SamH Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Definitely go dry ferts, it'll cost you a fraction of the price of store bought stuff and you can tweak it for your tank. Anyone who doses a tank this size with store bought ferts (flourish etc) must be filthy rich! Have a wee look at this, it takes a while to get your head around it all but once you do it's golden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Awsome thanks sam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 good point on the noodles didnt think of that but i think i will change them around now. and im prety shure the sponge gets quite good flow through it and that is why i have two pieces at the start as the top piece will catch most of the crap coming from the over flow and i will take it out regualy say once a week or so and clean it while i can leave the rest in for a much longer period. I've been running a net under the spray bar of my sump and its been a really effective and easy to clean pre-filter. Not sure how many messy fish you're going to have, but for catching bits of plant debris, uneaten food etc its great, really easy to clean too. Can't wait to see it running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 woop! i almost have everything ready!! just need to hang the lights now and finish putting the substrate in still waiting for my silica sand to arrive and still need to finish the front of the cabinet so now its time to start aquireing plants!! any and all help is muchly appreciated!!! i put up a wanted add it has a list of everything im looking for at the moment so let me know if you guys can help thanks http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=61328 pics to come of everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 quick pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Looks familiar! Not sure if you're looking for advice but if you are, I reckon you need more of that stone. A few larger pieces spread out but also lots of smaller ones as found in nature. Otherwise, looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hmm i thought that but i kinda like it with less rock where would you put them? I wanted to leave as much space as posible for plants haha altho the center dose look sort of barron now that i look at it i also wanted to build up the whole back end of the tank with more substrate but i didnt hav as much as i thought i would and couldnt be farked ordering more also wanted more branch looking pieces of wood but after around 5 or 6 trips to local beaches and rivers i didnt have much luck and settled for that haha and yeah ive taken ideas from quite a few scapes ive seen yours being one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Also if youve got any plants to spare let me know sam haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Yeah I might have a few by the end of this week, letting the tank grow wild at the moment. What are you after? I'd just scatter some smaller stones around the bottom of your existing piles but if you're going to have a foreground in there, it probably won't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Well this is the list so anything you might be able to help with would b mean Dwarf hair grass - HEAPS of it Dwarf sag or Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae - around 25 - 30 plantlets Glossostigma elantinodies - Alot of if Twisted val - around 10 - 15 plantlets C. Balansae - around 10 - 15 plantlets Java fern - probably around 5 - 10 small plants Green camboba - around 5 stems Rotala Macrandra - 5 to 10 stems Christmass moss - a few decent bunches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I don't really have heaps of anything but I have a bit of hairgrass (not sure if dwarf though), I could trim my glosso and my val isn't doing so well but I could have a look and see if there's any hanging on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Happy days plants are arriving left right and center and just. Had a call from craig at the pet center my plants have arrived there too. Today is the day cant wait to finish work and start planting!!! :happy1: updates to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Need any ambulia? I am about to have a trim and will be left with about 2 10ltr buckets of it lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Right done for tonight bed time tanks full and all plants i had are in still need more tho wanting camboba, c.balansae and a marble sword. Thanks for the offer of anuba but ill pass cheers haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Cabomba and Ambulia are basically the same :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Cabomba and Ambulia are basically the same :roll: Lol still not camboba tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Right questions time! When should i start co2 and ferts? An im still not 100% on the whole fert thing any help would be awsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 CO2 starts the same time as the lights do. Some people like to wait 1 month before starting ferts but I've had no issues starting them from day 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 sweet have just started up the co2 so how much should be going into the tank? its going at like 3 - 4 bubbles a sec i think. also sump still isnt quite set up properly need to sort the overflow so its sifon because at the moment its oxygenating the water a bit :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 4bps should be fine, do you have a co2 drop checker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 yeap i do it hasnt changed colour from deep blue yet. co2 has only been on for about 30minsish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Every bubble is different, BPS isn't a standard unit of measurement for CO2. If you put 4bps into a 100L tank, you're going to get very different results with 4bps in a 1000L tank. What you need to do is increase it slowly each day until the drop checker turns lime green or yellow, note how many BPS it takes to get it to this colour. This is the measurement for YOUR tank, when you need lots of CO2, you can turn it up to this level and roughly assume it will get you there. I turned mine back down when I first got fish and slowly increased it until they gasped, then turned it down so it's as high as possible without killing the fish. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 CO2 starts the same time as the lights do. Some people like to wait 1 month before starting ferts but I've had no issues starting them from day 1. +1 although imo you should do reduced ferts until the plants start to take off, just to prevent feeding the algae. might just add here, is there any good articles on Iron dosing???? I stopped dosing Flourish Iron and my algae started growing heaps, and my plants stopped..... started again today, already noticed new growth on the ambulia. (only 6 hours after) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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