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O.K.,I'm going to redo the 33 gallon,recycled,restock,new gravel and plants,ect.I finally got mom to cave with Aquabid

O.K.,it has a rainbow and Gold Gourami in it now,Java ferns,pea gravel[],a big rock[that's outta here]

It'll be a south American tank,has a Whisper HOB [40-60g]
A heater,LOTSA PLANTS!!!!!

Everything is soon to come

I'll keep you all posted,right now the water parims are:
Nitrite:0
Ammonia:0
Nitrate:10ppm
Temperature:78F
pH:7.2

Shadowtheblacklab

Yup. I'm that crazy Twilight/animal/music girl

Sounds like you have a plan there, a few questions:

-What is your plan for lights for the plants?
-What other fish are you planning on getting?
-What kind of gravel are you switching to?--why not switching it now instead of having to go through a recycle when you replace it?(all thought there are small steps you can take)
-What plants are you planning to get?


....lol you use ALOT of smiles.

shadow . I have to agree with Ryan . Your gravel is where most of your bacteria will be and if you replace it you will very likely go thru a cycle again .
I agree though that if you intend to grow plants you will need more plant friendly substrate. I would suggest just replacing a third of the gravel at a time and putting Water Sprite or some other very fast grower in the new gravel.

Garry

I would suggest just replacing a third of the gravel at a time

These are the small steps I was talking about.

Shadow, save your filter cartridge and the most importantly the first 15 gallons of water you vacuum out of the tanks before replacing the gravel. With the dirty water and the old filter you will be able to shorten the cycling process.

Djrichie
"So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" Douglas Adams

Yeah...i love smiles

Thanks for the advivce everyove.

I think for lighting...mabye 6 watts per gallon?

Stocking list is[keep in mind I'll have 2 40-60gallon HOB Whispers]:
2X German Blue Rams[never owed any,want to try it out]
12X Redeye tetras
12X Misc cories[4 julii,8 peppered]
1X gold gourami,i know he isn't south american,but i've had him so long

I'm switching to river stone.

I don't Know what kind of plants,gotta look through the plant files and see what is south American[Yes there WILL be Driftwood]

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with 6 wpg your asking for trouble id suggest 2.5-3wpg max of CF lighting that will let you keep just about any plant...

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I have found a few issues with your plans:

Like Alex said with 6 wpg your gonna have an algae farm instead of a nice tank. Like Alex said, decrease.

Riverstone is going to be too larger for plants to grow, maybe a pea size that is natural looking. Just not river stone.

When I asked about your lighting I meant what lights are you planning to get?

OK I'll decrease it,could i go 30% river stone and 70% pea gravel?
Lighting will be florescent

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Well,can't have everything I want,

I got all of the females during my rescue day,and now they are in the 33 with 3 cories,1 Blue Gourami along with the origional inhabitants,the GG and Rainbow.There is 12 in there ATM and 1 is in hospital tank,she's a cellophane,and she does'nt have a ton of strenghth,so she is in a shallow 50oz tub.

I'll add more cories eventually[along with any females I can't bare to leave behind while I'm there]

I think I'll add 6 peppered.Maybe 6 more juliis.

I have the 2 40-60GPH now.[brand is Whisper]

Updates coming soon!!

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