Phil Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hey Everyone.. While i am waiting on finishing setting up my 4ft tank i decided to set up my lil Aqua One tank that i haev had for a few years but never set up properly. So i put down a layer of peatmoss, read about that somewhere and it seemed cleaner than using garden soil. Then for nutrients i crushed up a few JBL 7+ 13 fertiliser balls and sprinkled that over the peat and then put a 2cm layer of pool filter sand over top to keep it all down. Now i started the planting today. I put in: 1 Bunch of red Milfoil (i think thats what it is) 1 Bunch Ambula 2 Pots of Hairgrass broken up 1 Howard river nana val 1 Corkscrew val 3 Chain swords (i think) Plan is to add some driftwood covered in Java moss and mabey something else im not sure. Thinking of doing a DIY co2 aswell. Not sure how this will all work out but thought i might aswell do something interesting ;) Here is fist day pic, it looks nicer in real life, my camera has gone all crappy lately Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 hey phil looks like a great start i believe your red milfoil is some sort rotala possibly wallichii http://www.tropica.com/catalog/images/prod.../varenr032A.jpg, how big is it (the tank)? any plans on livestock? oh, and you may need to dose macros as JBL is only micro. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Does look great! Are you adding any driftwood or ferns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 how much light do you have in there, Phil? CO2 is a bit pointless unless you've got enough light to really get the plants photosynthesising their nut off. I'm looking forward to updates :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Thanks Daniel, you are right on the ID of that plant Although it looks bad in the photo above, it really does look nice now the plants have filled in. But there is a problem. Any fish that get put into this tank now seem to develop a rapid layer of fungu on them. About 2 weeks ago i bought 2 sailfin mollies from the LFS to put in there and the next morning i found them smothered in it. So i bleached the tank and cleaned everything and then left it to dry, then reset it up as a planted tank. I put 2 new sailfins from my 4ft tank into this tank thismorning (they have been in there nearly 2 months and are really healthy) and within about 4hrs, the fungus started to attack the fishes caudal and eyes. I am thinking of draining and chucking the entire tank and mabey starting with a new one. The mollies are having a bath in some saltwater to hopefully kill the fungus since i havent been able to get out yet to buy some meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooshoo Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 what a bugger, that setup looked like it would be heaven underwater for any little fishy friends. i had a tank that kept passing on Ick to any fish that were housed there until i nuked it with some serious hot salt scrubbing and bleach baths! all good now, but took me a while to get all teh bealch out again! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Ewwww! I wonder sort of fungus it is, and it would be interesting what is causing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 that is interesting! try some carbon or maybe an overdoes of excel if you have any, maybe something to do with slime coat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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