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cableguy69846

cableguy69846

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Ok. This is where I started in the water-box hobby about 3, almost 4 years ago now. Got some junk off of CL, yada-yada. Had 7 tanks at more than one point. Now I am down to 3.

10gallon - Proven L144 Pleco pair and fry.


20 high - Community planted.


20 long - Cherry shrimp/community


Emergent plant grow-out boxes




If you would like to know more, feel free to ask me. :)
 
Herbie

Herbie

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Wow. I really I knew more about success with plants. I had guppies for many years but can never keep plants for more than a year.

Since you know plant growth: what sort of bulb should be growing my fuge. I think the "full spectrum" cfl I have sucks. (Home Depot)

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Smitty

Smitty

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Those are some beautiful tanks...when I kept fw tanks, I couldn't keep plants alive long neither. Good job.
 
DanSreef

DanSreef

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Nice looking FW tanks. I think keeping the live plants was the biggest challenge I had when I had them. Either they would waste away... or the fish would dig them up and ruin them. In many ways there is nothing better than a really nice planted tank! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing!
 
cableguy69846

cableguy69846

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Lil BamBam said:
Great looking tanks!! On the planted did you have to run some type of equipment? I miss FW now
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Thanks man. The only equipment I have is I usually run 2 filters that are just big enough for the tank, and I run a DIY yeast CO2 reactor on one of the tanks. Other then that, it is all in what kind of maintenance you want to do on a daily and weekly basis. When I am on top of my game, I replenish the CO2 2x a week, add fertilizers to the water column every other day, and do a 50% water change once a week. Other then that, not much. You definitely don't need as much equipment for a planted tank as you do a reef tank.

Herbie said:
Wow. I really I knew more about success with plants. I had guppies for many years but can never keep plants for more than a year.

Since you know plant growth: what sort of bulb should be growing my fuge. I think the "full spectrum" cfl I have sucks. (Home Depot)

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For that, I have had the best success with the 6,500K bulbs from HD. Something like this in something like this. Those reflectors are great and cheap too. I use 2 of them on my 20high with 15watt bulbs and it grows plants like a beast.

Smitty said:
Those are some beautiful tanks...when I kept fw tanks, I couldn't keep plants alive long neither. Good job.
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Thank you. :)

Tethered_Limbs said:
i like the 20 high, classy stuff
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Thank you. :)

DanSreef said:
Nice looking FW tanks. I think keeping the live plants was the biggest challenge I had when I had them. Either they would waste away... or the fish would dig them up and ruin them. In many ways there is nothing better than a really nice planted tank! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you sir. :)
 
Tethered_Limbs

Tethered_Limbs

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yea i gotta 20h in my basement that id like to not spend a lot of cash on to make nice. if it comes out half as nice as yours......
 
cableguy69846

cableguy69846

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Lil BamBam said:
You should make a new thread on how to " DIY Yeast CO2 "

I want to try a 5gal or 10gal..
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I could do that. Look for it later today. It is really easy.

Tethered_Limbs said:
yea i gotta 20h in my basement that id like to not spend a lot of cash on to make nice. if it comes out half as nice as yours......
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Just takes some maintenance. You can do it pretty cheap now. Plants don't cost nearly as much as coral does.
 
tinman

tinman

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your tanks want me to keep my fw and have it as fw :)

your driftwood looks awesome ..where did you get it from ? ?
 
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