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After reading more posts and logs then i dare think about, i ended up with a planted tank that is well on its way, so aswell as thanking all of you for the help you never knew you did. I also thought i'd post a pic for you all to look at.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c178/tsepmet/tank.jpg
Cheers
Cynical

Live plants are the best way to go more work but more enjoyment.

Here are my two planted tanks

[link=Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tanks]http://photobucket.com/albums/b209/keithgh/Betta%20desktop%20tank/" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link]

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Good job, cynical! Wish you lots of luck and happy plants!

-P

Very nice...what size tank is it and what fish do you have?

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Yeah Cynical

You sure are well on your way and I am certain that you will spend many more hours with your arms submersed .

Tell us more abou the tank, plants, and fish.

Ingo

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hope u have a successful planted tank

Well its 20g long tank(second hand, notice the scratches), with basic gravel, rocks, drift wood. 2wpg (flouro), dosing all seachem flourish including excel. (see my post on dosing)

stocking, swordtails, panda cories, neons, and BN's.
EDIT: Plants cork vals, crypts, swords, java fern, ozelot, and a few others.

while the plants are doing great. i wish i could say the same for my cories. they are struggling a bit at the moment, i spose it could be dramatic changes in water conditions due to the amount i'm dosing now.. but i'm unsure.

a few people have shown some interest in how much i get growth etc. i get from using excel, so i'll keep you informed a bit, i wont be doing a log. but that photo was taken just before i started using excel. so i'll post more and you can tell me if you see a good difference.

Cheers

Cynical

Last edited by cynical at 24-Oct-2005 18:06

Cynical,

When do you say your panda corys are "struggling", what do you mean exactly? Are they keeling over, not active, ? They shouldn't be affected by the fertilizer dosing at all unless you're adding way too much nitrate, which would be hard to do with Flourish Nitrogen at the recommended dose (it's very dilute). What temperature is the tank currently at?

-P

I've had 2 deaths, and i can't place the reason, no visible signs of anything. testing my water,
ph 6.9
kh 4
no GH test kit.
nitrate 20ppm
nitrite 0
no ammo test kit.
25deg C

last death was a day after a large water change.
only thing i can think of is stress. my male swordtail can be a bit agressive at times.

might post more on this in a dif thread.

Cheers
Cynical

Last edited by cynical at 24-Oct-2005 23:14

There have been concerns of excel causing fish deaths but I'm currently using it at more than the recommended dose on a tank with panda cory and have had no problems.