My *New* Planted Community Tank

I'm so excited to be doing this project! I've always kept fish, since I was a child, but never anything like this. I've been doing a lot of research and I am doing everything by the books. Right now the tank has been running for a month and it is cycled. I currently have 6 White Clouds and will be adding more fish weekly given the water condition allows it. I currently have java fern, java moss, amazon sword, water sprite and guppy grass. I think I'm done buying plants now lol.

I have a whisper filter 20 and a hydro sponge III filter. Being that the tank is newly cycled I'm keeping the whisper on for a while until I'm absolutely sure the hydro sponge has enough bacteria to keep the tank cycled. I got this tank as a hand me down and I know the whisper wouldn't have been nearly enough to filter the tank once it was stocked so that is why I purchased the sponge filter. The bubbles are a nice effect! For lighting I am using a Coralife 60watt. The substrate is black flourite with small rounded gravel on top and larger rounded gravel as decorative rocks. I also have 3 pieces of driftwood that the java moss and fern are attached to. I'm also using the java fern as a "grass" along the foreground.

Here is my final stocking list..

2 pearl gourami
10 cherry barb
10 white clouds
6 kuhlI loaches
3 otos


I'll update as I go along...

9/17/10

 

lovely planted tank

 

Your tank looks beautiful! I love planted tanks and you have done a lovely job with yours!

 

Nice set up. I really like the way planted tanks look.

 

Great job!

 

Really nice setup!

 

Very well done!

 

NICE!!! can I have it?

 

looks well, great job

 

worth checking the dates on threads guys - this one is several months old!

 

I'm not nesicarely sure that I understand this right, so feel free to correct me, but isn't your final stock a little overstocked for a 30gal

 

Good morning,

Great job on the tank! Thanks for sharing the updates!

Ken

 

Ooooo!Nice.

 

nice. like the stocking list.