Starry
04-13-2003, 7:06 PM
10 gal heavily planted tank
pH: 6.7-7.4 (depending on the state of my CO2 supply; it's 7.6+ out of the tap)
KH: ~ 5
weekly 25-45% water change
PO4: 0 out of the tap, try to keep it around 1ppm (Seachem Flourish)
NO3: <5ppm out of the tap, dose to maintain about 5-10 ppm (Flourish)
K 1/4 tsp NoSalt or pure KCl per week.
Fe 1 x 0.5 mL /wk (Flourish)
Traces Tropica Master Grow, 2 x 3 mL/ wk
Substrate: 100% Seachem Flourite
Lighting: 2 x 13W PC from AH Supply
Filtration: AC Mini
CO2: DIY Jell-O CO2 with ~2 cups sugar, ~1/4 tsp yeast, lasts 2-3 months on average. Hagen ladder diffuser, works like a charm.
Fish: Platies
Plants:
Anubias barteri var nana "petite"
Barclaya longifolia
Cryptocoryne wendtii (?)
Echinodorus rubin (I didn't realize that it wasn't the narrow variety till I got home... we'll see just how much it takes over)
Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba"
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia repens
Lysimachia mummularia "Aurea"
Nymphaea lotus
Pics Several albums available, here's the most recent:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4096825093
Select from the other albums at the bottom of the page, they're labelled with the date.
pH: 6.7-7.4 (depending on the state of my CO2 supply; it's 7.6+ out of the tap)
KH: ~ 5
weekly 25-45% water change
PO4: 0 out of the tap, try to keep it around 1ppm (Seachem Flourish)
NO3: <5ppm out of the tap, dose to maintain about 5-10 ppm (Flourish)
K 1/4 tsp NoSalt or pure KCl per week.
Fe 1 x 0.5 mL /wk (Flourish)
Traces Tropica Master Grow, 2 x 3 mL/ wk
Substrate: 100% Seachem Flourite
Lighting: 2 x 13W PC from AH Supply
Filtration: AC Mini
CO2: DIY Jell-O CO2 with ~2 cups sugar, ~1/4 tsp yeast, lasts 2-3 months on average. Hagen ladder diffuser, works like a charm.
Fish: Platies
Plants:
Anubias barteri var nana "petite"
Barclaya longifolia
Cryptocoryne wendtii (?)
Echinodorus rubin (I didn't realize that it wasn't the narrow variety till I got home... we'll see just how much it takes over)
Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba"
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia repens
Lysimachia mummularia "Aurea"
Nymphaea lotus
Pics Several albums available, here's the most recent:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4096825093
Select from the other albums at the bottom of the page, they're labelled with the date.