Comment by Chris on July 18, 2011 at 12:01pm

The blue eye rainbows look sweet man. I found those online only I never seen them around my area. Nice. My planted tank is in the works I just need to get a stand for my tank. Once I get I ll hit you up with a vid so you can let me know what you think. Later

Comment by brosaquaticuniverse on July 18, 2011 at 1:46pm

ahh i wanna help. you could make a stand. what size tank

Comment by Chris on July 18, 2011 at 3:17pm

Nice! The tank is a 45gal High 36x12x24.

Comment by brosaquaticuniverse on July 19, 2011 at 6:45am

nice are u gunna buy a stand or build one

Comment by Chris on July 19, 2011 at 8:53pm

 I ve been looking all over but I can't find an exact match and plus they run around 130-160. I going to try petsmart and if I can't find anything I will need to build one. 

Comment by brosaquaticuniverse on July 20, 2011 at 6:42pm

yeah stands are expensive. they are my least favorite piece of equipment. but if you don't want to build one check craigslist.com. if you do decide to build one let me know id like to help if you want or just c what you end up doing cuz i gotta build one.

Comment by Chris on July 22, 2011 at 9:49pm

I m heading over to petco tomorrow, I found one for 59 bucks metal, not that bad it looks good. On  my profile I have a pic of some rocks and the tank that I m gonna use, check it out let me know what you think. Right in front of the rocks I plan on adding some light colored sand in that same area everything else will be black sand or eco complete sub. I will draw out the plan and show you. My only concern is that the tank is tall so I may need a strong light to reach the botton plants.

Do you have any suggestion on low ground plants ?

Comment by brosaquaticuniverse on July 25, 2011 at 6:58am

sorry man crazy week. but stand looks sweet. can u put a tank on the bottom shelf? and i'll check out you new tank. are u gunna dirt it?

Comment by brosaquaticuniverse on July 25, 2011 at 7:08am

24" is fine thats only 3" taller than a 55g. if you got a 2 bulb t5 i would think u can grow pretty much anything. maybe like baby tears might not do amazing but it will do just fine. but i would dirt your tank just to be sure. i think 2 types of substrate would be cool i haven't done it myself. but i just worry about using two different sizes of substrate. just because sand will fall into the eco complete. but i would ask  doc tim and i'll try to do  some research as well. when u say low ground plants you mean low light foregound plants?

Comment by Chris on July 25, 2011 at 10:23pm

I think your right about the t5 I my just make a DIY t5 hood instead of buying a t5 hood. On the dirt section I posted my plans, check it out let me know what you think about the fish selection.

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