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02-12-2009, 05:34 PM
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5.5G planted nano
I thought I was moving away from FW but now I'm thinking of starting a 5G planted nano with shrimp only. I seen some pictures and they are very nice.
But my only experience with FW plants were the plastic kind so I need some help. I know that people have a Co2 bottle but I would like to do without it. What equipment would I need to start a 5G planted nano? Filter, Light, suppliments, substrate to make this happen? Last edited by bignose; 02-13-2009 at 04:06 AM. Reason: bought new tank 
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02-12-2009, 06:28 PM
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Light will be your biggest issue to get away from using CO2. For lower light plants (a. nana, a. barteri, java fern, java moss etc) go for around 2 watts per gallon
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75 gallon with 20 gallon sump in the works. R. Bacchiega. Tattooer I didn't smack you, I simply High Fived your face. I've got so much glue on my pants it looks like a Friday night gone horribly wrong.
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02-12-2009, 07:44 PM
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I guess all I need is a light. This should be fairly cheap compared to my reef!!
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02-12-2009, 08:18 PM
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well if you want to get technical it will depend on what type of plants you want to keep. I have a 90 gallon discus tank that I DON"T run Co2 on. I have 1 48" Hagen Glo fixture and I am trimming the tank weekly. I keep a. nana, a. barteri, amazon swords, jungle val, Hornwort, Rotalla, Ludwigia...other stuff..
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75 gallon with 20 gallon sump in the works. R. Bacchiega. Tattooer I didn't smack you, I simply High Fived your face. I've got so much glue on my pants it looks like a Friday night gone horribly wrong.
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02-12-2009, 11:23 PM
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I have a bottle of flourish iron. I picked up a desk lamp with a 13w 6400K bulb. I bought Onion, grass and some other plant. I don't know anything about plants so I just bought 3 kinds to learn with. I have a bottle of flourish iron and I'm going to get some excel.
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02-13-2009, 12:06 AM
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lighting will be fairly simple on a tank that size a couple of 13w cf bulbs would let you grow a variety of plants
I would recommend a quality substrate such as flourite or eco-complete these substrates IMO allow your stem plants to root and also adds nutrients to the plants
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33 gal heavily planted with co2 14 gal nano mixed reef
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02-13-2009, 12:55 AM
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avoid excel unless it is a heavily planted tank required huge ammounts of CO2. Iron will help if you are keeping red plants. Best bet, get Flourish. That's it, it's just called flourish
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75 gallon with 20 gallon sump in the works. R. Bacchiega. Tattooer I didn't smack you, I simply High Fived your face. I've got so much glue on my pants it looks like a Friday night gone horribly wrong.
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02-13-2009, 02:01 AM
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Well I must be blind because the 5G tank I have is actually a 2.5G tank. Anyways I changed the name of the thread. I also went and bought a piece of driftwood for the tank which was really cheap it only cost me $2.50 which is a nice change from my costly reef.
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