Stocking advice for a planted 92 corner tank

I bought a couple of "low light" packages from a local guy and got a little bit of crystalwort, frogbit, rotala rotund, cork val, green crypt, stargrass, thai moss, ludwigia repens, duckweed, anubias nana. I didn't really have a lot of time to plan a layout, and didn't want to put anything in the back u til my new light(s) get here, so I ended up with this, which I think will be temporary.

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BTW, the shells are there as a concession to my daughters, and it kills me a little bit every time that I see them. :-)
 
Convinced the girls that the snail that they saw needed a home, and moved an anubias. I think that the horizontal section on the right needs some Java ferns across it.

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Where are the shells & post-its?!? Your poor little girls! They try to participate in your hobby & get no input? LOL! Maybe some fish & tank art for the fridge?

Yeah, I like the java fern on the right horizontal wood idea. Maybe "Phillippine", a little smaller than "regular" or "narrow"?

I'd get that duckweed outta there! There's no such thing a "some". I've gotten it down to ~20 a few times but it's very high maintenance to "control" it. Try red root floater or maybe salvinia.
 
fishorama said:
Where are the shells & post-its?!? Your poor little girls! They try to participate in your hobby & get no input? LOL! Maybe some fish & tank art for the fridge?

Yeah, I like the java fern on the right horizontal wood idea. Maybe "Phillippine", a little smaller than "regular" or "narrow"?

I'd get that duckweed outta there! There's no such thing a "some". I've gotten it down to ~20 a few times but it's very high maintenance to "control" it. Try red root floater or maybe salvinia.
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The shells are still in the right corner. I have come to the conclusion that I have set the plants up backwards. I think I want to move the crypts toward the front, and put the stems all a little further back. I want to get some fish this weekend, but my nitrites are being stubbornly slow at dissipating. I might even get some onion/aponogeton/Lily bulbs to put in the back. I have had aponogetons in a taller tank ( 35 hex) before and they did ok. I really need to get the bigger, remote sump set up. It would make water changes so much easier and add 60 gallons to the system.
 
What an amazing tank I can't wait to see what it will look like once stocked. It's amazing what a difference the plants make, they make the tank come alive. Awesome job so far!
 
Mondaygirl said:
What an amazing tank I can't wait to see what it will look like once stocked. It's amazing what a difference the plants make, they make the tank come alive. Awesome job so far!
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Thanks, it looks better in person. Not green like it shows up when I take pics.
 
Also, new lights will be in tomorrow. How many tetras would one be able to safely stock with about a dozen Cory's in a tank that is cycled without fish and has about 160 gallons total volume?
 
A bunch of tetras, 6 or even maybe 10 at a time! But keep an eye on water parameters. It would help if your plants were faster growers. Be prepared to change a lot of water & use Prime for ammonia or nitrite spikes...daily if WCs are not possible (you might have a life beyond fish tanks!?!)

I forget after 4 pages...do you have a QT tank?
 
fishorama said:
A bunch of tetras, 6 or even maybe 10 at a time! But keep an eye on water parameters. It would help if your plants were faster growers. Be prepared to change a lot of water & use Prime for ammonia or nitrite spikes...daily if WCs are not possible (you might have a life beyond fish tanks!?!)

I forget after 4 pages...do you have a QT tank?
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No qt tank. I thought I'd be able to handle more after a fishless cycle than that though at my volume. The fast growing angle is the reason that I kept the duckweed. It's not as hard to get rid of with an overflow. Once I get my sump tank in and plumbed, I will have the pump plumbed to be diverted to the drain to quickly empty the sump for water changes, making it pretty easy. I will also have a recirculation loop to keep the filter moving while the water equilibrates to the correct temperature.
 
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