Getting Frustrated...and Hello! - Page 10 - New to Planted Aquariums

C.Anderson · 05-27-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Tex Gal

I think your fake rock is fine. It looks realistic enough, almost exactly like my lace rock. You could put riccia on it. It would have to be trimmed regularly though. You could also use flame moss, but trim also. You could use a fissidens moss. They grow much slower and would not need to be trimmed nearly as often. They are more expensive and harder to find. You would need a quite a bit to cover your rock (tie or net in on). It would look nice.

About your plecos - I have some really gorgeous ones. Look here http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...take-look.html
They are all small ones, with my largest at 7". I got most of them at http://www.exoticfinds.net/index.html. They have great plecos. They have always arrived healthy and happy. They have a great selection and are very helpful. You can get the "zebra" look in the King tiger without the zebra prices. I love my polka dot ones too!

Take a look at their plecos - you'll be in love!

I think the fissidens would be the trick...if I could get enough to get it started growing in the first place. Thing is, I've had a real awakening regarding moss over the last couple days lol. Buying moss online (from the vendors, not forum members) is no better than buying 'aquatic' plants from Petsmart.

Kinda frustrating.

On the pleco's...I just discovered that site the day before yesterday! Incredible stuff there, and they have a really good reputation from what I've seen. I'm considering an order on the first whitespot they have sitting on page one right now =). Down the road I definitely would like one of the king tigers...along with what I have (royal and sailfin) I think that would round out my pleco collection nicely lol!

Cris

C.Anderson · 05-27-2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bert H

I like the way your tank is coming along, Cris. About the driftwood, you can put some petite nanas on it. It would be real easy to do anywhere you have any cracks. Low maintenance, and imo, looks real nice. Of course, I don't know if your plecos would allow their bare wood to be covered.

Thanks a ton!

I'm really debating exactly how and what I'm going to do with the driftwood. To be honest I love the lines of it, and I'm worried any mosses and plantings will ruin that...but it may be worth a try (can you tell I'm on the fence? lol). I think that's one of those fine details that will come out as I'm refining things for sure. I didn't get a thing done on my slate walls this weekend...lol, and that's really what's holding me up. I do have another great selection of plants coming from bk828 this week, along with a nice bunch of giant val's to go along with my onions and hygro =).

Hopefully things work out!

Cris

Bk828 · 06-08-2008, 08:37 AM

Hey Cris how about an update!!

Sterling919 · 06-15-2008, 11:27 PM

Well I'm a total newbie too and haven't had near the luck you seem to be having...so two thumbs up to you Cris.

That is one freakin' big tank!!! How does the floor of your house hold it? I was sweatin' bullets over filling my 40g breeder tank up and then I find this thread. You've got a bigger set than I do cause I'd never attempt to put a tank that large in my house, even though I'd love to have one.

About the "bubbles" that your wife loves so much...mine does too. I want a planted tank and don't really care too much about having a bubble wall or anything like that. But what you could do would be use acrylic to make a partition and put the bubble wand inside it. That would keep it out of the regular tank water and then it wouldn't drop any CO2 level you might have in your tank. Kinda something like the filter system on your 14g tank... If you sealed it off with sealer you could fill it up with water and add something to the water to keep it from going bad. It would always be sealed off from the main tank and acrylic (I believe) won't ever turn color or anything like that would it?

I'd like to see this once you get it all going with all your stuff I want to put in there, looks real good so far. Still can't get over how the floor holds that much weight...amazing. Hopefully you'll have better luck than I have...cause without CO2 and ferts...I can't get nothing to live...let alone grow. And I'm still trying about 1yr after starting...so good luck to you.

Kevin

hoppycalif · 06-16-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sterling919

..... Hopefully you'll have better luck than I have...cause without CO2 and ferts...I can't get nothing to live...let alone grow. And I'm still trying about 1yr after starting...so good luck to you.

Kevin

Kevin, why don't you use DIY CO2, which is very cheap to set up, and do some fertilizing with cheap stuff you can get online? And, if your light is too dim, look through the DIY forum for inexpensive ways to get more light.

Sterling919 · 06-16-2008, 06:38 PM

Oh I'm doing DIY CO2 and I've got about 45w on my 10g tank. I was saying that without using the CO2 I couldn't get anything to live. With CO2 I've had a little better luck but nothing like what I've seen here or in this thread. The tanks I see here really make me scratch my head and wonder what I'm doing wrong. My 40g breeder has the Outer Orbit 2x96w and 150MH lights in it...so that's gonna be a "too much" light tank probably.

Bk828 · 06-22-2008, 04:36 PM

hmm wonder what happened to Cris.. Been away for almost 3 weeks now..

Tex Gal · 06-22-2008, 05:26 PM

I've wondered too. I've pm'd him but no response. Hope all is ok.

Bk828 · 07-06-2008, 06:21 PM

... lets hope hes on vacation enjoying himself..

davemonkey · 07-06-2008, 07:21 PM

Did he ever mention what town he was from? (I didn't read most of the original posts.)