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RE: If I were a man / 29G tank
Kate wrote:
>reposting again and wondering if a "boys" name would
>illicit an better response?
>is the aquarium plant hobby a "boys club"??
>I'm beginning to wonder...
Actually, in most lists, a woman/girl would get a ton
of responses!! ;-)
>I would like some advice on planting a 29G long.
I am not familiar with a 29G "Long" -- I have a
recently setup 29G that measures 30X12X18 inches
(lwh). AFAIK, this is the standard 29G tank.
I have found that is is difficult to aquascape a
narrow AND tall tank like this effectively. One
thing I would recommend is using driftwood and large
rocks to add some height, and then surround the
rock / driftwood with low growing plants like
hairgrass or glosso.
>I had some nice plant growth but things went south and
>I would like to start again.
>H2O parameters I am not sure of, I know I ahve to get
>better.
>
>ph 7, nitrates low .020 or .20?? not sure juts know
>they are low.
I would keep nitrates 10-15 mg/L.
>substrate...laterine, mixed size gravel and small
>patch of sand.
Sounds good.
>
>fish load...4 cory cats, 4 clown loaches, 4 rainbows,
>1 betta
>
>110W of compact flours.
That's a ton of light for this type of tank -- I hope
you have gas CO2! And lots of time to prune!
>
>I would like to an nice looking and healthy tank!!
>maybe some tall plants in the back?
I would allow the background to show through in a few
spots to give the tank depth.
>tank is 12" deep X 36" long X 18" high.
This would be more than 29 gallons -- see above.
Hope this helps!
Feel free to email me, and I can send you some pics of my 29G tank.
-Tony
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