I have a new 29 gallon tank up and ready to go for becoming a planted tank.
I currently have a penguin 200, a stealth 200, and a 55watt 8,000k light on the tank. Is the penguin filter going to have to be swapped out for an internal filter or power head with spong?
I don't want to waste the Co2 injection if it can be avoided.
I read some where that when the surface of the water is moving it expells more gas than when it is still and the currently is kept minimal underneath the surface.
Can i stick with gravel or should i get that flourite?
I would be willing to use those root tabs if they work instead of a new substrate.
What would be the equiptment i would need to properly get this done?
Do the plants go in before the fish?
At night is there going to be an issue with the oxygen level of the tank?
If i add a 1 or 2 plecos of the small cariety would that be enough to handle all of the algae?
Is a uv sterilizer a good idea or is it a waste of money?
Bogwood or driftwood what size/shape is the most appealing in a small tank setting?
What plants would you recomend?
I wanted to have it large in the back and as it got toward the frot to feathered into medium and ground cover.
What fish would work in this enviroment?
I pretty much got my fill with giant cichlids so i am ready to try using small fish that stay around the size they are when you get them like tetras etc.
Th fish i had in mind were maybe either a betta or gourami for the center piece fish and some small schooling tetras or dianos. Also i wanted for a change to have maybe a bamboo shrimp and 1 or 2 plecos of the smaller varitey that will eat some algae.
Since i will be mostly tending to the plants in this setup i would perfer it if it was properly stocked so that the plants could get most of the attention instead of those large water changes for the cichlid tanks.
I am hoping that this will come out looking great.
By the way could you use a Co2 canister for the soda machines or a smaller version like a butane container to be refilled for CO2?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I currently have a penguin 200, a stealth 200, and a 55watt 8,000k light on the tank. Is the penguin filter going to have to be swapped out for an internal filter or power head with spong?
I don't want to waste the Co2 injection if it can be avoided.
I read some where that when the surface of the water is moving it expells more gas than when it is still and the currently is kept minimal underneath the surface.
Can i stick with gravel or should i get that flourite?
I would be willing to use those root tabs if they work instead of a new substrate.
What would be the equiptment i would need to properly get this done?
Do the plants go in before the fish?
At night is there going to be an issue with the oxygen level of the tank?
If i add a 1 or 2 plecos of the small cariety would that be enough to handle all of the algae?
Is a uv sterilizer a good idea or is it a waste of money?
Bogwood or driftwood what size/shape is the most appealing in a small tank setting?
What plants would you recomend?
I wanted to have it large in the back and as it got toward the frot to feathered into medium and ground cover.
What fish would work in this enviroment?
I pretty much got my fill with giant cichlids so i am ready to try using small fish that stay around the size they are when you get them like tetras etc.
Th fish i had in mind were maybe either a betta or gourami for the center piece fish and some small schooling tetras or dianos. Also i wanted for a change to have maybe a bamboo shrimp and 1 or 2 plecos of the smaller varitey that will eat some algae.
Since i will be mostly tending to the plants in this setup i would perfer it if it was properly stocked so that the plants could get most of the attention instead of those large water changes for the cichlid tanks.
I am hoping that this will come out looking great.
By the way could you use a Co2 canister for the soda machines or a smaller version like a butane container to be refilled for CO2?
Thanks in advance for your help.
cichlidcichlid