75 gallon, setup, i need help

[Abercrombie6202]

Wel i think everybody on this forum knows that i'm planning on gettigna 75 gallon aqaurium, i'm going to set it up before summer hopefully!! Just very confused and i have MANY questions!!

1. Should i get a Fluval or a Eheim?

2. What one should i get for a 75 glalon aquairum (what kind of fluval) (what kind of Eheim)?

3. What's the difference between laterite and flourite

4. should i get laterite or flourite

5. How many wpg do i want for high light plants, what's the least i cna do? I was thinking of 210 watts

6.I want a co2 pressurized or Injector, what kind of co2 thing should i get and where do i get it?

7. what's the difference between pressurized and injected

8. does the amount of plants, dirftwood, substrare, etc... affect the amount of fish i cna put in the aquarium?

9.How many hours of light should the aquairum have a day?

10. at night when the light is off, what else should be turned off?

11. How many times a day/week should u feed you'r fish, at the moment i feed my community tnak ocne day and my puffer tank 1 every 2 days

12. should you feed you'r fish at the exact time every day?

13. How cna u get rid of the tea color that dirftwood makes

14. I was told that carbon will kill plants, is this true? Does carbon really destroy plants?

That's all for now, please help me, i've thought about these questiosn and did research, but couldn't find to much information on them!!

 

[AndyL]

That's all for now, please help me, i've thought about these questiosn and did research, but couldn't find to much information on them!!

Most of those questions have answers which are easily found on websites such as thekrib. You need to look a little harder.

1. Either, both are decent quality filters, eheim is a heck of a lot more expensive.
2. The one which fits in your budget, and turns enough GPH, eheim and fluval both have websites, and the answers can also be found on most retailers catalogues.
3. Laterite is a red sandy stuff, flourite is a white-ish granular product. Both are good for plants, flourite isn't as messy.
5. define high light plants... 3wpg+ is the rule, some high light plants might not even grow under 3wpg, depending on how deeply they're planted.
6. Basically 2 names for the same thing... Do some research, online shops now sell CO2 systems.
8. Well you'd be taking up space with driftwood, rocks, plant leaves, so lighter stocking would be better. Just because the plants use of waste reduces the bio-load a bit, doesn't mean you should stock more.
9. Enough so that the plants don't melt down, but not so much as to cause an algae bloom. Depends on your setup, 8-12 hours is normal.
10. in a pressurized CO2 system, its good to have a solenoid to turn off the co2 at night. Otherwise nothing.
11. My fish get 6 small feedings a day, who's method is better, you be the judge, But most breeders will feed many times a day.
12. the only rule for me, is that they get fed right away after a water change.
13. Covered so many times... If you couldn't find the answer to this you didn't look... Put fresh carbon in your filter, or boil the heck out of the wood.
14. Again, covered so many times... Carbon wont kill the plants, it will strip all beneficial chemicals from the water... Then later it will mass 'dump' them. You don't want carbon in a planted tank.

Andy

 

[adamj]

1. Should i get a Fluval or a Eheim?
if your only picking between these two, eheim

2. What one should i get for a 75 glalon aquairum (what kind of fluval) (what kind of Eheim)?
2222 professionel Canister filter

3. What's the difference between laterite and flourite

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/aquarium_plant_laterite_vs_flourite.htm

4. should i get laterite or flourite
read above

5. How many wpg do i want for high light plants, what's the least i cna do? I was thinking of 210 watts

6.I want a co2 pressurized or Injector, what kind of co2 thing should i get and where do i get it?
i dont think these are always nessecery. depends on the balance of fish to pants you have

7. what's the difference between pressurized and injected

Look it up

8. does the amount of plants, dirftwood, substrare, etc... affect the amount of fish i cna put in the aquarium?

of cource, tanks only have so much room

9.How many hours of light should the aquairum have a day?

i always stick with 12

10. at night when the light is off, what else should be turned off?
depends, if you've got a co2 system, i'd turn it off. get it all on a timer

11. How many times a day/week should u feed you'r fish, at the moment i feed my community tnak ocne day and my puffer tank 1 every 2 days

depends on the fish...

12. should you feed you'r fish at the exact time every day?

depends as well...some fish like routine, others are ambush hunters, some are scavengers etc.

13. How cna u get rid of the tea color that dirftwood makes

after carefuly cleaning the driftwood, you'll need to weight it in treated tap water and allow it to become soaked with water. once ya put it in a tank, you'll be ok

14. I was told that carbon will kill plants, is this true? Does carbon really destroy plants?

I've never EVER heard that.

and just to let you know, all the answers you need can be found on the net. too many kids these days asking people to do stuff for them.