3ft Planted

My 3ft planted tank set up on 28 sept 2011.
Low-Mid tech with 3 bottle of DIY CO2.
Temperature: 28-29 DegreeC
Light: 2x36W PL + 1 tube T8 (not sure how many watt)

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After a week, E. Tenellus start to spread.


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Flora:
Java Fern
Narrow Leaf Java Fern
Taiwan Java Fern
E. Tenellus
Cryptocoryne
Nana
Golden Nana

Fauna:
15 XXL Cardinal Tetra
6 Galaxy
7 Cory Habrosus
5 Oto
2 Snails

Plan to add a pair of apisto (any suggestion), and 2 or 3 small angelfish.
Gonna add somemore Narrow java fern on the right side.
Is there any red plant that stay low, foreground or mid-ground?

[arocomm]

Nice looking tank

[Jeff1980]

clean and nice looking planted tank

[boxedfish]

nice one.... should consider using co2 tank.. DIY just too troublesome..

[murinus]

I agree with using cylinder CO2. DIY tend to give irregular amount of CO2 which would be quite a headache

Originally Posted by arocomm

Nice looking tank

Originally Posted by Jeff1980

clean and nice looking planted tank

Originally Posted by boxedfish

nice one.... should consider using co2 tank.. DIY just too troublesome..

Originally Posted by murinus

I agree with using cylinder CO2. DIY tend to give irregular amount of CO2 which would be quite a headache

thanks
the diy co2 just to kick start for E. tenellus. will remove it once it has done spreading.

[Jon-san]

Bro, mind sharing some shots of your DIY CO2 setup, inside and outside of the tank? Am setting up my planted too and not too sure where to start placing all the equipment, coz it's my first time. Am using disposable CO2 canisters.

Originally Posted by Jon-san

Bro, mind sharing some shots of your DIY CO2 setup, inside and outside of the tank? Am setting up my planted too and not too sure where to start placing all the equipment, coz it's my first time. Am using disposable CO2 canisters.

just the normal diy co2 setup u can find online. for me, each bottle with 2cups of sugar + 1teaspoon of yeast + 1 teaspoon of baking soda. dissolve the sugar first. let it cool down before adding yeast as yeast will die if the temp is too hot.


make sure the hole in the bottle cap is slightly smaller than the air tube. i add glue on it to prevent co2 from escaping.


as u can see there's a bottle "2". it's like a filter, to prevent the solution from entering ur tank. the inlet tube should reach the base of the bottle, while the outlet should be near the cap.

shake the bottle with solution every few days, cuz the yeast will stuck at the base.

hope this helps

[Jon-san]

Do you use a check valve in your CO2 line? How do you control the amount of CO2 going in to the tank? Do you think it's necessary to add in a bubble counter?

Would love to see step by step on how you create this masterpiece. How do you manage to blend plants and hardscape together? Piece by piece? Where do you tie the nanas?