Sam and Shellby's 40 litre planted - CO2 - Ferts
Latest tank image above - Day 22
Hi guys,
I've been keeping aquatics for 17 years, mostly large predatory freshwater tanks and in the past years, reef tanks. My partner and I have never kept a planted tank and with our current situation as pre-med students, a small, relatively low maintenance tank seems like the right way for us to get our aquatics fix.
Reds are on fire. CO2 and ferts dosing will be reduced leading up to the introduction of fish and shrimp.
The tank
- 10 gallon Water Box
- Fluval Plant LED
- Eheim 600lph return pump
- Eheim 75w heater
- CO2art pro-se series regulator
- 5 litre CO2 canister
- Large grain soil
- Powdered soil
- Fine sand
Maintenance and dosing
- 75% weekly water change
- Double dosing ferts daily
- High CO2 bubble-count (monitored)
- 12 hour photo-period
Livestock - Plants
- Ludwigia Palustris
- Rotala Green
- Microsorum Pteropus
- Anubias Nana
- Bucephalandra Theia
- Alternanthera Reineckii
- Helanthium Tennellum
- Cryptocoryne Nevelli
- Ranunculus Inundatus
- Micranthemum
- Vesicularia
Livestock - Fish/Inverts
8 Blue velvet shrimp
2 Asian Stone Catfish
Day 1 - Immediately after planting.
Day 4
Day 9 - Expected crypt melt but nice progress with the reds
Day 22 - Time for a trim!
Last edited by GoofyMog on Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:36 pm, edited 6 times in total.
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Welcome to the forum.
Thays a very nice scape you've made. Is the the cryp wendtii the red plant on the bottom left? If it is does it need co2 and good lighting? Wouldn't mind some for my betta tank.
Thays a very nice scape you've made. Is the the cryp wendtii the red plant on the bottom left? If it is does it need co2 and good lighting? Wouldn't mind some for my betta tank.
64l kitchen tank: 16 golden tetra.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
Thanks bud That is Alternanthera Reineckii. It generally requires high light intensity and CO2. Most reds do from our reading. It seems very worth it though! I will be posting a more recent picture later showing the rapid growth and lovely deep reds found when using full CO2 setups.
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Champion. Looking forward to it.GoofyMog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 19:44 pm Thanks bud That is Alternanthera Reineckii. It generally requires high light intensity and CO2. Most reds do from our reading. It seems very worth it though! I will be posting a more recent picture later showing the rapid growth and lovely deep reds found when using full CO2 setups.
64l kitchen tank: 16 golden tetra.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
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Hello and welcome
I agree it is a well scaped tank, i’ll look forward to seeing what you add to it
I agree it is a well scaped tank, i’ll look forward to seeing what you add to it
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Greetings.
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Hi @GoofyMog welcome to the forum
Beautiful looking tank
Beautiful looking tank
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