First Time 10g Planted

BubbleBack_Ek9_

BubbleBack_Ek9_

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I have this 10g tank in the basement. Things that i am planning on getting this coming weekend is a heater and a filter. I have 30 watts of lighting over the tank at the moment. All i want is a foreground plant and a really nice plant in the middle or just some driftwood as my center piece so need advice on that to.

QUESTIONS???

1. I want good soil for the plants, which would be best ?
2. In my lfs they have this foreground plant called hair grass how many bushes would i need to fill the whole 10 gallon ?
!!!! I don't want to do any co2 but i do plan on giving the plants nutrients weekly. !!!!
3. Should i go with a plant or driftwood as a center piece ?
 
If you have 3wpg and are going to dose nutrients, you will need to add co2 or excel, otherwise you will be growing algae.
Good substrates are aquasoil or eco-complete, but to be honest, I have had good luck with plain gravel with a little laterite mixed in as well.
Personally, I prefer driftwood as a centerpiece, it complements plants visually.
 
BubbleBack_Ek9_ said:
1. I want good soil for the plants, which would be best ?
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I just use fine gravel plus laterite mixed into the lower half, and I'm having good results.

BubbleBack_Ek9_ said:
2. ...I don't want to do any co2 but i do plan on giving the plants nutrients weekly.!!!!
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Given the amount of light you have, I'd recommend at least using Flourish Excel, which is a liquid carbon source. With fertilizers and 3 WPG of light, you need carbon to help fight algae.

BubbleBack_Ek9_ said:
3. Should i go with a plant or driftwood as a center piece ?
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I'd go with a small piece of driftwood and aquascape your plants around that. :idea:
 
Another question that should probably be asked is what type of lighting do you have. Is it the screw-in incadescents, spiral fluorescent, or perhaps a fluorescent tube?
 
br553 said:
Another question that should probably be asked is what type of lighting do you have. Is it the screw-in incadescents, spiral fluorescent, or perhaps a fluorescent tube?
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Good question... 30W is quite a lot. Maybe you could remove a bulb or two so that your tank could just be low light and not have to deal with a lot of maintance of having too much light.
 
Well i have screw in spiral fluorescent so maybe i can take one out and only have 15 watts of light...

***thanks everyone***
 
For my stocking list i have been thinking 2 dwarf puffers and 2 bamboo shrimps... Tell me what you guys think?
 
I don't know about the shrimp but I think a pair of puffers in the ten will be just fine.

Marinemom
 
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