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Jawahar
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 Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Hi All,
This is Jawahar from Hyderabad .I need suggestions and comments on two week old planted tank.
Tank dimension : 36"X18"X18"
Substrate : red soil topped with golden sand
lights : 3 X 39W PLL lights
plants : Red rotalas , sagiritta, 3 or 4 crypts , rest I dont know the names
Fishes : 4 pair albino corys , 2 female guppies, 2 pair black mollies , 3 pair rosy barbs and few guppy and molly fries
Co2 : DIY co2 diffused using internal filter
The stones are placed on the driftwood to keep the driftwood in place . Still the driftwoods are not completely sinking in water.
There is some brown patches on the plant leaves and also there is green algae on glass edges in the tank .
Any suggestions or comments is most welcome.
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Prem kk
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Good start! You have some real good pieces of driftwood.
Few poins from my end to make your tank look stunning.
1. Cover your background with black vinyl sticker, try to get the one which has a matt finish and not glossy.
2. Plant densely or you will end up growing algae.
3. Use lot of stem plants in the intial setup phase.
4. Use more plants of the same variety rather than differnet types of plants. This will give your tank a much better look.
Have a look at all the good looking planted tanks you will notice not more than 3 species of plants will be used.
4. Use some Taiwan moss or Java moss to cover your driftwood this will make it look nice and also avoid algae from growing on the wood.
Whats is your lighting period and your filteration? |
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blackghost
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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That is some seriously awesome driftwood!! 
Get some ottos to help with the algae (if you get any).
Keep us posted on how this comes along. |
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Jawahar
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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@ Prem , Raghu thanks for the comments
Lighting period is 13 hours . I am using an internal filter with 400l/hr capacity for water circulation.
Initially I had java moss tied to some of the driftwood branches but the rosy barbs pulled it out and eated  some of the mosses and some of the mosses were floating loosely . I gave it up after tying the mosses a few times to driftwood . DO I have to remove the rosy barbs ? |
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nature_lover
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Hi Jawahar,
You need more plants. Cut your lighting period to 8 hours. You will run the risk of an algae outbreak. Your filtration is also grossly inadequate. You will need circulation of around 4 times your tank capacity. A HOB or a canister will be nice. |
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Jawahar
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Suraj, thanks for the suggestions
I have cut down the lighting period to 8 hours. I had a 2215 running in one of my other tanks . i moved it to this tank .It really made a difference. All the dust particles rotating in the tank are now gone and water has become very clear.
It will add more plants to the tank this week . Will update the thread how the tank comes.
If any one have photos of their planted tank when it was two/three weeks old please post the photos in this thread . I want to check if the plants I have in my tank are adequate to control the algae after adding plants to the tank this week.
thanks,
Jawahar. |
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Prem kk
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Suraj, thanks for the suggestions
I have cut down the lighting period to 8 hours. I had a 2215 running in one of my other tanks . i moved it to this tank .It really made a difference. All the dust particles rotating in the tank are now gone and water has become very clear.
It will add more plants to the tank this week . Will update the thread how the tank comes.
If any one have photos of their planted tank when it was two/three weeks old please post the photos in this thread . I want to check if the plants I have in my tank are adequate to control the algae after adding plants to the tank this week.
thanks,
Jawahar.
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Posting other tank pictures which was 2 or 3 weeks old will not help you to asses if you have everything under control.
The key to control algae is to plant densely from day one, consistent photo period and Co2 with weekly water changes and your tank will be algae free. |
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Jawahar
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Aquarium tank after 1 month
1. Added few plants in background .
2. Removed rosy barbs as they were dragging the mosses from the thread.
3. Added two pairs of angels and one pait of Ottos
4. Trying to tie moss to driftwood created a huge mess. The driftwood position got changed .I dont want to disturb the substrate so left the driftwood in new position.
Algae in the tank has come down .There is no trace of brown algae in the tank now .only some small traces of green algae in driftwood at very few places .
Still having following problems
There is not much pearling in the plants except moss and java fern . Currently co2 from DIY co2 setup is diffused to inlet of Eheim filter and co2 is mixed within the filter and comes as small bubbles in filter outlet . Is the plants not pearling because of not enough co2. The tanks has 3X36W philips pll lights. The water in my place is little bit hard . |
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Jawahar
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Few more photos of the tank
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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| Beautiful Driftwood... |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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| Nice setup , but the filter outlet looks distracting. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Good setup mate
I noticed a blue colored fish in your tank. What is it?? If it is Blue Morph, take it out from your tank and keep it separately.. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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Jawahar,
Nice looking setup & fishes. Please have filter inlet & outlet on side & back glass of your tank respectively. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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| Nice driftwood. Where did you get it from? Is it a single piece or several tied together? I'm sure your Tuxedo Angels would love this tank. |
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Jawahar
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Suggestions required on 3 ft planted aquarium |
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@Niranjan ,Arvind,Venkat,Yogesh,Rahul
Thanks for comments/suggestions.
I will move the filter outlet to back side of the tank . The problem is when outlet is placed in backside of the tank the water current from the filter outlet is pushing the stem plants in the background.
The driftwood setup is made of three driftwoods tied togeather. Two driftwoods I got from LFS in Hyderabad. One of the driftwoods I got from Dev , Hyderabad .His IAH id is Severumkid.
Currently I have the following fishes in the tank
1. 2 pair tuxedo angles
2. 3 pair zebras
3. 2 female guppies and guppy fry
4. 4 black mollies
5. 4 pair of corydoras
6. 4 blue Rams (Papiliochromis ramirezi) ( Blue color fish in the photo)
Can we have Rams with other fishes in the tank?
thanks,
Jawahar. |
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