And so the new journey begins...

[Gar88]

i am somehow not a big fan of hornwort as they catch gunk in their leaves and make the tank look dirty thats IME... grows fast and a hardy plant though...

 

[Fat Homer]

Water sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides) grows very fast to help soak up extra nutrients and can be left floating. I read somewhere on the forum that since its floating that it can soak up CO2 from the air.

I don't have much experience with planted tanks but wouldn't it be cheaper in the long run to setup CO2 then dosing a 60gal with excel everyday?

If you're looking for a easier carpet plant I suggest Echinodorus Tenellus (pygmy chain sword). I had a low tech setup with DIY CO2 and a couple compact fluorescent and grew a carpet very easily, especially for a noob like me.

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Thanks for the comment and suggestions

I guess in the long run then yes, having a Co2 injection unit would probably be cheaper than dosing excel, but at the same time i guess i want to experiment with whether or not i can get away without using Co2 to grow a semi-planted tank, since i've seen some people have managed to grow HC without Co2 injection although not sure how large their tanks were...

As for the carpet you mentioned, yeah, i've seen a lot of carpet plants where the leaves are quite long, but in my case i'm really trying to find a more tapered type of grass which is why i chose the HC so that it would look more balanced in the tank against the other plants... since none of the plants i choose will really get too tall...

i am somehow not a big fan of hornwort as they catch gunk in their leaves and make the tank look dirty thats IME... grows fast and a hardy plant though...

Thanks for the heads up...

I was thinking about that (seeing as the leaves are very tight knit), but then i'm mainly using them as a temporary fix to help suck up the extra nutrients available, so i'm guessing it should be okay for a temp solution till the tank settles a bit more.. at which point i can either get rid of that plant or maybe move them into one of my other tanks?

 

[Fat Homer]

Finally added some stock to the tank yesterday... So far there is:

12x CRS
10x clown killifish
6x celestial pearl danios
4x ottos

What you guys think of the stocklist? Thinking of adding more celestials and possibly 1 more type of schooling fish since i want to keep the tank nice and balanced if possible...

Oh and incase any ones is worried about mu tank not being cycled, i chucked in a bunch of bio-media from my 200G so it should be okay...

Last but not least, photos coming as soon as i get home...

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[Fat Homer]

Just a few quick shots of some of the residents... although unfortunately i couldn't get any of the celestials as they were just too quick and zippy...

One of the ottos...


One of the clown killi's...


Some of the shrimp...

 

[fishe]

For some fish. Some hatchet fish would look nice on the top. And for the middle maybe some rummy nos tetras


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[Fat Homer]

^ i'll be honest and say i never was a big fan of hatchet fish, but in this tank i can imagine they might actually work...

The rummy nose tetras i'll definitely keep in mind as well... Thanks


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[Gar88]

Nice... The clown and the shrimps looks amazing... Possible for a FTS bro... Would love to see that... How bout your plants they doing well?


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[Fat Homer]

^ FTS is coming soon... probably on the weekend as i still haven't removed the tape just yet incase i wanted to add anything else to the tank... not to mention i have a floater box in there atm with a bunch of random plants just to help suck up some of the extra nutrients which is a bit un-sightly...

As for the plants, some have started to melt a little bit which i guess isn't unexpected, so will be keeping a close eye on them to make sure there is also new growth to make sure they don't die...

About the fish, the clown killi's are really starting to develop their colors again... they were a little washed out at the store, but after a day or two in the tank they are starting to look pretty sweet...

 

[benzjamin13]

White Cloud Minnows or Glolight Danios might be nice.

 

[Fat Homer]

^ Thanks for the suggestion Ben, the white clouds could actually work out quite nicely against the colors of the other fish already in there...