New planted tank

_kai_ · 11-01-2012, 08:39 PM

Hi guys, just wanted to share. What do you guys think. Anything i can improve on? Please suggest some plants/ideas to me, its been a long time since i kept fishes and im abit rusty. This tank will be housing one dwarf snakehead, it is a 2ft cube.
Enjoy guys

Thanks for viewing

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12-01-2012, 01:30 AM

Nice scape bro... Maybe u can add some small rock around the wood area to make it more wild looking... After is a nice scape... Once the hair grass grow it will be nice...

_kai_ · 12-01-2012, 02:43 PM

Thanks, the pic actually wasnt too bright. Im heading to C328 now to get more stuff

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Jon-san · 12-01-2012, 06:12 PM

What else have you added, plants-wise?

_kai_ · 13-01-2012, 07:01 PM

Added these 2, not sure of name

http://i42.tinypic.com/dw77n.jpg
and japanese hairgrass, thatas about it. I dont know if there will be any more adding of plants

cherabin · 14-01-2012, 01:26 AM

Allow your plants to be matured, i.e. firmly rooted, before the introduction of the fish. My channas have a terrible trait of uprooting loads of plants during the initial phase.

Try E.tenullus, fast growing and easy to maintain plant for the foreground. I have them in almost all my channa tanks.

Which species of dwarf channa would you be keeping?

_kai_ · 14-01-2012, 06:49 AM

Yea im gonna wait a few months at least, channas are strong swimmers and will def uproot the plants now.

Im keeping fire and ice

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14-01-2012, 03:27 PM

Indeed, ensure rooted plants have lots of stringy roots to prevent uprooting. Picture kinda dark.. But afterall the setup is simple and nice. Be prepared of the possible size ur fish can grow up to and if it will affect the plants.

_kai_ · 14-01-2012, 05:42 PM

Here's a brighter pic

. One of the plants uprooted at the back, gonan have to replant that

There are some tetras in the tank now to help speed up the cycling process. Tank has been running about 2 weeks already, tetras added yesterday. Funny, my SH doesnt harm the tetras...

14-01-2012, 08:39 PM

Nice setup. You may want to cover the back with a board to "bounce" back the light so as to maximize light in water and minimize light refracting out of tank.

it helps to reflect lights to plants behind the wood.

Any CO2?

Anw, my personal preference for this tank would be a thick hairgrass/e tenullus carpet. Then its gonna be more natural.

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_kai_ Dragon Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,150	New planted tank Hi guys, just wanted to share. What do you guys think. Anything i can improve on? Please suggest some plants/ideas to me, its been a long time since i kept fishes and im abit rusty. This tank will be housing one dwarf snakehead, it is a 2ft cube. Enjoy guys Thanks for viewing .

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12-01-2012, 01:30 AM	#2
Apistoinka Guest Posts: n/a	Nice scape bro... Maybe u can add some small rock around the wood area to make it more wild looking... After is a nice scape... Once the hair grass grow it will be nice...

12-01-2012, 02:43 PM	#3
_kai_ Dragon Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,150	Thanks, the pic actually wasnt too bright. Im heading to C328 now to get more stuff .

12-01-2012, 06:12 PM	#4
Jon-san Senior Dragon Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,451	What else have you added, plants-wise?

13-01-2012, 07:01 PM	#5
_kai_ Dragon Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,150	Added these 2, not sure of name http://i42.tinypic.com/dw77n.jpg and japanese hairgrass, thatas about it. I dont know if there will be any more adding of plants

14-01-2012, 01:26 AM	#6
cherabin Arofanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 332	Allow your plants to be matured, i.e. firmly rooted, before the introduction of the fish. My channas have a terrible trait of uprooting loads of plants during the initial phase. Try E.tenullus, fast growing and easy to maintain plant for the foreground. I have them in almost all my channa tanks. Which species of dwarf channa would you be keeping?

14-01-2012, 06:49 AM	#7
_kai_ Dragon Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,150	Yea im gonna wait a few months at least, channas are strong swimmers and will def uproot the plants now. Im keeping fire and ice .

14-01-2012, 03:27 PM	#8
Planted Guest Posts: n/a	Indeed, ensure rooted plants have lots of stringy roots to prevent uprooting. Picture kinda dark.. But afterall the setup is simple and nice. Be prepared of the possible size ur fish can grow up to and if it will affect the plants.

14-01-2012, 05:42 PM	#9
_kai_ Dragon Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,150	Here's a brighter pic . One of the plants uprooted at the back, gonan have to replant that There are some tetras in the tank now to help speed up the cycling process. Tank has been running about 2 weeks already, tetras added yesterday. Funny, my SH doesnt harm the tetras...

14-01-2012, 08:39 PM	#10
Planted Guest Posts: n/a	Nice setup. You may want to cover the back with a board to "bounce" back the light so as to maximize light in water and minimize light refracting out of tank. it helps to reflect lights to plants behind the wood. Any CO2? Anw, my personal preference for this tank would be a thick hairgrass/e tenullus carpet. Then its gonna be more natural.

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