Tank 4 - freshwater fish only with plants in sump and on surface of water - start date May 2020
planned stock - three beacon plec, rope fish, red hump eartheaters, upside down catfish
400 litre with 120 litre sump, alfagrog and sponge, hob filter with surface skimmer
grow lights for plants in hood and over sump, dim submersible light for fish.
- Occupation
- Mental Health Worker/Musician/LFS worker
- Quarantine?
- Yes, marine and freshwater
- List any water conditioners and test kits used:
- Prime , Microbe-lift, Red Sea reef care master test, API freshwater master test, salifert tests, Aquavitro reef ions, calcium, TNC fertiliser, almond leaves and alder cones.
- Experience
- 1 year
- Do you know of and understand the Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle?
- Yes
- Aquarium Size
- 200 litres, about 55 gallons
- Aquarium Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- Bristlenose plec, albino corys, candy stripe loaches, black emperor tetras, rainbow cichlid, keyhole cichlids, golden wonder panchax, vampire shrimp, various plants
- Aquarium Start Date
- First week of Feb 2019, re-homed to me with 13 fish
- Ammonia
- 0
- Nitrite
- 0
- Nitrate
- 5
- Temperature
- 78 f
- pH
- 7.2
- Lighting
- Interpet Tri-spec 72 cm
- Skimmer
- No
- Aquarium Filter Type
- external fluval 307
- Aquarium #2 Size
- 400 litre display, 150 litre sump
- Tank #2 Type
- Saltwater Reef Tank
- Tank #2 Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- 2 green spotted puffers, ruby red dragonette, blue cheek goby, black coral goby, orchid dottyback, 2 common clownfish, mandarin, 2 cleaner shrimp, 3 left handed hermit crabs, pincushion urchin, mushrooms, toadstool leathers, cabbage, pavona, finger, and duncan corals, macro algae.
- Tank #2 Start Date
- March 2019 - upgraded November 2019
- Tank #2 Ammonia
- 0.00
- Tank #2 Nitrite
- 0.00
- Tank #2 Nitrate
- 5
- Tank #2 Temperature
- 78
- Tank #2 pH
- 8.2
- Tank #2 Lighting
- 4 foot led blue/full spectrum
- Tank #2 Filter Type
- refugium with macro algae
- Tank #2 Skimmer
- Bubble magus Curve 5
- Tank #2 Live Rock Amount
- 50 kg + alfagrog
- Tank #2 Salinity or SG
- 1.025
- Aquarium #3 Size
- 125 litres
- Tank #3 Type
- Freshwater Planted Tank
- Tank #3 Fish, Plants, Inverts, etc.
- rams, female bettas, sparkling gouramis, pygmy corys, khuli loaches, bn plec, rainbow gobys, cherry and amano shrimp
- Tank #3 Start Date
- July 2019
- Tank #3 Ammonia
- 0
- Tank #3 Nitrite
- 0
- Tank #3 Nitrate
- 5
- Tank #3 Temperature
- 80
- Tank #3 pH
- 6.8
- Tank #3 Lighting
- Aquael led
- Tank #3 Filter Type
- Fluval 207 external filter
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