alan 75 planted journal

hey all, i have a fresh start on my 75. time to get planting and to see the results from time to time.
the bottom layer is catalina aquarium planted substrate. smells like dirt. topped with turface pro black.
im still debating what light to use and if i need ferts but we will see.

Sounds good so far. Next to the window you should get some great plant growth.

Looking good so far! Any hard scape yet?

hmmm, havent thought about any yet.

I myself like wood and stones in planted tanks.

Some quartz or other inert stone and a few nice bits of wood would look good!

Or a huge stone Inca Temple, ROFL (Mine was given to me free or it would not have been in my tank)

looks great, I cant wait to see more, I am starting planted tank, hope to get more plants in this week and weekend.

so no action yet, but im getting tons of tannis. i put a couple of plants in there from my ten gallon planted. it look soo bear.
i trying to find some manzanita, but online it wayyy expensive. the sites i read say the wood come from cali, oregon and the sierra nevada hills. i live in the sierra and cant find any!
i want to do the wood with rocks around a base small plants in front tall plant in back.
for now im going to run 1 bulb, maybe later on 2 bulbs with co2.

so heres an update. it was killing me to have a tank all ready but with no plants. so i hunted down my plant buddies and they passed along the plants i gave them awhile back. plus i bought some online. some green gecko crypt and some dwarf hair grass

one more

Ya, sorry I had to delay shipping but I want to be sure everyone is healthy before anything goes out.
The tank is looking good! Can you get citrus wood in your area? I use that in all of my tank with no issue.

no biggie fern, fish health first. im going to start going on hike up in the hills for some wood.

When you say citris wood, are you talking orange trees???

Yup Orange tree wood is what I use!

quick update, got somr plants

got some wood too from up hill


time to cut to fit

looks great

ok heres the final cut and wieghed down with some rock work.


waiting to fill in and to add some more plants.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE IT!

that tank is looking amazing! I LOVE the wood!

Very nice!

ifinallt found the usb cable for my camera. i thought i would have to buy another one.
so, fern sent me a huge plant package,i had to call all my plant buddies to dig in. it was too much for my tank.

I tend to do that....
Hopefully you kept some of each kind?

Boy I love this tank