75 gallon Planted Office Tank Journal
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More lighting pics:
Installing the Legs was way harder than it should have been. No, I am not kidding. :-(
Unless I overlooked them, there was no printed material shipped with lights, including instructions. I went to the website, and luckily, I quickly found online detailed instructions with pictures, which was very nice. Unfortunately, they did not help me a great deal, other than to get the general idea of how the legs work. Before seeing the pictures, I really had no idea.
It still took me about 1/2 hour to install legs, and I'm still not 100% sure I actually installed them correctly. Luckily, I should not have to do that again.
Now, keep in mind that I bought these lights BEFORE I decided to do Co2, and at 2 watts-per-gallon, they would have been great without Co2. My kids tank only has 1/2 a watt-per-gallon, and plants grow. However, now that I am doing co2, this is low light, at least according to online sources. We'll see.
I almost threw away the splash guard before I realized what it was. It looked like a peice of cardboard in the box, part of the shipping materials. I guarantee people throw this away all the time.
Installing....
Installing the Legs was way harder than it should have been. No, I am not kidding. :-(
Unless I overlooked them, there was no printed material shipped with lights, including instructions. I went to the website, and luckily, I quickly found online detailed instructions with pictures, which was very nice. Unfortunately, they did not help me a great deal, other than to get the general idea of how the legs work. Before seeing the pictures, I really had no idea.
It still took me about 1/2 hour to install legs, and I'm still not 100% sure I actually installed them correctly. Luckily, I should not have to do that again.
Now, keep in mind that I bought these lights BEFORE I decided to do Co2, and at 2 watts-per-gallon, they would have been great without Co2. My kids tank only has 1/2 a watt-per-gallon, and plants grow. However, now that I am doing co2, this is low light, at least according to online sources. We'll see.
I almost threw away the splash guard before I realized what it was. It looked like a peice of cardboard in the box, part of the shipping materials. I guarantee people throw this away all the time.
Installing....
FTS
Now guys, keep in mind, I am using a crappy camera now, so this is washed out, etc, etc.
Also, I think this is the first shot you can kinda see me in, scarry! :grinyes: You may need to click it to make it bigger, I made this image larger than most of the other files.
Now guys, keep in mind, I am using a crappy camera now, so this is washed out, etc, etc.
Also, I think this is the first shot you can kinda see me in, scarry! :grinyes: You may need to click it to make it bigger, I made this image larger than most of the other files.
Thanks! I'm going to keep posting till this tank and good and mature, even then I probably will post a FTS once a month so I can remember how things change long term. I'll share them here so people can check if they are interested.
My original plan is to stock with 4 types of Rainbows. This is expensive, as each fish could run $8-10 each, BUT they meet most of my needs/wants. They school, they are colorful, they are friendly, and they do well in planted tanks. This is the most likely choice.
Funny you should ask that question though, as I was just now having slight cold feet. I am open to ideas. I really like the concept of a large group of schooling fish, but most of my choices seem BORING, imho.
I like tiger barbs when they are young, but I dont know about them in planted tanks, and for some bizarre reason, I dont like how they look when the get larger. Odd.
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I like this fish, but I know nothing about it, or if I can even order it "Boehlkea fredcochui".
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I just got some rummynose tetras (I had a big fiasco with the first group, as they were much more sensitive to temp. than I thought...)
They school a lot closer together than danios, and look very cool in a large group. I have heard neons do this as well. Both would be just fine with a planted tank. They would actually stand out against the plants.
They school a lot closer together than danios, and look very cool in a large group. I have heard neons do this as well. Both would be just fine with a planted tank. They would actually stand out against the plants.
