RC 75 gallon planted tank

well my 75 gallon sat empty just to long so I decided to do a planted tank on a budget of course ;D

 

first some supplies

organic garden soil

pool sand

flora-max





this was said to do really good for plants without having to do a ton of dosing

I was told to put about 1.5 inches of the organic soil and then use about 1.5 inches of pool sand for the substrate

 

Congrats, what equipment are you going to use and what plants are you going to keep?

 

The Flora-Max should be good for 1 to 2 years.

 

next was putting it all in the tank

I used wet sand and made a small wall around the edge of the tank about 2 inches around the tank then added the soil so the sand looked better. then I used the flora max on top of the soil and spread it out.





then I wet the tank only enough to get everything good and wet. then I added the sand

 

thanks ;D I have water and some plants in it now that will be posted in just a minute

edit: sorry 2in10 I got to busy typing LOL there are 4 t8 bulbs and
I will have a 2213 ehiem canister filter, as for plants Ill post the names of what I got so far in a minute

 

then i placed the decoration and started filling it up







cloudy is just an understatment If I would have had enough forthought i would have rinsed everything first

 

the light were by far the most expensive and compliated LOL they are 2 shoplights from walmart t8 6500k bulbs and placed into the canopy I already made grand total 30 bucks LOL

 

again cloudy this was last night



I had to drain and refill the tank a couple of times this morning to get rid of the cloudyness because my ehiem filter impeller broke

but after it was all said and done this is what it looked like

 

and finally the plants in the tank. they are

bananan plant
Anubius nana
green bacopa
rotalla
dwarf hairgrass

right side:


middle:


left:

and FTS:


its still cloudy but still not as bad as it was