My Planted Tank

[lawrie]

this is my new setup, im planning on putting more neaon tetra in it, possibly 200 hundred.

 

[DevUK]

Looks nice! I suspect that the plants with the dark leaves/white edges might not be aquatic though. Worth maybe taking a closer pic and posting a thread about it

What are the tank stats?

 

[mlawson]

Looks like a good setup for neons, how big is it? It doesn't look big enough for 200 extra Neon tetras.

The plant in the middle foreground does not look aquatic to me.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[lawrie]

i thought the same, they are real plants but they feel a bit plasic. not sure what they are. might take them out. theres only 3 plants like it in there.

ive had the tank setup for around...5 months. i have to do new PH tests, last time i checked it was PH6.0 amonia was zero. the water is a bit mirky but i did a water change today (30%).

 

[lawrie]

Looks like a good setup for neons, how big is it? It doesn't look big enough for 200 extra Neon tetras.

The plant in the middle foreground does not look aquatic to me.

Cheers,
Mike

there are 3 of those plants, one on the left, middle and right. its 3ft 4 inches long, 2ft 4 inches high and 1 ft 1 and a half wide. i said around 120-180 neons. there are 70 in there now and it looks empty.

 

[mlawson]

It may look empty, but 70 is about right for a planted tank, I would only recommend you adding about 60 more at the most, or you may get some polution problems. Whatever you do add the fish a few at a time to let the filter get used to the extra bio-load. What filtration do you use?

 

[lawrie]

It may look empty, but 70 is about right for a planted tank, I would only recommend you adding about 60 more at the most, or you may get some polution problems. Whatever you do add the fish a few at a time to let the filter get used to the extra bio-load. What filtration do you use?

i think its a fluval 400, i got it with the tank. i bought the tank 5 months ago so i have thrown out the box for the filter.

 

[George Farmer]

200 neons?

Unless you have rampant plant growth you'll need to keep on top of bio-flitration and water changes.

Consider an external filter at least. It looks like a Fluval 4+ internal you have.

The variegated white/green plant, Dracanea, is not suitable for submerged life.