Discuskid's ADA 45p - Journals

discuskid · 09-29-2009, 01:53 PM

Well i finally set up my first planted tank a ADA 45p. set up a week ago.
SPECS:
ADA 45p with garden mat
Filtration:
Tetra HOB, gonna upgrade to a Eheim 2213
Lighting:
Coralife Freshwater Aqualight-20" 6700K Quad-96 Watt
Substrate:
Amazonia
Power Sand S
Tourmaline BC
CO2:
DIY CO2
Fertilization:
Green Brightly Step 1
(going to get Brightly K)
Plants:
Sagitaria Subulata
Hydrocotyle Verticillata
Bacopa monnieri
Fauna:
Still Cycling Probally some Amano shrimp, otos, and Boraras brigittae.
Pics:
The Light:

The Goods

FTS

Thanks for Looking
Comments Welcome

discuskid · 09-29-2009, 01:58 PM

BTW i got HYDROCOTYLE VERTICILLATA and BOCOPA MONNIERI from lake by my house.

mythin · 09-29-2009, 03:50 PM

Just going by my 45-p, Im gonna say you are going to need a new light lixture. I am using the 40w current usa 20" fixture and thinking about downgrading to the 28w coralife. The ammount of ferts/co2 you need for 96w over a 45-p is a lot, and you are going to have to have it super densely planted or you will have algae...

Other than that, yours looks good so far, also in the meantime I wouldn't run that light more than 6-7 hours max for now while things grow in.

discuskid · 09-29-2009, 04:24 PM

i run it for 5 hours a day everything seems to be growing fine and i dont see any algae YET lets hope it stays that way

i havent started dosing ferts as my AS is still givin off stuff when the tank is cycled ill start dosing.

armedbiggiet · 10-01-2009, 12:14 AM

the aquasoil looks too thin for Power Sand S, Tourmaline BC hope no algae cause by those.

armedbiggiet · 10-01-2009, 12:15 AM

for 6700k that lights sure looks blue.

discuskid · 10-01-2009, 05:54 PM

Should i add more AS? i have half a bag left.

discuskid · 10-01-2009, 05:59 PM

Quote:

for 6700k that lights sure looks blue.

I thought that too i double checked the bulb and it says 6700k it must be my bad camera

discuskid · 10-17-2009, 06:46 PM

UPDATE: Tank is cycled, added 2 otos, 5 Amano Shrimp added, 2 amanos jumped out

Bocopa kinda grows slow but its getting there, ive trimmed it 2x and its now starting to grow faster i think its just getting used to being submersed, dwarf sag grows preety fast new runners everywhere, Hydrocotyle Verticillata wasnt looking good so it got trashed. I added Moss i found under a tree in my backyard to the driftwood as a experiment and its spreading preety well, so we'll see how that goes.

Here are the Pics:
FTS

And this is a random pic of what drove up to my school a couple days ago

dollface · 10-17-2009, 09:47 PM

I would keep an eye on that moss, evidently non-aquatic mosses (like star moss) are known to be hit or miss, they might grow a little but, but eventually die off.