It has begun! My 75 gallon Planted Office Tank Project has started and I am going to piece this together over the coming months. This thread will serve as my Tank Journal, although it is going to take many months and thus, progress will be slow. I hope that in the end, someone viewing this thread will be able to go start to finish and see as I progress to a beautiful tank. Or maybe they can watch a train wreck as it happens? We’ll see….
I bought a very old used tank and stand from craigslist, and you can see more about that in this thread, where I struggled with buying a used tank and a used stand:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222503
So here is the equipment I currently plan on buying (subject to change):
Tank………....75 gallon glass tank (used)
Stand……..….Fiberboard Stand (used)
Filter………....EHEIM Classic External 2217 or maybe 2215
Substrate…..7 x 20 lbs bags of Eco Complete Black, with some small patch of cosmetic sand in front
Heater……….2 x 200 watt heaters, probably the brand by Eheim.
Lighting…….fixture from catalina aquarium, between 1.5 and 2 watts per gallon
CO2………....NONE
Food………...from Kens Fish Foods
Chemicals…Prime, NO plant food (I think eco complete will be enough?)
Fish……….....Mixed types of schooling Rainbows, probably by from Aquabid
Plants……….Mixed plant assortment of medium light plants. I wanted a heavily planted look, but without CO2. Specifics to come later.
Anway, probably not much to comment about now, but I am going to take ALOT of pics, probably a pic a day, until this tank has a mature planted look, so stay tuned.
I bought a very old used tank and stand from craigslist, and you can see more about that in this thread, where I struggled with buying a used tank and a used stand:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222503
So here is the equipment I currently plan on buying (subject to change):
Tank………....75 gallon glass tank (used)
Stand……..….Fiberboard Stand (used)
Filter………....EHEIM Classic External 2217 or maybe 2215
Substrate…..7 x 20 lbs bags of Eco Complete Black, with some small patch of cosmetic sand in front
Heater……….2 x 200 watt heaters, probably the brand by Eheim.
Lighting…….fixture from catalina aquarium, between 1.5 and 2 watts per gallon
CO2………....NONE
Food………...from Kens Fish Foods
Chemicals…Prime, NO plant food (I think eco complete will be enough?)
Fish……….....Mixed types of schooling Rainbows, probably by from Aquabid
Plants……….Mixed plant assortment of medium light plants. I wanted a heavily planted look, but without CO2. Specifics to come later.
Anway, probably not much to comment about now, but I am going to take ALOT of pics, probably a pic a day, until this tank has a mature planted look, so stay tuned.