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04-03-2003, 02:02 AM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto
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|  my 20gal planted. Here's my 20 gallon planted tank. Set this up about 3 months ago. Specs: ===== -dimensions: 24"Lx16"Hx12"W -lighting: 1x15w aqua-glo fluor bulb, 2x 13W PC(6400K and 5000K) 12 hr duration -substrate: flourite -filtration: aquaclear 150 with sponges -diy co2 shot into filter intake -heater: 150W submersible heater set at 78F. Would like a smaller heater but this was what I had. -fertlization: was dosing 1ml of seachem flourish after weekly 25% water change, but have recently stopped due to algae. Might try adding pottassium soon. livestock: ==== -8x harlequin rasboras -6x cardinal tetras -4x oto cats -1x siamese algae eater (small) -9x amano shrimps -malaysian livebearer/trumpet snails Still looking to add a nice pair of german blue rams and a school of pygmy corydoras...*sigh* plants: ===== -java moss -java ferns(regular and windelov) -pygmy chain swords(e. tenellus) -anubias bateri var. nana -dwarf sags(sag. subulata) -crytocoryne wendtii "Mi Oya" Although the chain swords have sent out numerous runners and still growing, the older leaves are dieing at a rather fast pace...  Hopeing the pottassium fertilization will help.full view:  close up: too bad my camera doesn't have the option to change shutter speed and the fish won't stand still  windelov java fern growing on a piece of mopani driftwood.  |
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04-03-2003, 06:30 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Flah-rid-ah.
Posts: 111
| wow...you have a beautiful tank! my looks so plain after looking at everyone elses! 
__________________ 10 Gallon: 1 Common Plecostomus, 1 Diamond Tetra, 3 Neon Tetras, 1 Zebra Danio, 2 Guppies, 1 Unknown baby 5 Gallon: 1 Male Betta RIP: "Curvy" my de-formed Neon Tetra, 7 Neon Tetras, 3 Long-finned Serpae Tetras, 9 Unknown, "China" my very first guppy, "Ted" my very second guppy, "Candle" and "Boston" their fry, 17 of their other fry, "Charlie" a pet snail who was Curvy's bestest friend, 2 Leopard Danios, 2 Zebra Danios, 2 Serpae Tetras, "Doodle" the Longfin Serpae Tetra, and "Merry", "Frodo", and "Pippin" the Sunburst Platys, 2 Guppies. ~~~~~ I believe Michael Jackson is innocent. |
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04-04-2003, 03:39 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: california 626 area
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| that's very nice. I'm planning to do a 20G myself very soon. looks much bigger than 20G. How did you get the moss and fern to grow on the wood? you just place them on the wood and let them grow on their own? i never had experience with moss or ferns much. the bottom left, is that moss too? where abouts do you live? i cant find any moss in california, any ideas or suggestions where i can order moss from? co2, where can i get the co2 DIY guidelines? i have no idea where to place the co2 etc, or even how to build it.
__________________ [90 gallon] cichlid tank ( soon) Selling All community/Planted equip, plants, fish media, food, email me at silversp0rt@netscape.net for more information |
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04-04-2003, 07:33 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto
Posts: 115
| thanks Just tie the moss/ferns down using sewing string, fishing line, elastic bands etc. Give it a month or tow and the plants will attach itself than you can remove the string. Maybe you can ask your lfs to order some for you. If not many online stores carry it. You can always try www.aquabid.com, it's like an ebay for aquarium stuff. But be warned, shipping is expensive! DIY sugar/yeast co2 is very simple. Just do a search on google and you'll find lots of sites with info on it. I just shoot the co2 into my aquaclear filter. You can see the airline tubing going into the filter intake in the second pic. |
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04-04-2003, 10:50 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 156
| Nice tank. I like the grassy effect you got going with the sag. I had a wideleaf sag that turned white and died. I have 96w on a 30 gallon tank with CO2. I was a little dissapointed. Good luck with the fertilization. If you have success, post what you used. |
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04-05-2003, 09:52 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rhode island
Posts: 939
| nice pick i give it 9-out of 10 if i had to rate it
__________________ beaver....... 5G-plants etc 10G-2 guppies,snails,1 pleco,ze clams 20G-brackish 3 Dwarf Puffer's 60G-blue jack dempsey (all alone for now!) |
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04-06-2003, 03:05 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SLO, CA
Posts: 309
| Beautiful plants, love those harlequins too. I especially like the Java Moss on the wood and the Java Fern, I have to find that type of Java Fern it looks great.
__________________ 29gal. with livebearers(Guppies, Platies, Swordtails) Zebra Danios, Long finned Danios, 1-Glo-Lite, 1-Diamond Tetra, Siamese Algae eater, common Pleco, dwarf african frog (who stays hidden, so rarely seen) with live & artificial plants, rock and wood, HOB filter with bio-wheel ==== 55gal. planted:9 Neons, 3 Glo-Lite Tetras, 6 Black Neons, 4 Rummy Nose Tetras, 7 Harlequin Rasboras, 3 Lemon Tetras, 3 Congo Tetras(2-male 1-female), 2 bosemani Rainbows, 2 Australian Rainbows, 1 Blue Gourami, 2 Yo-Yo Loaches, 3 Clown Loach, 2 Siamese Algae Eaters, 2 Julii Cories, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Marbled Sailfin Pleco, 2 Ottocinclus (Ottos have not been seen in a long time) Fluval 204, Powerhead 301 2x40w flourescent lights & a T-5 Helios) Onyx sand, Flourite and gravel w/laterite substrate |
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