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Ok, here I go. I changed my mind. This 40 breeder is going to be a planted tank. I’m thinking wood- scape and a foreground of eleocharis ‘belem’, but before I get all excited about that stuff, I need to buy all of the equipment. I’m only going to go with an eheim 2217, maybe even a 2215, but I will have a koralia 2 in there to help out on flow. I’m going to drill the tank and do loc-line returns like Tom Barr did on his 180 gallon tank

I’m going to get a fancy Victor CO2 regulator from GLA! Standard 5 lb tank, maybe a 10 lb-er if I can get a good price on one. Aquasoil amazonia I. A catalina t5ho 39Wx4 fixture with only 2 or 3 bulbs in, suspended over the tank (even though it’s not rimless, and most likely a regular ceramic diffuser, maybe an in-line diffuser. 35-40 green neons, a trio of SAEs (maybe, I haven’t made up my mind on if I want moss or not. Has anyone ever had a sae that didn’t eat moss?), snowball shrimp, and amanos in there as well as some otos (maybe I’ll have better luck with them this time)

Possible plants include:
eleocharis ‘belem;
rotala ‘colorata’
anubias ‘petite’
java fern’trident’
java fern ‘needle leaf’
ludwigia guinea ‘broadleaf’
bolbitis
maybe some hm or lawnmarsh pennywort.

So here’s my potential budget

• Tank
• Stand
• GLA CO2 Regulator
• Manzanita
• CO2 Cylinder
• Aqua Soil Amazonia I (three 9L bags in addition to the 6L I have already) – $112.26 (I might do mineralized soil…)
• Eheim 2217 – $150
• CO2 diffuser ~ $30
• Catalina T5HO – $250

I got my wood from Tom Barr today! My CO2 cylinder should be here from GLA tomorrow!

I made the light hanger today, and I just ordered the Aquasoil. Things are rolling now! the light hanger being tested:

I’m trying out lawnmarsh pennywort as my first foreground. I’ll just change it if I don’t like it. I also grew this stuff emersed for 5 or 6 months and it took over my 40 breeder. I didn’t even use half of it in here. Not fully planted yet, but it will be soon. I still have a bunch of crypts and anubias petite to plant.

I figured you guys deserve an update. I thought that the tank looked good tonight, so I took a few pictures to share with you guys.

Source : aquaticplantcentral.com

Tags: c02 cylinder, co2 diffuser, co2 regulator, gla, manzanita

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