Advertisements
Aquatic Avenue Banner Tropica Shop Banner Fishy Business Banner
Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Need some advise

  1. 28th Oct 2002, 17:22 #1
    Samuel Lee's Avatar
    Samuel Lee
    Samuel Lee is offline Regular
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    SIngapore
    Posts
    84
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Need some advise

    Advertisements
    Fresh n Marine aQuarium Banner

    Advertise here

    Advertise here
    Hi guys,
    I currently have a 2x1x1.5 planted tank with Co2 and 2x36 PL and intend to upgrade to a 4ft planted but kind of confuse of what I should get and how to do it as I am still new to aqua scaping so I need some advise from you guys I will be getting my tank next week and hope some of you here can come over to my place at Sengkang to coach me transport can be arrange as I am driving, this is what i think of getting,

    Tank: 4ft x 18inches x 18 inches
    CO2 : 2liter tank with regulator w/o solenoid(currently using)
    Light: Upgrade a 4ft FL to a 4x36watt PL with eballast
    Filter: Atman 3335 at a rate of 600/hr(currently using)
    Substrate: 3x lonestar with 1x JBL substrate fetilier together with ocean free root monster.
    plants: yet to decide but think of riccia, tiger lotus etc.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 28th Oct 2002, 17:22 #2
    Samuel Lee's Avatar
    Samuel Lee
    Samuel Lee is offline Regular
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    SIngapore
    Posts
    84
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Need some advise

    Hi guys,
    I currently have a 2x1x1.5 planted tank with Co2 and 2x36 PL and intend to upgrade to a 4ft planted but kind of confuse of what I should get and how to do it as I am still new to aqua scaping so I need some advise from you guys I will be getting my tank next week and hope some of you here can come over to my place at Sengkang to coach me transport can be arrange as I am driving, this is what i think of getting,

    Tank: 4ft x 18inches x 18 inches
    CO2 : 2liter tank with regulator w/o solenoid(currently using)
    Light: Upgrade a 4ft FL to a 4x36watt PL with eballast
    Filter: Atman 3335 at a rate of 600/hr(currently using)
    Substrate: 3x lonestar with 1x JBL substrate fetilier together with ocean free root monster.
    plants: yet to decide but think of riccia, tiger lotus etc.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 28th Oct 2002, 17:22 #3
    Samuel Lee's Avatar
    Samuel Lee
    Samuel Lee is offline Regular
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    SIngapore
    Posts
    84
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Need some advise

    Hi guys,
    I currently have a 2x1x1.5 planted tank with Co2 and 2x36 PL and intend to upgrade to a 4ft planted but kind of confuse of what I should get and how to do it as I am still new to aqua scaping so I need some advise from you guys I will be getting my tank next week and hope some of you here can come over to my place at Sengkang to coach me transport can be arrange as I am driving, this is what i think of getting,

    Tank: 4ft x 18inches x 18 inches
    CO2 : 2liter tank with regulator w/o solenoid(currently using)
    Light: Upgrade a 4ft FL to a 4x36watt PL with eballast
    Filter: Atman 3335 at a rate of 600/hr(currently using)
    Substrate: 3x lonestar with 1x JBL substrate fetilier together with ocean free root monster.
    plants: yet to decide but think of riccia, tiger lotus etc.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 28th Oct 2002, 17:22 #4
    Samuel Lee's Avatar
    Samuel Lee
    Samuel Lee is offline Regular
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    SIngapore
    Posts
    84
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Need some advise

    Hi guys,
    I currently have a 2x1x1.5 planted tank with Co2 and 2x36 PL and intend to upgrade to a 4ft planted but kind of confuse of what I should get and how to do it as I am still new to aqua scaping so I need some advise from you guys I will be getting my tank next week and hope some of you here can come over to my place at Sengkang to coach me transport can be arrange as I am driving, this is what i think of getting,

    Tank: 4ft x 18inches x 18 inches
    CO2 : 2liter tank with regulator w/o solenoid(currently using)
    Light: Upgrade a 4ft FL to a 4x36watt PL with eballast
    Filter: Atman 3335 at a rate of 600/hr(currently using)
    Substrate: 3x lonestar with 1x JBL substrate fetilier together with ocean free root monster.
    plants: yet to decide but think of riccia, tiger lotus etc.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 28th Oct 2002, 17:34 #5
    maverick
    maverick is offline Veteran
    Join Date
    Jun 2002
    Location
    Jurong
    Posts
    162
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    your CO2 and tank looks good. Think that you would have to put in an additional 2x36W PL to make it at least 6x36W PL for your lights. Gravel - if you want to save cost, think someone here is giving it away or selling it but must collect by this week.. Dont think your substrate and gravle are enough.. There is a calculator here somewhere to calculate the amount you need...

    http://www.dennerle.de/ENGLISCH/Bodengrund_E.asp

    what you can do is come up with a list of plants and let the rest of the guys here help you out on the difficulty part rather that let us pick something you may not like. I find that all plants are do-able, just depends on the difficulty of it.


    ----------------
    On 10/28/2002 5:22:46 PM

    Hi guys,
    I currently have a 2x1x1.5 planted tank with Co2 and 2x36 PL and intend to upgrade to a 4ft planted but kind of confuse of what I should get and how to do it as I am still new to aqua scaping so I need some advise from you guys I will be getting my tank next week and hope some of you here can come over to my place at Sengkang to coach me transport can be arrange as I am driving, this is what i think of getting,

    Tank: 4ft x 18inches x 18 inches
    CO2 : 2liter tank with regulator w/o solenoid(currently using)
    Light: Upgrade a 4ft FL to a 4x36watt PL with eballast
    Filter: Atman 3335 at a rate of 600/hr(currently using)
    Substrate: 3x lonestar with 1x JBL substrate fetilier together with ocean free root monster.
    plants: yet to decide but think of riccia, tiger lotus etc.




    ----------------
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 28th Oct 2002, 18:20 #6
    sherchoo
    sherchoo is offline Veteran
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapura
    Posts
    2,214
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Gravel + base fert
    I would recommend 3" of base fert and 1" of gravel. Having said that, maybe 1 bag of lonestar gravel and 8 packs of basefert.

    Filter
    Filter is abit undersized. Normally the flow rate should be around 3X the tank volume (juz a guide).

    Lights
    Flourescent lighting, we normally use a guide of 3W per gallon. Your tank should be around 69G which. 4X36W would give you around 2W/g which I think will be not enuff. Idealy, 6X36W would make more sense, esp if you're intending to grom high light demanding.
    Cheers!!

    Sherwin Choo
    [email protected]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules