55g Planted tank (The Start)

lol I have to give you a hard time b/c i am still setting up my tank

lol yee well you are getting closer. Already got the reg/co2 tank/wood/light.. now all you need is filters and some extra substrate and you are all set. Ill be sending you plants in about week and half-2 weeks.

And since theres a slight change in the tank i guess ill do a photo tease..

Today cleaned up the right side of the tank.. took out all of my anubias/needle ferns as well and trimmed any bad/old leaves.. now everything looks good (got a ton of needle fern babies which i might sell of) also took out all the rotala stems and did a heavy trimming, trashing the bottoms and replanting the tops.. Still got alot of floaters.. Anyone want to buy frogbit?? lol
Also in the news.. GOT A DROP CHECKER !!!!! woot woot lol

Well here are the photos (ignore the dirty back and the lop sided spray bar lol)
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Give the tank a week and everything should be tall and bushy... Also im slowly getting rid of plants i wont need in my future rescape.. so forgive me for the messy/empty/random look of the tank..
 
Now that the plants are all addicted to pressurized co2, better start crusing craigslist for a spare cylinder :devil:.


I purchased a setup off craigslist, was planning on reselling the cylinder, but decided to keep it as a spare. Now I'm never down more than 15 minutes on co2.


The spending never ends.
 
:headbang2:striking as always! CO2 dropped you'll be unstoppable :D

lol thanks but its a mess :lipssealedsmilie:
While cleaning up the tank i realized one thing.. That SMS is messy no matter how many times you clean it.. As i was pulling up the plants, i got soo much dust all over the place.. I will need to get another 20lb bag of substrate to top of the sms on right side..


Now that the plants are all addicted to pressurized co2, better start crusing craigslist for a spare cylinder :devil:.

The spending never ends.

But i got a 20lb tank lol i dont expect the co2 to end in another year++ :silly:

Looks very nice BK!
Looks like your drop checker came with a clear suction cup anyway.
Thanks fishy, but its the black suction cup lol.. but like i said its not a pain since its on the non visible side of the tank.
 
Yeah, the 20lb'er will be nice. I've got a 5# and a 10# that I switch between. Powering two tanks, the 5# only lasts about ~3 months. Just switched in the 10# a few days ago, we'll see how long it lasts.

I'm upgrading to either a 120g or 180g in a few months, I'm thinking on getting a 20# for that.
 
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