Hello everyone, I posted up on this forum over 9 months ago when I was having major algae issues, within weeks of initial setup. I seem to have most issues under control now. A lot of you helped with your comments and suggestions and I thought it would be good to show everyone how the tank was coming along.
Spec is as follows
5 foot Rena (500litres)
Eheim professional 3e, using biohome substrate and efhi substrat pro
Vistherm 300watt heaters x 2
Eheim internal - to create extra flow
Aqualumi controller t5 with arcadia reflectors
2x 54 watt skywhite/ 5hours
2x 54 watt grolux/ 5hours, with a 1 hour overlapp
Substrate: ecocomplete (5bags) and ADA power sand on top (1.5 bags)
Co2 injection from co2 art using a 2 kg fire extinguisher and two atomizers
Dosing every other day with magnesium nitrate, potassium nitrate, chelated trace, di- potassium phosphate and easy carbo.
4 pieces of large bogwood
25-30% water changes every 2 weeks
pH 6.8-7.0
10 hours of lighting
Flora
3 types of vallis, nymphea stellata, nymphea lotus, apongeton, wisteria hygrophila, java fern java moss, madagascar lace leaf, 1 large echinodorus radicans, rotala indica, myriophyllum mattogrossense red, rotala macarandra, pogotemon erectus, pogostemon helferi, blyxa japonica, sagittara, elocharis parvula, moss balls, star grass, luwigia mullerti.
Fauna
4 kuhlis (originally 8)
6-7 ottos (originally 9)
26 ?costello tetras. they are not costellos but look alot like them.(originally 30)
4-6 harlequin rasboras (originally 12)
3-4 serpae tetras (originally 6)
6-7 red chinned panchax - actively breeding, so have two babies in the spare tank
various inverts: snails, ramshorn snails, mayalsian trumpets, assassins, countless ghost shrimp
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Its always a work in progress, it has looked better than this before.
Spec is as follows
5 foot Rena (500litres)
Eheim professional 3e, using biohome substrate and efhi substrat pro
Vistherm 300watt heaters x 2
Eheim internal - to create extra flow
Aqualumi controller t5 with arcadia reflectors
2x 54 watt skywhite/ 5hours
2x 54 watt grolux/ 5hours, with a 1 hour overlapp
Substrate: ecocomplete (5bags) and ADA power sand on top (1.5 bags)
Co2 injection from co2 art using a 2 kg fire extinguisher and two atomizers
Dosing every other day with magnesium nitrate, potassium nitrate, chelated trace, di- potassium phosphate and easy carbo.
4 pieces of large bogwood
25-30% water changes every 2 weeks
pH 6.8-7.0
10 hours of lighting
Flora
3 types of vallis, nymphea stellata, nymphea lotus, apongeton, wisteria hygrophila, java fern java moss, madagascar lace leaf, 1 large echinodorus radicans, rotala indica, myriophyllum mattogrossense red, rotala macarandra, pogotemon erectus, pogostemon helferi, blyxa japonica, sagittara, elocharis parvula, moss balls, star grass, luwigia mullerti.
Fauna
4 kuhlis (originally 8)
6-7 ottos (originally 9)
26 ?costello tetras. they are not costellos but look alot like them.(originally 30)
4-6 harlequin rasboras (originally 12)
3-4 serpae tetras (originally 6)
6-7 red chinned panchax - actively breeding, so have two babies in the spare tank
various inverts: snails, ramshorn snails, mayalsian trumpets, assassins, countless ghost shrimp
Its always a work in progress, it has looked better than this before.