55g and 30g planted tanks
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Typical for me, I keep tinkering with the planting. I've added quite a bit of wisteria to the top 30 and I finally got the lower 30 up and running. (You gotta love being able to take filter media from an established tank. Except for the wisteria, I've been able to plant both 30's with cuttings from my 55. There ARE benefits to having MTS!!
The results:
The results:
Looks great. I really like the tiger barbs too. Very pretty. I have to ask what is probably a stupid question. Yesterday I picked up a 30g tank similar to yours, similar style simple iron stand. The top of the stand, where the tank goes, just has the metal around the edges, there is nothing to support the stand underneath its middle. Do you put a piece of wood there or what? True, I repeatedly failed math, but I don't understand how a filled tank would require support on only the outer edges.
That is how my 30g stand is too. It's the typical iron stand you buy at the LFS. My 55g is a solid wood stand with nice storage underneath.
With any stand, you are only resting the tank on the frame - not the glass. It doesn't matter if the frame is solid - you aren't making contact with anything but the edges (frame).
What IS important is getting the tank level. My 55g is not perfectly level, but it's not twisting. In other words, it's slightly out of level front to back, but exactly the same on both sides. Some people also use a styrofoam sheet under it to help distribute the forces on the bottom of the tank. Use the search function and you should find some good advice.
With any stand, you are only resting the tank on the frame - not the glass. It doesn't matter if the frame is solid - you aren't making contact with anything but the edges (frame).
What IS important is getting the tank level. My 55g is not perfectly level, but it's not twisting. In other words, it's slightly out of level front to back, but exactly the same on both sides. Some people also use a styrofoam sheet under it to help distribute the forces on the bottom of the tank. Use the search function and you should find some good advice.
On the 55g its a Current Nove Extreme:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+13822+16770&pcatid=16770
About 2 watts/gallon.
On the 30g they are Coralife freshwater 2x21w (6700K and 10000K)
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+13822+16770&pcatid=16770
About 2 watts/gallon.
On the 30g they are Coralife freshwater 2x21w (6700K and 10000K)
