Hello again everyone, as you already observed in the title, I am starting a new tank, this time it is a riparium, and luckily I have the opportunity to collect some things in nearby streams, but not everything will come from there, maybe just the hardscape and just a percentage of the aquascape.
I'm not good with plants, and I'm starting this project to try to eliminate that part, it's time to learn. So my intention in this tank is to have low and medium requirement plants, I want to keep red plants, I love them but I have never kept them successfully.
The idea is that the plants inside the tank emerge and "merge" with the plants that will be on the water, you can search the riparian of the Crazydaz user in the network, that tank is my inspiration, I can't say that I will have something like it , but if my tank can look 50% like it then that would be great.
I am going to use led lighting, there are 30 and 50 watt reflectors, the measurements of my tank are 28"x16"x14", I consider that the 14" height is ideal for the plants to get out of the water, I am considering using a substrate with black soil, tezontle ground black and seal with sand. Or what do you recommend to use?
My biggest fear is the algae, for the riparium I plan to use osmosis water, and not to use drinking water as in the community tank, this change will avoid some algae, right? I am starting this tank, and I only have the glass as such, please feel free to suggest and advise on the plans I just described, and new suggestions are welcome.
I'm not good with plants, and I'm starting this project to try to eliminate that part, it's time to learn. So my intention in this tank is to have low and medium requirement plants, I want to keep red plants, I love them but I have never kept them successfully.
The idea is that the plants inside the tank emerge and "merge" with the plants that will be on the water, you can search the riparian of the Crazydaz user in the network, that tank is my inspiration, I can't say that I will have something like it , but if my tank can look 50% like it then that would be great.
I am going to use led lighting, there are 30 and 50 watt reflectors, the measurements of my tank are 28"x16"x14", I consider that the 14" height is ideal for the plants to get out of the water, I am considering using a substrate with black soil, tezontle ground black and seal with sand. Or what do you recommend to use?
My biggest fear is the algae, for the riparium I plan to use osmosis water, and not to use drinking water as in the community tank, this change will avoid some algae, right? I am starting this tank, and I only have the glass as such, please feel free to suggest and advise on the plans I just described, and new suggestions are welcome.