29G planted journal w\pics

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chrispar0323

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Jun 18, 2009
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So basically ive been reading and reading and reading and then reading a lil more about planted tanks and looking at pics and videos of planted tanks and I feel like i am ready to take the plunge. Im going to be using a 29g tank that I had planned on turning into a nano tank. so far ive gotten the tank setup and cycled without fish (thanks to miss fishy's cycling info)



And i have my soil (no name garden soil) 40lbs main ingeridents are soil and flyash





And i have it soaking starting the mineralizing process


i will try and keep things posted as much as possible but we all know that there are only 24 hrs in a day so bear with me

hope this thread helps anyone that wants to start one up, i am by know means an expert with planted tanks so feel free to comment with suggestions or question. here goes should be a fun adventure.
 

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chrispar0323

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So my soil soaked for 2 days and i did water changes and here is the finished product after 3 hours in the austin tx sun, b y my calculation i still have about 6 hrs of 100+ temps for today and plenty of sunshine im mixing the dirt still as its drying and breaking up and clumps that form [
 

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chrispar0323

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Jun 18, 2009
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so i went to the LFS today and picked up a bag of Caribsea Floramax, im gonna go with just that in my 3 gallon pico that im starting and im gonna use it as a cap for my 29g with the mineralized soil its black and i like the way it looks, pics coming soon
 

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