OK..after like, months, I've finally got a little bit of free time to sit down and start this thread. Here is what all I have:
-125g Glass Auarium w/ dual corner overflows
-DIY stand and hood - All solid oak and sprayed a deep mahogany (result is a dark cheerry finish) doors not completed yet
-Pressurized CO2 (5lb using Red Sea 500 diffuser)
Substrate:
-75lb Flourite / 60 lb small natural gravel on top
-Lighting:
4 10,000k 115watt set on timers on-7a / off-8p
-Filtration:
#1 -55g sump/refugium (floss/filter media/bio ball drip, 2 cups of crushed coral bag, 10lm small natural gravel, java moss, sm driftwood, misc palnts)
#2 -Plen Plax Cascade 1500 canister filter
Bio Load:
-8 neon tetras
-6 black skirt tetras
-2 Killies
-2 long finned zebra danios
-6 mystery snails (2 yellow, 2 blue and 2 white)
Plants:
Swords, wysteria, hornwort, dwarf hairgrass, pennywort, java moss, and ??
Water Cond:
-temp 76.3 / 75 (day night)
-ph 7.4
-KH 3
-ammonia 0
-nitrates 0 (20%-30% wc twice per week and 2 80% wc since the beginning)
-CO2 approx 2-3 bubbles per second (just barely keeping the indicator in the green)
So far, the only problems that I have run into was a bright green slime algae prob (removed 80% water and scraped the rear glass clean - no prob since) and this blasted cloudy water (I am guessing bact. bloom) that I've had since the beginning).
ok..some pics:
I also have a 10 gal invert tank...Ill set up a thread in the invert section.
Any feedback/recommendations would be appreciated
-125g Glass Auarium w/ dual corner overflows
-DIY stand and hood - All solid oak and sprayed a deep mahogany (result is a dark cheerry finish) doors not completed yet
-Pressurized CO2 (5lb using Red Sea 500 diffuser)
Substrate:
-75lb Flourite / 60 lb small natural gravel on top
-Lighting:
4 10,000k 115watt set on timers on-7a / off-8p
-Filtration:
#1 -55g sump/refugium (floss/filter media/bio ball drip, 2 cups of crushed coral bag, 10lm small natural gravel, java moss, sm driftwood, misc palnts)
#2 -Plen Plax Cascade 1500 canister filter
Bio Load:
-8 neon tetras
-6 black skirt tetras
-2 Killies
-2 long finned zebra danios
-6 mystery snails (2 yellow, 2 blue and 2 white)
Plants:
Swords, wysteria, hornwort, dwarf hairgrass, pennywort, java moss, and ??
Water Cond:
-temp 76.3 / 75 (day night)
-ph 7.4
-KH 3
-ammonia 0
-nitrates 0 (20%-30% wc twice per week and 2 80% wc since the beginning)
-CO2 approx 2-3 bubbles per second (just barely keeping the indicator in the green)
So far, the only problems that I have run into was a bright green slime algae prob (removed 80% water and scraped the rear glass clean - no prob since) and this blasted cloudy water (I am guessing bact. bloom) that I've had since the beginning).
ok..some pics:
I also have a 10 gal invert tank...Ill set up a thread in the invert section.
Any feedback/recommendations would be appreciated
I did not know that Killies munch neons......guess I/ll be putting the neons in the refugium..
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