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trevor
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 Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject: A Newbies planted tank. |
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This is Veerendra's planted tank. Veera is from Kasturinagar, Bangalore and is just two and a half months in the hobby.
The substrate - Just plain red soil nothing above or below.
No fertilizers. No Co2. Never heard of it. He will be joining IAH ASAP. He is already very excited about the additions he can do including pressurized Co2. |
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drug
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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| trevor wrote (View Post):
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is just two and a half months in the hobby.
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He is already very excited about the additions he can do including pressurized Co2.
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My God if he can get it look like this with Just red soil why does he want any additions.
On the the other hand think of what he will produce if he goes all the way high tech. |
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rasikanayak
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Green thumb,Unni.Green thumb.
You have it too 
Me Jealous 
Regards,
Nayak. |
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trevor
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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| unninga wrote (View Post):
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| trevor wrote (View Post):
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is just two and a half months in the hobby.
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He is already very excited about the additions he can do including pressurized Co2.
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My God if he can get it look like this with Just red soil why does he want any additions.
On the the other hand think of what he will produce if he goes all the way high tech.
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His Glosso and hair grass are dead or dying. He had heavily planted them in the fore ground. I will post a close up soon. And also photograph improvements when they happen down the months. 
A lot of suggestions have been given which he is slowly digesting. |
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mithunda
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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| beautiful tank.. loved the sunset background he has created.. having blue walls all over my flat i could never create it.. any idea how to do it? |
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nature_lover
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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| trevor wrote (View Post):
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The substrate - Just plain red soil nothing above or below.
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Hi Trevor,
I guess you mean to say just plain red soil and gravel on top. |
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trevor
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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| nature_lover wrote (View Post):
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| trevor wrote (View Post):
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The substrate - Just plain red soil nothing above or below.
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Hi Trevor,
I guess you mean to say just plain red soil and gravel on top.
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No gravel on the top. Just plain red soil.
This advice to this newbie came from the LFS who encouraged him to put in Discus in addition to the 160 cardinal tetras, the denisoni, the hybrid zebra danios, the chinese algae eater, the mollies and their fry, the numerious mountain minnows, the rams, and other fish I fail to recall off hand.
I had seen the tank for the first time yesterday. The hobbyist is also to blame for his impulsive buying spree and no research on the subject. |
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diwan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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The tank set up is great and the Driftwood is lovely.
Regards
Dinesh |
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Venki
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Hello Trevor,
What are the dimensions of the tank? |
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trevor
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Venkat. The tank is a four footer. (48" x 18" x 18")
On close examination of the bottom you can see the scanty hair grass and the results of not using gravel to hold the red soil down.
The top is simply super. |
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rasikanayak
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Beautiful pictures as usual
Regards,
Nayak. |
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chandrakala
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Umesh, why don't you upload all the photos you took while this tank was set up step-by-step on the day#1
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mayurdev
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Nice tank Veera, and Welcome to IAH,
Trevor and Chandrakala nice pictures.
They say a picture says a 1000 words, |
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Deba
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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Very nice tank Veera as a newbie..........I remember the first time I started keeping Aquariums it was a Goldfish with two banana cichlid...after an hour my Cichlids ate the gold fishes eyes ..it was horrible  Knew nothing of Fish compatibility........ |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: A Newbies planted tank. |
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