My South American themed tank has been running for five weeks now. Here is a pic from four weeks ago after planting
Then I added co2. The substrate is aquasoil Amazonian. The aquarium is a Rio 180.
The only problem I've had thus far is leaking co2. My sodastream canister ran out after 10 days the first time and then 13 days the second. I've since replaced the bubble counter I received with my co2art kit with a fluval one.
I've introduced my first fish the last week or so. Four corydoras trilineatus last week and another two yesterday. Here is a current pic with a couple of cories barely visible bottom left:
I'm intending to add 12 rummynoses eventually, maybe another shoal of tetras or pencilfish and then perhaps a couple of dwarf cichlids. Not certain on the latter two atm.
Then I added co2. The substrate is aquasoil Amazonian. The aquarium is a Rio 180.
The only problem I've had thus far is leaking co2. My sodastream canister ran out after 10 days the first time and then 13 days the second. I've since replaced the bubble counter I received with my co2art kit with a fluval one.
I've introduced my first fish the last week or so. Four corydoras trilineatus last week and another two yesterday. Here is a current pic with a couple of cories barely visible bottom left:
I'm intending to add 12 rummynoses eventually, maybe another shoal of tetras or pencilfish and then perhaps a couple of dwarf cichlids. Not certain on the latter two atm.
