Jeremy’s Tanks

Jeremy S · 01-01-2003, 12:54 PM

75-gallon planted community aquarium

Here are some more pics of my 75-gallon tank

Filter: eheim ECCO 2235

Lighting: One all-glass twin tube strip light, One all-glass single tube strip light that has been retrofitted with a 2 x 55-watt AH Supply Bright Kit, and one all glass PC. I have a total of 4.00 watts per gallon.

Heaters: two 150 watt tronics

Co2: 10 pound cylinder, aqualine bubble counter and aqualine 1000 reactor at one bubble per second

Auto fertilizer: eheim liqudoser

Fertilizer: Once a week I add 37.5 ml nitrate to get 10 ppm, 4 ml of phosphate to get 0.2 ppm, 300 ml of potassium to get 20 ppm, and 6 ml seachem flourish. The nitrate, phosphate, and potassium are ordered in the dry powdered form and then mixed according to Chuck Gadd’s calculator .

Substrate: 1/3 sand 2/3 fluorite

Fish:
1 siamese algae eater
1 bristle nose pleco
2 pearl gouramies
2 dwarf african frogs
3 cory cats
3 new guinea rainbow fish
5 adult platies
2 serpae tetras
7 cardinal tetras
12-15 baby platies 1/4 in. to 1/2 in.
1 pair of kribs

Maintenance: I do a 25% water change once a week and clean the filter once a month.

Other tank info:I have had this tank setup for approximately 3.5 years. I keep the temp at 81 F. I keep the ammonia at 0, the nitrite at 0, and the nitrate at 10-15 ppm.

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58-gallon Tanganyika/shell dweller tank.

Here are some more pics of my 58-gallon tank

Filter: One aquaclear 500 filter

Lighting: One oceanic 36 in. fluorescent strip light

Heater: Two 150 watt tronic heaters

Substrate: 4 inches Pure Caribbean Aragonite

Fish:
8 ocellatus

Maintenance: I do a 25% water change once a week and clean the filter every month.

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Twenty-gallon long terrarium

Filter: Duetto DJ-50 internal filter

Lighting: One Perfecto fluorescent strip light with a total of 1 watt per gallon

Heater: One Ebo-Jagur 100 watt heater.

Substrate: 2/3 gravel 1/3 sand