hello,i need some advice on planted tank.
recently,i just set up a 2ft X 1ft X 1.5ft planted tank.it has a 50w heater to keep the temp constant at night and a cooling fan to keep tempteratures lower in the day,lighting consists of two 15 wat flourecent tubes,filtratrion is on a rena iv2 internal filter.CO2 injection comes from diy sugar yeast system,1 frm 2litre bottle the other is 1.5 litres...i didn't place any substrate fert but have about 1.5 inch deep fine gravel,plants in there now is java moss,ceratopteris thalictroides,one other plant with slender leaves and a tinge of purple on the underside and another plant which i don't know what it's called...it has semi broad leaves and is short,i use them as a foreground plant. was just wondering if my set up is done up correctly and when should the first water change be? currently there are no shrimp nor fishes in them, fishes will come probably in 2 weeks,shrimp maybe end of this week...should i also plug in the aeration tubing into the filter to aerate the water or is that unnecessary? how long should i leave the lights on for? and as for fertilization,how often and what brand of fertilizers do u recomend? currently,i scattered some ocean's free root monsters around the base of the tank. any and all help and advice given is deeply appreciated. THANX!! [] []
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