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I'm afriad in my case they're nothing exotic. I'm going to install a glass divider and use them for betta's. I'm working on getting a couple breeding pairs from MM and a friend of hers so they get those. However I may use one for some DP's.
I've been craving one. And Pink has me craving a puffer tank. Almost bought a GSP on kijiji the other day but I couldn't think of a way to speed cycle a saltwater tank. - Lol I'm at 10 and getting strange looks. I haven't mentioned that I'll be getting at least 3 more tens.
About Me
- About pepetj
- Biography
- happy-go/lucky, laid back, grounded, happy marriage, 3 1/2 year old daugther.
- Location
- Santo Domingo
- Interests
- MLB
- Occupation
- Clinical Psychologist w private practice, senior associate
- Gender
- Male
- Nickname
- pepe
- Gallery
- Yes
- Country Flag
- dominican rep
- List any water conditioners and test kits used:
- Seachem's Prime; Tetra's AquaSafe, CichlidVital, FloraPride and BlackWater; API's Stress-Coat, Stress-Coat+, ChlorXchange, and trace minerals, Boyd Enterprises VitaChem FreshWater; Fluval's Peat Fiber
- Quarantine?
- I quarantine with fish from doubtful sources or species that are delicate.
- Do you know about the Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle?
- Yes
- Fish Keeping Experience
- 1 year
- Aquarium Size
- #1) 10g; #2) 5.5g(a); #10) 5.5g(b); #11) 5.5g(c); #12) 5.5g(d)
- Aquarium Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- #1) 10g: SW Macro algae (Copepods/Amphipods farm tank) with Deep Sand Bed. Recycling.
#2) 5.5g(a): Cherry Shrimp tank, 1 wild caught Nerite Snail. Unidentified native plant species.
#10) 5.5g(b): FW Quarantine tank, cycled. Driftwood, sand, duckweed.
#11) 5.5g(c): 5 FW long arm (Ghost like) nativ - Aquarium Start Date
- #1) 5-08, #2) 6-08, #10) 12-08; #11 &12 01-09
- Ammonia
- Zero in all.
- Nitrite
- Zero in all.
- Nitrate
- all tanks go from 10ppm to 25ppm between water changes
- Temperature
- no heater temp ranges from 23C to 29C
- pH
- Shrimp tanks at 7.8. Quarantine tank at 7.0
- Lighting
- #1 6xF20T8 #2 2x22W CFL, #10 & #11 one F15T8 across
- Skimmer
- Yes
- Aquarium Filter Type
- #1) Live rock, DSB. #2) 2x Hagen Fry Sponge, #10 & #11 Whisper Internal Mini
- Live Rock Amount
- #1 20lbs.
- Salinity or Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Aquarium #2 Size
- #3) 29gal bow & #5) 45gal long & #4)145gal
- Tank #2 Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Tank #2 Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- #3) 29g bow: 9 Panda Corydoras, 5 Imitator Corydoras, 2 paired-off young Angelfish, 14 Kuhli Loaches; 5 Yellow Nose Shrimps (native, wild caught). 3 Black Amazon Swords,1 Crinum calamistratum, 1 Giant Hairgrass, 1 Vallisnera Americana, 7 Ludwigia wenditi, Aponogeton ulvaceus.
#5) Mixed Community ta - Tank #2 Start Date
- #3) 6-09; #5) 7-09; #4) 7-09
- Tank #2 Ammonia
- 0; 0; 0
- Tank #2 Nitrite
- 0; 0; 0
- Tank #2 Nitrate
- Ranges from 10ppm to 25ppm between weekly partial water changes
- Tank #2 Temperature
- No heaters, temp ranges from 23 to 29C, except tank #5 where 31.2C has been recorded.
- Tank #2 pH
- #3) 6.8 (peat); #5) 6.8 (CO2 and peat); #4) 7.2 (Indian Almond Tree Leaves))
- Tank #2 Lighting
- #3) 1 T-8 17W + 1 T-8 20W + 1CF 27W; #5) 2x T-10 40W; #4) 2 T-8 20W 20,000K; 20 CF15-20W 6,400K
- Tank #2 Filter Type
- #3) 80GPH MiniCanister+DualSponge; #5) 300GPH Wet/Dry; #4) 3 AquaClear 110+2 Resun Internal Wet/Dry
- Aquarium #3 Size
- #6) 30g(a), #7) 30g(b), #8) 30g(c), #9) 30g(d), #13) 20g; #14) 5.5g(d)
- Tank #3 Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Tank #3 Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- #6) 10 Boesemani Rainbowfish; 3 Giant Upside-Down Catfish, 3 Upside-Down Catfish; 10 Glass Catfish; 6 Betta Sorority + 1 male; 3 Apple Snails. 1 White water lilly, Anubias barteri var coffiola & var afzeli, Java fern, Vallisneria spiralis
#7) 5 Gold Severum (one at 11 inches, 4 juveniles), 2 Green - Tank #3 Start Date
- #6) 10-08; #7-9 12-08.
- Tank #3 Nitrite
- all in 0
- Tank #3 Nitrate
- Range from 10 to 25ppm between weekly partial water changes, except #9 (cycling)
- Tank #3 Temperature
- No heaters, #6 and 7 range from 24 to 29C; #8 & 9 range from 22 to 28C
- Tank #3 pH
- #6) pH 6.9 (peat); #7) pH 6.1 (Drifwood, mixed R/O & tap); #8 & 9 actually at 7.2 (peat).
- Tank #3 Lighting
- #6) 3x F25T8 + 4x27CFL; #7 2xF20T8 ; #8 3xF25T8 + (shared with #9) 2xF40T8
- Tank #3 Filter Type
- 6 & 7 AC70 ea. 8 & 9 Whisper I-20 ea + (shared with #9) 5W UVC
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Signature
Home: 10 FW 200+ fish 200+ inverts all planted filtration++, maintenance++; 20gal Nano SW.
Office: 20gal Brackish tank (Opossum Pipefish) + 4footer inprog. 2 Hospital/Quarantine 24/7.
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” Anonymous
