Emmanuel's 29 Gallon

[emmanuelchavez]

Originally Posted by Meghan

Do you have link to the fixture you are interested in?

Found it!
Coralife Freshwater Aqualight Deluxe-Single 30" Strip at Big Al's Online

[Meghan]

Thanks Eman! Good luck w your 29g.

[emmanuelchavez]

Woo! One of my lfs' is going to make me a custom stand for $65. I'll be picking it up on Thursday or Friday.

All I'm missing is the lighting and tons more anubias plants (and maybe a small powerhead for extra circulation).
I got an Aquaclear HOB filter.

I can't seem to find a good lighting fixture locally for a decent price within a good WPG range. I'll probably have to order online. Most of the ones I find here are either well over my 2 wpg limit, or they're closer to .5 wpg. If I can find one at 1 wpg, I'll be happy... since I'll only be keeping anubias and java moss. I decided not to go with the val background.


I guess I can start researching what stocking I want, since I've got a while before that happens.

I was thinking:

1 or 2 pair of gbr's
5 otos
2 peppered cories (currently in the 10)
3 pygmy cories (currenly in the 10)
Some cherries - since they're starting to breed like roaches - I figured the gbr's would appreciate a live snack here and there.

[emmanuelchavez]

Ike has delayed my plans. I definitely can't get my stand today, especially after spending $117 on plywood.... So I'll have to wait 2 weeks. I ordered my light earlier this week though.
All I'm missing:

Stand
More rocks
More plants

[emmanuelchavez]

I'll be picking up the stand some time this week.
I decided to go with a pair of angels on this one

I have 4 quarter-sized Koi in my 15 tall right now, until I can get the 29 up this weekend. I have enough Bio-Spira (AKA Safe Start) remaining for a 55 gallon, so I'll add all of that to the 29, and then transfer over the filter from the 15 for a few weeks just for safe measures. Hopefully I get 1 pair out of them. The two that don't pair up will go back to the LFS for store credit. If / when they breed, I'll let them take care of their own... and then off to the LFS the surviving fry go.

[emmanuelchavez]

Agh! My stand still hasn't come in... which is fine by me, b/c I can't for the life of me figure out how to scape this tank. It's going to consist entirely of java fern, anubias, and java moss.

I have lava rock, but I don't think I want to use it anymore.

Any ideas as to what I should do?

[emmanuelchavez]

Here are my thoughts on how to scape this one.
I've already got the basalt and anubias in the 20 gallon.
I kinda like the way the 20 looks right now, but it's just too high-light for my anubias.

[Lotus]

Looks like an interesting tank. What are you going to attach the anubias to?

[emmanuelchavez]

Originally Posted by Lotus

What are you going to attach the anubias to?

Right now in the 20, the rocks are close enough to the glass so that I can just put them inbetween the glass and rocks, and the roots are making their way into the substrate like that. I may do the similar for the 29. This'll be all sand, so I don't think it'd be too hard to place the roots in the substrate and leave the rhizome above. I'll probably put weights on them too, I don't want the cories uprooting everything.

[Kissyboots]

Awesome, I wish I had as much patience as you...sadface.