About Me
- About prairielilly
- Biography
- Saskatchewan-born and raised, moved to Alberta recently to work in the oil business
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
- Interests
- Hiking, horseback riding, cycling, decorating, painting & drawing. Thinking of taking up fencing.
- Occupation
- I've worked as a vet tech, a retail department head and (currently) a petroleum geologist
- Gender
- Female
- Nickname
- Marsha
- Gallery
- Yes
- Country Flag
- canada
- List any water conditioners and test kits used:
- Prime, Vita-Chem, Stress Coat (<only when a fish is stressed lol)
*I use activated carbon*
API liquid tests for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, pH
Seachem Flourish & Flourish Root Tabs - Quarantine?
- umm...usually (2 weeks)
- Do you know about the Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle?
- Yes
- Fish Keeping Experience
- Just started
- Aquarium Size
- 20g
- Aquarium Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- black neon tetras, false julii cories, pygmy cories, anubias, java fern, java moss
- Aquarium Start Date
- March 2009
- Nitrate
- around 5
- Temperature
- 77 Fahrenheit (+/- 1)
- pH
- 7-8
- Lighting
- 0.75 wpg
- Aquarium Filter Type
- Eheim Classic 2213 canister, airstone
- Aquarium #2 Size
- 10g/10g
- Tank #2 Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Tank #2 Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- honey gourami, galaxy rasboras, pygmy cories, red ludwigia, cryptocoryne lutea, elodea/male Endlers livebearers, java fern, java moss, anubias, red ludwigia, pennywort
- Tank #2 Start Date
- May 2009/May 2009
- Tank #2 Nitrate
- around 5
- Tank #2 Temperature
- 78 Fahrenheit (+/- 1)
- Tank #2 pH
- 7-8
- Tank #2 Lighting
- 1.5 wpg/1.2 wpg
- Tank #2 Filter Type
- AquaClear 30 with AC20 impeller (both)
- Aquarium #3 Size
- 5g/5g
- Tank #3 Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Tank #3 Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- Male crowntail betta (Nigel), cryptocoryne lutea, java fern/Female VT betta (Belle), cryptocoryne lutea, java moss
- Tank #3 Start Date
- March 2009; May 2009
- Tank #3 Nitrate
- around 5
- Tank #3 Temperature
- 78 Fahrenheit (+/- 1)
- Tank #3 pH
- 7-8
- Tank #3 Lighting
- 2 wpg/2 wpg
- Tank #3 Filter Type
- AquaClear 20 (both)
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Signature
- Marsha

20g black neon tetras/cories | 10g micro-community | 10g male Endlers | 5g male betta | 5g female betta
my tanks (all FW planted)
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." - Frank A. Clark
- Marsha






i have smaller tank of mixed too and spent too much tmie jsut figurnig out how to use this site i am still bad at it


