Rate my 29G Planted...

[Lonewolfblue]

Well, yes, I do have more tanks, lol. Here's my planted 29G...

The hoses you see are from my diatom filter. Normally they are not there, but did a major cleaning tonight. Plants are L. repens on the left, corkscrew vals just to the right of the L. repens, a ruffled sword behind and to the right of the driftwood and I think something like Cabomba to the left, a dwarf sag in the U of the driftwood, and Wisteria on the right. Also have a few small leaves of clover I'm trying to get started. The fish are Cardinals, Serpae Tetras, Blue Flame Tetras, Bleeding Heart Tetras, and Otos.

 

[silver dollars]

I like it. Mabey some pics of the ottos Very pretty

 

[joeyjoeq]

Looks great ... tetras are so relaxing to see. Try to hide the hoses in the back somewhere.

 

[tessalion]

looking good...glad someone else out there has my love for tetras

is that a bubble wall in back? Whatever it is it looks cool...

 

[FishGeek]

LOL! I was going to ask the samething. It does look likea bubble wall. (I seem to havea thing for asking the same question as everyone else...so much for being unique!! ) I like that tank too LoneWolf!!! Good Job!!! *thumbsups

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

Looks good!

 

[Lonewolfblue]

looking good...glad someone else out there has my love for tetras

is that a bubble wall in back? Whatever it is it looks cool...

No bubble walls. It's a painted background. Here's a couple pics when I started the project....

Moonlights anyone? LOL

I will never ever go back to regular backgrounds, lol. Painted is the only way to go......

 

[jumpfreak26]

neat idea, looks good, im trying to get my 29 goign, but i am fighting bba i think, its taking over the tank. sigh, oh well, good looking tank, i really like it
, clean.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

hi..

How well planted is your 29G and how are you dosing? How much lighting? CO2?

Currently I'm running 130W CF. I am injecting CO2 through a glass diffuser into my XP2 intake. And I'm also dosing Greg Watsons products, using EI. Should have seen this tank 3 days ago, lol. Your tank probably isn't looking as bad as mine did, lol. The entire bottom was covered in algae, some bba, lots of bga, as well as hair algae. And that was due to not injecting CO2 and high lighting. But the last 3 days I've been scrubbing, manually removing the bga (stinks, lol), and running my diatom filter. Got it pretty well cleaned, so hopefully with the CO2 added, the plants will take over and not the algae.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

I like it. Mabey some pics of the ottos Very pretty

Ok, here is one of them, the others are hiding....

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

Someone else has bleeding heart tetras.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Serpae's, Bleeding Hearts, Blue Flames, and Cardinals.

 

[jumpfreak26]

Well, im not dosing anything, runing small DIY co2, 80 watts, and it was well planted, but the bba took over and so i took it all out and stuffed it with wisteria to overcome it, so i think ill clean up the rest tomrow and see how it goes from there

 

[silver dollars]

Nice Ottos!!! I can't wait to get some for the 10G at my moms!!!(coming soon!)

 

[bala_aquarium]

your tank looks great

 

[Zman16]

Someone else has bleeding heart tetras.

U offically no longer have the only breeding pair in the world.

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

U offically no longer have the only breeding pair in the world.

I don't breed them though.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Well, im not dosing anything, runing small DIY co2, 80 watts, and it was well planted, but the bba took over and so i took it all out and stuffed it with wisteria to overcome it, so i think ill clean up the rest tomrow and see how it goes from there

Need to start dosing nitrates. BBA usually comes when there's a low fluctuating CO2 or nitrates drop out. It also thrives where there's high Phosphates.

 

[Katie217]

very nice tank! i really like the background! ive always thought that darker backgrounds make the fish stand out more

 

[Lonewolfblue]

The darker backgrounds do well, yes. But I also like the lighter ones as well, like the paint I used on my 75G. The lighter tends to make the plants look richer as well.