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I just found this site the other day - very nice!
It's good to see more plant boards popping up these days...how long has this site been around? I'm familiar with the Aqua Botanic site as well as the one on Apistgramma.com There are also a few others I pop in on now and then. Feel free to let me know of your (other) favorite sites - if that's allowed.
I just tore down my 40 gallon plant/dwarf cichlid tank and am now in the process of setting up a new 75 tank where the main emphasis will be the plants (somehow those dwarfs have always stolen my attention in the past...)
I have been into plant tanks for a number of years, but got into reef keeping about 6 years ago and well, I'm sure you know the story.
Once I had bought all that CO2 equpment for the Ca reactor, it didn't take too long for the plants to get back into my head.
The 75 will have a 3" 2-3 mm gravel/laterite bed with a bottom layer of pre-waterlogged vermiculite (yeah, I know, to each their own). I have a substrate heater that I used on the 40, so it may be too small for the 75, but I'm going to use it anyway...IMO, some sub heat is better than none. It will be lit with some reefing "leftovers" - 2 daylight bulbs on a VHO ballast and 2 55W 10K PCs. Just got the Eheim 2224 filter the other day, so now all I'm waiting for is some decent weather so I can finish painting the stand and canopy. Can anyone recommend their favorite CO2 reactor for a tank around 75 gals? I have a vortex right now, but I think I can do better. I've never used a diffuser - would I still need a reactor?
Blah, blah, blah...anyway, I'm glad to have found this site - hope to get here often.
It's good to see more plant boards popping up these days...how long has this site been around? I'm familiar with the Aqua Botanic site as well as the one on Apistgramma.com There are also a few others I pop in on now and then. Feel free to let me know of your (other) favorite sites - if that's allowed.
I just tore down my 40 gallon plant/dwarf cichlid tank and am now in the process of setting up a new 75 tank where the main emphasis will be the plants (somehow those dwarfs have always stolen my attention in the past...)
I have been into plant tanks for a number of years, but got into reef keeping about 6 years ago and well, I'm sure you know the story.
Once I had bought all that CO2 equpment for the Ca reactor, it didn't take too long for the plants to get back into my head.
The 75 will have a 3" 2-3 mm gravel/laterite bed with a bottom layer of pre-waterlogged vermiculite (yeah, I know, to each their own). I have a substrate heater that I used on the 40, so it may be too small for the 75, but I'm going to use it anyway...IMO, some sub heat is better than none. It will be lit with some reefing "leftovers" - 2 daylight bulbs on a VHO ballast and 2 55W 10K PCs. Just got the Eheim 2224 filter the other day, so now all I'm waiting for is some decent weather so I can finish painting the stand and canopy. Can anyone recommend their favorite CO2 reactor for a tank around 75 gals? I have a vortex right now, but I think I can do better. I've never used a diffuser - would I still need a reactor?
Blah, blah, blah...anyway, I'm glad to have found this site - hope to get here often.