Hi And My Setup

[Bartash]

Hi everyone

Just wanted to introduce myself, im pretty new to the aquarium scene and looking for a place to call home and chat with like minded people.

Here is my current tank only had it setup for about 1 1/2 months before this i had a small 30L aqua one tank and from that point on wanted a bigger tank. My current tank is approx 150L

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Tank Specs:
JBL Aqua Basis under JBL Manado substrate
Fluval 304 external filter with spraybar
300w marine heater
DIY Co2 system

EDIT: sorry i forgot to mention lighting
i have a 4ft 48w JBL flora tropical tube
and a 4ft 5500k tropical daylight tube
Both independant 48w supplies

I have 5 marimo balls

flame moss
star moss
round pellia
and fissidens spla

i bought the moss on ebay and was very dissapointed when they arrived as there was hardly anything

i have just bought a co2 diffuser
a co2 regulator with pin valve for a standard 22 co2 bottle
so hopefully soon i will buy a bottle as soon as they arrive and will have a pressurised co2 system running

I have also just bought 500ml of flourish excel which should arrive very soon

i still have my aqua 1 but thinking of turning it into a shrimp tank as soon as i find some shrimp at a reasonable price and when i find a good supplier of mosses

if anyone knows of anywhere then please let me know


thanks for reading

Carl

 

[ian]

Hello and welcome Carl, the tank is looking really good. Make sure you keep this updated (do you want me to move it to the journal section?)

We have a section on the forum for sales, there some moss going on there at the moment. There's also some shrimp in the livestock section.

edit, there is a non aquatic plant in there, its a type of dracaena, the one with the white edging and green leaves. It won't last long in there.

 

[Bartash]

yeah that would be great if you could move it and dont worry i will be updating all the time


Carl

 

[ian]

Done, and just recheck my last post i have edited it.

 

[lljdma06]

Glad you're going pressurized. You'll have to consider a fertiliser regimen as well. It's a good start, barring the non-aquatic that ian pointed out.

A nice large tank. What's the livestock?

Liz

 

[Bartash]

Hmm i bought that from maiden head aquatics i will have to let them know when i go back. Thx for letting me know guys.

Carl

 

[Bartash]

ok i found out the tag that came with the plant and it was grown by a site called www.aquafleur.com

here is the link to the plant http/www.aquadistri.com/nl/aquafleur/detail/43/dracaena-sanderiana-white

the site is dutch so you may need to translate

Carl

 

[ian]

its quite common for Aquafluer and Tropica to sell these, as they do grow well in Terrariums, but not fully submerged. They are a marsh/bog plant. It will go for a month or 2, but it will eventually rot. It's a spider plant.

 

[Bartash]

I have removed the plant from the tank, as its water change day, my flourish excel turned up thismorning aswell

Carl