Hi all.... It's been a while since I was last here.... Been doing a LOT of traveling. Home for a year or so now, so I thought I'd update you all on Goldie Haven. The tank still sits in my living room =) These were taken last week...
Overview
Plant Life -- all live:
Fish:
** Jinji ** -- Comet rescued from feeder tank... 10 cent fish
** Pepper ** -- Blue Shubunkin; technically a calico in black, white, & blue
** Hershey ** -- chocolate Ryukin
Stock List:
1 Comet Goldie, 1 Shubunkin Goldie, 1 Chocolate Ryukin Goldie, 9 White Cloud Mt. Minnows {3 regular & 6 gold}, Olive Nerite & Malaysian Trumpet Snails.
4 Amazon Swords, 1 Red Rubin Sword, Various Anubias species, Ludwigia.
Lighting:
2 watts/US gallon, fluorescent 6700K, 11hrs. a day.
Moonlighting is LED from above, underwater... Strip contains 6 blue elements and is on 3.5hrs. at night.
Various amts. of indirect sunlight hit this tank as well. Intensity and longevity vary with the seasons, etc.
Filtration:
External mechanical with some biological @ 350 GPH.
Internal biological @ 200 GPH.
Live plants!
Lava Rocks.
Substrate:
Fluorite with river rock over the top. Also various natural lava & rainbow rocks throughout aquarium.
Tank Temp.:
72˙F minimum in winter - 80˙F max. in summer . Heater is installed.
Aquarium Dimensions & Stuff:
Custom built bullet proof, tempered glass. 3'W x 3'D x 5'T. Glass covered.
***Note that these photos are not post-water change shots. The last water change was performed 4wks. prior.
Questions & comments welcomed!
Overview
Plant Life -- all live:
Fish:
** Jinji ** -- Comet rescued from feeder tank... 10 cent fish
** Pepper ** -- Blue Shubunkin; technically a calico in black, white, & blue
** Hershey ** -- chocolate Ryukin
Stock List:
1 Comet Goldie, 1 Shubunkin Goldie, 1 Chocolate Ryukin Goldie, 9 White Cloud Mt. Minnows {3 regular & 6 gold}, Olive Nerite & Malaysian Trumpet Snails.
4 Amazon Swords, 1 Red Rubin Sword, Various Anubias species, Ludwigia.
Lighting:
2 watts/US gallon, fluorescent 6700K, 11hrs. a day.
Moonlighting is LED from above, underwater... Strip contains 6 blue elements and is on 3.5hrs. at night.
Various amts. of indirect sunlight hit this tank as well. Intensity and longevity vary with the seasons, etc.
Filtration:
External mechanical with some biological @ 350 GPH.
Internal biological @ 200 GPH.
Live plants!
Lava Rocks.
Substrate:
Fluorite with river rock over the top. Also various natural lava & rainbow rocks throughout aquarium.
Tank Temp.:
72˙F minimum in winter - 80˙F max. in summer . Heater is installed.
Aquarium Dimensions & Stuff:
Custom built bullet proof, tempered glass. 3'W x 3'D x 5'T. Glass covered.
***Note that these photos are not post-water change shots. The last water change was performed 4wks. prior.
Questions & comments welcomed!