Hey all,
Just snapped a pic of a 130g tank I have. Basically I went to my local store and bought a few different species of plants to test out. The tank has C02 with 3wpg of lighting. I run 10 hrs of light and CO2 per day and dose EI for my size tank using all dry ferts.
Over the past few weeks i've had to do some relocating because some plants I didnt expect to grow so tall were in the front etc. I also had some plants die on me while others were growing very well. Now I know which plants grow nice in my tank/water and which ones don't. I still have a few more plants I'd like to try but soon I plan to rescape the entire tank. The first scape I did looked great for a week, then some plants died out and other grew like weeds.
You'll notice that white pvc pipe in the background, thats my CO2 spray bar. I added that about 2 months ago and have seen better growth than the single return like I had before. Right now I'm looking to replace the spray bar with something that will function the same way but blend into the background a little better.
Over all I'm happy with the growth (with no visible algae), but the tank has no design to it. I'm thinking about some drift wood in my next design also.
Just snapped a pic of a 130g tank I have. Basically I went to my local store and bought a few different species of plants to test out. The tank has C02 with 3wpg of lighting. I run 10 hrs of light and CO2 per day and dose EI for my size tank using all dry ferts.
Over the past few weeks i've had to do some relocating because some plants I didnt expect to grow so tall were in the front etc. I also had some plants die on me while others were growing very well. Now I know which plants grow nice in my tank/water and which ones don't. I still have a few more plants I'd like to try but soon I plan to rescape the entire tank. The first scape I did looked great for a week, then some plants died out and other grew like weeds.
You'll notice that white pvc pipe in the background, thats my CO2 spray bar. I added that about 2 months ago and have seen better growth than the single return like I had before. Right now I'm looking to replace the spray bar with something that will function the same way but blend into the background a little better.
Over all I'm happy with the growth (with no visible algae), but the tank has no design to it. I'm thinking about some drift wood in my next design also.
