Hi all! I'm Donna and I live in Salem Oregon. I'm new here, but I've done successful aquariums before, but I've never done a planted aquarium. Anyway, I'm planning on setting up a new 29 gallon planted aquarium. I'm getting the AquaClear 300/70 for filtration and for substrate I was going to go with either the Eco Complete or The CaribSea Floromax. In your opinion, which would be the better choice? From what I've been following here, everyone is pretty knowledgeable and I'll respect all of your opinions and take that into consideration. For lighting I'm just going to go what comes with the tank.
I'm going to start setting up within the next month or two, so I thought I better start picking all the brains here. After I get the tank, I'll start off with the plants and plan on leaving it sit for a month or so to get established. I'm going with an Amazon theme. A pair of Bolivian Rams. A school of 10-12 Flame Tetra or Bloodfin Tetra and a small school of Panda Cory's...maybe 3 or 4. I know I'm pushing the limits on stocking, but with the higher filtration, lot's of plants and at least a 30% weekly water change, I hope I'll be okay. Let me what you think about this setup. Which would be better, the Bloodfins or the Flames? I've also been thinking about getting Oto's instead of Cory's . What do you think. Not sure of the water parameters just yet, but if I remember right from the last time, our water is pretty soft and neutral. Had good luck with my last aquarium.
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I'm going to start setting up within the next month or two, so I thought I better start picking all the brains here. After I get the tank, I'll start off with the plants and plan on leaving it sit for a month or so to get established. I'm going with an Amazon theme. A pair of Bolivian Rams. A school of 10-12 Flame Tetra or Bloodfin Tetra and a small school of Panda Cory's...maybe 3 or 4. I know I'm pushing the limits on stocking, but with the higher filtration, lot's of plants and at least a 30% weekly water change, I hope I'll be okay. Let me what you think about this setup. Which would be better, the Bloodfins or the Flames? I've also been thinking about getting Oto's instead of Cory's . What do you think. Not sure of the water parameters just yet, but if I remember right from the last time, our water is pretty soft and neutral. Had good luck with my last aquarium.
:thankyou: