New 5ft x2x2 setup

**juilian75** · 6th Aug 2007, 05:58

My new scape 1 day old.

Need advice on back ground plants. my BG plants never seems to grow.

Using 2 MH 10K.

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**lolo** · 6th Aug 2007, 09:03

wow great! Any more details of your tank? i'm in the process of setting up my 522 planted too.

**eddyq** · 6th Aug 2007, 09:25

I am also awaiting for new tank to start over again. Your scape inspire me with rocks set-up. Maybe with MH lights emmiting heats, try lowering water temperature, use chiller or fan.

**Shadow** · 6th Aug 2007, 12:53

you can also put you MH higher, the shadow effect is quite nice. Maybe I should get my self MH light.

**David Moses Heng** · 7th Aug 2007, 11:31

hmmmm... where did you get your dw from? I have been searching for them to be place inside my new 422.

**valice** · 8th Aug 2007, 00:30

I believe they are the "ADA" wood which are more expensive than other woods around.

**Aeon** · 8th Aug 2007, 17:44

IMO too much sand area, looks like a receding hairline.

**oblivion** · 10th Aug 2007, 01:07

how thick is your sand layer? especially near the back where it slopes up higher

my 2-cents worth opinion --> thick sand layers are not advisable
especially with fine compact sand as they cause a lack of good water flow through the substrate
may cause a "blackening" of the sand layers from the bottom up
and emit a bad smell eventually
and one fine day kills all the fauna at one go

anaerobic substrate they call it or something like that
pardon my lack of knowledge on the spelling

**steep70** · 11th Aug 2007, 22:17

very nice scape.simple and love the placement of the dw

**juilian75** · 24th Aug 2007, 09:49

before revamp.

**juilian75** · 24th Aug 2007, 09:53

after revamp update. foreground seems to be growing and bobitis seems to be growing well too. but the background seems to be dying again as usual.

need advice on back ground. not enough base fert maybe?

btw this tank always had no base fert only root monster and liquid fert.

**tcy81** · 24th Aug 2007, 10:10

what is yr background plants ?
cant really see any, hidden by your ferns.

**StanChung** · 1st Sep 2007, 14:16

Hi Juilian,

You can try vallis nana. This is an easy plant that suits your tank theme and size. It's quite easy to maintain as well.

**genes** · 2nd Sep 2007, 18:09

The back of the tank looks pretty dark. Plus with your bolbitis and fern bush further blocking the lights off at the bottom, maybe thats why the plants have difficulty growing. Get some tall plants like the one suggested by stan.

I have a question. Does your bolbitis turn black under your 2X MH?

**valice** · 3rd Sep 2007, 17:35

Err, gene, I think it is Stan who suggested the plant.
Anyway, you might also want to consider balansae. Less maintanence. No runners to be bothered with.