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I am setting up a 55 gal planted community tank. I am going with Eco Complete and Fluorite as my substrate. I will be using an Emperor 400 and Eheim 2234 w/ surface skimmer. Should I install a UV stabilizer on the Eheim?
I am still debating CO2 and the lighting. I will probably go with a light fixture that will give me at least 2-3 watts per gallon. I will install lots of caves and structure for the fish to hide in. I would like to use these fish:
a couple apisto pairs or a trio, cardinal tetras, pencilfish, glass catfish, roselines, serpae or black tetras, maybe some black neons, pygmy cory, otocinclus, and siamese algae eaters. Any comments on these or other fish that would work out are appreciated. I have chosen these plants:
Foreground: anubis nana, coffeefolia, pygmy chain sword
Middle: anubis barteri, braz. sword, rotala indica, cryptocoryne, java fern, java moss, indian fern, vallisnernia americana
Back: Anubis congensis, anubis gigantea, ruffle plant, echinodorus blehri, echinodorus osiris, ludwigia repens
Any other plants that I should include?
What fertilizers should I use?
Are weekly water changes sufficient for a planted tank?
Thanks for participating in this forum - I have already learned so much form you.
I am still debating CO2 and the lighting. I will probably go with a light fixture that will give me at least 2-3 watts per gallon. I will install lots of caves and structure for the fish to hide in. I would like to use these fish:
a couple apisto pairs or a trio, cardinal tetras, pencilfish, glass catfish, roselines, serpae or black tetras, maybe some black neons, pygmy cory, otocinclus, and siamese algae eaters. Any comments on these or other fish that would work out are appreciated. I have chosen these plants:
Foreground: anubis nana, coffeefolia, pygmy chain sword
Middle: anubis barteri, braz. sword, rotala indica, cryptocoryne, java fern, java moss, indian fern, vallisnernia americana
Back: Anubis congensis, anubis gigantea, ruffle plant, echinodorus blehri, echinodorus osiris, ludwigia repens
Any other plants that I should include?
What fertilizers should I use?
Are weekly water changes sufficient for a planted tank?
Thanks for participating in this forum - I have already learned so much form you.