EcoPit

55 Gallon
Started 11/19/05
I have been battling green water in this tank. (03/22/06)


I am slowly getting there. (04/09/06)


Finally looking good! Also, a serious trimming of the Hygrophila. (04/12/06)


Equipment and Accessories:
- Magnum 350
- 4 x 2 liter bottles DIY CO2 with Nutrafin ladder
- 2 inches of Flourite gravel
- 4 x 40 w Phillips Daylight Deluxe 6500 K fluorescent bulbs (two are not currently in use)

Flora:
- Cryptocoryne wendtii "red"
- Cryptocoryne spiralis
- Echinodorus tenellus
- Rotala rotundifolia
- Eleocharis montevidensis
- Hygrophila sp. (standard and red varieties)

Fauna:
- 7 Melanotaenia praecox, Dwarf Neon Rainbow
- 2 Microgeophagus altispinosa, Bolivian Ram Cichlid
- 2 Black Mollies
- 8 Otocinclus sp.



20 Gallon
Started 12/17/05


Equipment and Accessories:
- Emperor 280

Fauna:
- 1 Epalzeorhynchos bicolor, Red-tailed Black Shark
- 4 Corydoras aeneus, Green Cory
- 2 Xiphophorous maculatus, Red Platy
- 1 Paracheirodon innesi, Neon Tetra
- 1 Telmatherina ladigesi, Celebes Rainbows



5 Gallon
Started 2004


Equipment and Accessories:
- Penguin Mini
- 1 x 2 liter bottle DIY CO2 piped into filter intake
- 1.5 inches of Flourite gravel
- 1 x 15 w fluorescent Coralife Nutri-Grow Plant Bulb

Flora:
- Cryptocoryne sp.
- Hygrophila sp.
- Anacharis

Fauna:
- at least 6 X. maculatus fry



Common Links (that I can never find when I want to, so I am putting them here):
- Tom Barr's Estimative Index (EI)
- Tom Barr's Estimative Index (EI) "Light"
- Chuck Gadd's Fertilizer Dosing Calculator
- Aquatic Plant Central's Fertilator

Also, some threads I don't want to lose track of:
- Question on Dosing Mg + Ca by Roan Art
- Constructing a moss wall by budrecki