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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| 45 gallon: FULLY PLANTED - Finally got pics up
Heres some photos of my 45 gallon planted; let me know what you think | 
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| wow very nice looks great good job | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| that looks incredible!!!  | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Looks great!!! I hope to get pics of mine up soon and I sure hope it looks as good as yours!!! | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Gorgeous!   | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Great job with the aquascaping Ledzeppman! WOW those plants sure look healthy! Best of luck with the new setup!  | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Looks really good  | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| looks awesome :d | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Wow, your tanks looks great! | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Cool! I love it!
I spotted neons, corys, and are those others Bolivian Rams? | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| That looks gorgeous! | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Wow! thanks for the feedback! This is my first attempt at a fully planted tank. we will see how everything does over the next couple of months and hopefully set up a much larger tank thats planted.
MaddieLyn those are actually my German Blue Rams in the pic; have some close up pics of them in my photo album on here | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| are you using co2 or ferts? | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I'm using no co2 or ferts. My substrate is a gravel/eco-complete mix. The only filtration I'm using is a aquaclear 50 power head with a quick attach filter; filled with phosphate remover and bio rocks. The plants utilize the co2 produced by the fish and the fish use the oxygen produced by the plants. Its a basic system that has to maintain perfect balance of fish and plants. The gasses produced by both fish and plants do not leave the aquarium into the atmosphere due to a film that forms on the surface because of minimal surface movement; this way as much of it can be utilized by fish/plants as possible. I've had the tank set up like this for a week and a half now with great results.
I will eventually switch over to co2 set up with a canister filter and UV sterillizer but that must wait... | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| AAAAWWWWEEEESSSOOOOMMMMEEE!!!!!!
-Matt  | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| dude your tank looks amazing! if everything is running stable, why change anything? | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Love the tank, it's similar to my 75 gal. A fully planted tank is like having "a hobby within a hobby". And the felling of accomplishment it undiscribable as you watch it grow and fill out. I keep telling myself it can't get any better than this... until I see an older picture and realize, IT CAN! (...kinda like having kids) | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| beautiful tank | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I like seeing terracotta in tanks. Great place for good bacteria! | 
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I can't get my anacharis to root. Your tank looks great! | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Beautiful tank!
What are the WPG?If you upgrade to CO2,you need to make sure you have enough lighting for it,and you will need to start adding ferts.What is your reason for wanting a UV Sterilizer? | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Looks really good! You have some nice healthy looking plants there. I agree with dvc_r planted tanks are like a hobby within a hobby. There have been a few times I've had to remind myself not to get obsessed with the plants and forget the fish (just kidding) and if your slack off on pruning you don't see the fish much anyway lol | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Gorgeous tank! What plants do you have in there? | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Jungle Val, my favorite! | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| Fantastic tank!
Those lights must've been expensive??
Nice work | |
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April 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| The plants are as follows - amazon sword, jungle vals, italian vals, corkscrew vals, anacharis, foxtails, marble queens, kleiner bar sword, rubin sword, micro swords, anubias nana.
And yes, that light was a pretty penny | |
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April 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| The plants are as follows - amazon sword, jungle vals, italian vals, corkscrew vals, anacharis, foxtails, marble queens, kleiner bar sword, rubin sword, micro swords, anubias nana.
And yes, that light was a pretty penny | |
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April 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Awesome looking tank. Good job  | |
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April 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Beautiful aquascaping! I like the combination you have.
If you need additional CO2 consider dosing with Seachem's Flourish Excel or go with a DIY CO2 (I have a DIY system in a 45gal planted and works well).
Pepe
Santo Domingo | |
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April 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| neat setup | |
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