plant newb..... 4 months later. (pics)

Nitro said:
Well, it is 65w of 6700k compact flourescent(3.25wpg), I dose all the seachem products once a week. As for co2 bubble rate, I try to keep one bubble on the hagen ladder at all times. I'm not sure what that rate would be. Whats wrong with this substrate? It is made by seachem and is called flourite or something. I think it is made for plants. Are you just referring to it not being thick enough?
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ah it's flourite? nevermind then, thought it was just regular coarse gravel.

you using pressurized or diy co2? i wanted to try glosso but was kinda turned off after hearing how difficult the upkeep is on them.
 
Looks great. Nicely done!

I just started my 38G tank a couple of days ago with some green and sunset hygros, wisteria, water sprite, rotala and two hornwort-like plants. Hope to success like you.
 
Excellent work. Your tank's looking good. Just a small suggestion for taking pics, try turning all the lights in the room off and take a picture with just the tank lights on, no flash. Play around with that and you'll probably be surprised how well they turn out. A tripod will needed for good shots.
 
You can crop them as well like this

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Newbie too

Hi, I really admire your pictures. How did you get started with plants I have never had a planted tank but thought wow if you can so can I have a 20 gal how many inches of stones ? what thread did you read? any suggestions .were did you get all the info to get started. co2 is greek to me.
 
dona said:
Hi, I really admire your pictures. How did you get started with plants I have never had a planted tank but thought wow if you can so can I have a 20 gal how many inches of stones ? what thread did you read? any suggestions .were did you get all the info to get started. co2 is greek to me.
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Well, I had a 10 gallon tank with all fake plants and rocks. I really didn't like the look of it. I also decided the 10g was too small so I went out and bought a 20g tank.

I just researched every aspect of a planted tank, starting with what you need to start out with. I got seachem flourite substrate, a filter, a heater (at a lfs) and a 65watt compact florescent fixture from ebay. The light is very important, you need as much light as you can afford (to an extent). Because i had over 3wpg (watts per gallon) I got a co2 canister. I didn't make my own, I just bought the hagen system. You can get them pretty much at any lfs. All you do is add water, sugar and a small amount of yeast (i never actually measure, i just eye it).

I then went out and got plants. I asked the lfs what was easy and they sold me some plants. I then really got into the plants.

In order to get a grasp on it, I researched for nearly a month before I bought my first piece of equipment. And I didn't really get a grasp on things until about 3 months after my first plant was planted.

I say just go for it. You will learn from your mistakes as you go. Doing is the best form of learning. My first lesson came in the form of algae. Hair algae to be exact. This happened because my co2 was slowing down (it only lasts about 2.5-3 weeks) and I was overdosing fertilizers.

So in a nutshell.
Research research research.
Don't be afraid to ask questions. The members here are great!
 
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