My Planted 5ft tank - Any comment welcome

[briansg]

There's my 5ft planted - Any comment welcome


Pls advise what other plant or fishes should I introduce into my 5ft , tank is about 3week from start-up .
- Presently there are 9 discus ( 4 big ones and 5 small )
- 50 neon tetra
- about 10 cherry shrimps
- using liquid fertilizer now

Any fertilizer should i add in ( cause plant in growing slowly .

Am on low budget therefore no ADA soil used just the normal soil

Pls kindly comment

[inque]

maybe u can provide more infor, its a standard practice to provide
infor on your tank. If not people may find it hard to advise you on
tank.

Lighting
CO2
Substrate
base ferts if any
plants

[briansg]

wow !!! sorry I am so sorry

by the way I am using DIY CO2 ( 3set ) for my planted tank
- There's some base fertilizers from JBL
- 2 different moss tied on separate DW ( Taiwan moss and Xmas moss )
- lighting 2 x36w
- Substrate ( No involve )
- There's - Riccia / Tiger Lotus /nana / and some other plants I'm also not sure about the name

- Pls advise

[StanChung]

Please provide a full tank picture shot from the front. It will make it easier to comment.

I noticed some discus. In a 5ft tank is ok but waste management is more heavy than usual.

What's the temperature you're maintaining?

[fireblade]

the shrimps will be food for your discus..

[barmby]

You may want to consider increasing the plant mass by 10 times

[briansg]

thanks for the ideas and suggestion ...

btw if i increase the plants to 10 times ... Will it affect my light and co2 ?

The temperature is around 28-30

[Shadow]

your light probably too low for 5ft tank.

[StanChung]

I agree, it's too little light.
The 72W' is just enough for a 2ft tank!
What is the dimension of your tank? 5X1.5X1.5? You'd need about 180W-360W. More if the height is taller.

Tank bred juvenile discus normally don't go after shrimps.

[briansg]

okie understood wil try to increase my light to higher then 72w and see the result

will update once i am increase my plants - Just bought some plant from Teo's farm yesterday

[barmby]

Brian, you may want to plan your plants according to your setup, equipments and etc. Because lighting and temperature will play a part. 72W can still keep moss if you drive the temperature down. It is still nice to see a moss tank afterall

[StanChung]

Moss and discus are IMO a poor combination. One likes low temp one doesn't. I mean you can use Java/Spiky moss but it looks stringy & brownish at 28-30C.
With discus around the moss also tends to soak up dirt.
Just speaking from experience.
No harm trying but after awhile you may find it is uphill battle.

[Mizu World]

Much larger driftwood and low-light plants like Java Ferns (good for filling up large tanks!) and regular mosses will do the trick.

[godprint]

get better quality turquoise will make the planted tank superb.

[glennyong]

pardon me.visually from the picture, seems like the lighting isnt enough ?

[lolo]

Much larger driftwood and low-light plants like Java Ferns (good for filling up large tanks!) and regular mosses will do the trick.

bro, will java fern and java moss survive under high-light and high temp?