eco-complete
filtration: 2 HOB filters meant for 10 gallons (cheap cheap :( until i can find a better cheaper filter, say anyone have an eheim?
)CO2: DIY 2x2L coke bottles, 1/4tsp yeast, 2 cups suger, water, glass diffusor
ferts: i have but do not use: excel, flourish, iron, nitrogen. I found the potassium and phosphorus at t&t for 7$ each wich is really cheap! so i will be getting the rest soon, then i'd have to figure out a dosing schedule, anyone willing to help because i have no clue what to do :/
plants: HC, DHG, Cabomba, broad leaf stelata, baby tears, riccia, hygro angustifolia, 2 swords, anubias nana, and 2 other stem plants i dont know the name of
fauna: 2 p. gertrudae females (LOOKING FOR MALES!) 2 p. furcatus (don't know gender), 1 beautiful female GBR!, 8 white clouds; I dont know what to do with them! i want to make this a p. gertrudae/furcatus tank with 5 or 6 of each species, and the GBR. but i really like the white clouds and don't what to throw them out! also hoping to put in 3 CPD.
things i like: it looks nice, and is my first acctual attempt at a planted tank.
Things i dislike: ALGAE: HAIR, FUZZ, IT'S EVERYWHERE! i wish the DHG and HC would hurry up in carpeting, although the DHG isnt looking too good, didnt look good when i first got it either.
1.5 gallon
i got this tank when i first started keeping fish, and was meant for keeping a pregnant platy i had, back then baby fish were such an excitement, still are, although i rarely see them. this is basically a tank that i threw in plants in to see if it would work.
lighting: 60w desk light i just grabbed from a desk (don't know if its really 60w)
fauna: 5 RCS, 1 platy fry i saved from the 29!
diy co2, tahts been running for a month now and i really need to change... :/
sand substrate
plants: water sprite, l. repens, sword, bulbs i got from walmart, hornwort, java moss. 2 clippings from the stem plants in 20L
no ferts.
i hope to upgrade this to a 5.5 gallon soon with the 27w hapton bay lamp, but that means i'd need ferts. we'll see how things go!
i WISH i could put CRS but theyre so expensive, even though they breed like rabbits
, maybe one day in the far future.things i like: i look at it at night before i go to sleep since its next to my bed and it relaxes me.
things i dont like: small, no room to do much with, "cramped"
i also have a 10g that used to house the GBR and White clouds. since then (july 14) i havn't done a water change, just put in a bunch of hornwort, put in little bits of riccia and placed HC ontop of hornwort to see if i can "accidentaly" grow it emmersed. sand substrate, only thing on is the air bubbles. this tank surprised me after it was "abandoned" because it was full of algae. i placed the hornwort in turned on the air bubble thing, and it all went away. well not all but a whole bunch of it. right now this tank is basically a ramhorn snail condo, unintetnional, so if anyone wants food for their puffers PM me, i'd be more than happy to give them to you. the nitrites, and ammonia read 0 and nitrAtes are at 15-20 which really isn't that bad for a nonWC tank. the tank lights never go on although i do have a 20w flourecent set up on it. i dont know why i still have this up, its like an expirement tank that my parents really dont want but dont say anything about it.
alright so now youve heared about my tanks, tell me bout yours!
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