After posting in the general/introduction, I think this might be a more apt place for this.
I was into aquariums/aquascaping years ago, and just slowly stopped caring. I had a very dirty 27g cube only holding a single kuhli loach, tha my gf absolutely loved. She ended up buying some guppies and did a pretty good job raising them. So I told her we would drain the 27g cube and start fresh. Well while picking up supplies for the cube we ran into a deal at petsmart, a 56 gallon with stand, hood, and a very low quality of light all for $130. And that's really where this build begins. We went ahead and bought new lighting filtration, heater, etc for the new tank.
Tank- 56 gal (30"x18"x24")
Lighting-2@ 30" Aqueon Optibight+
-2@ E27 Grow Lights
Filter- Fluval 306 with lily pipe
Heater- Hydor 300w inline
C02 Setup- Aqutek Mini with 20oz paintball tank
Substrate- 45lbs Flourite Black
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4- Cardinal Tetras
4- male guppies
Too Many Dwarf Ram Chiclids
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Echinodorus Bleheri
Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
(all from thegreenhabitat.com)
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UPDATE
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My Hemianthus Callitrichoides didn't seem to be doing well, but at the same time they looked great, so I was quite confused. So I sat and just watched the tank for a bit, and the dwarf rams would swim up to the Hemianthus Callitrichoides and just strip off all of the leaves. So they were rehomed. And with that I decided to redo my stock in the tank, both plant and fish.... Also changed a bit of hardware
Tank- 56 gal (30"x18"x24")
Lighting-36" Finnex Ray2
-30" Finnex Ray2
-30" Aquaeon Optibright+ (just for color)
Filter- Fluval 306 with lily pipe
Heater- Hydor 300w inline
C02 Setup- Aqutek Mini with 20oz paintball tank
-Ista External CO2 Ceramic Reactor
Substrate- 45lbs Flourite Black
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4- Cardinal Tetra
3- Male Guppies
1- Hill Stram Loach
1- Kuhli Loach
10- Blueberry Shrimp
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Ludwigia Repens Rubin
Ludwigia Peruensis
Eleocharis parvula
Staurogyne Repens
Echinodorus Bleheri
Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
(all from thegreenhabitat.com)
The real owner actually in her tank
I was into aquariums/aquascaping years ago, and just slowly stopped caring. I had a very dirty 27g cube only holding a single kuhli loach, tha my gf absolutely loved. She ended up buying some guppies and did a pretty good job raising them. So I told her we would drain the 27g cube and start fresh. Well while picking up supplies for the cube we ran into a deal at petsmart, a 56 gallon with stand, hood, and a very low quality of light all for $130. And that's really where this build begins. We went ahead and bought new lighting filtration, heater, etc for the new tank.
Tank- 56 gal (30"x18"x24")
Lighting-2@ 30" Aqueon Optibight+
-2@ E27 Grow Lights
Filter- Fluval 306 with lily pipe
Heater- Hydor 300w inline
C02 Setup- Aqutek Mini with 20oz paintball tank
Substrate- 45lbs Flourite Black
-------------------------------------------
4- Cardinal Tetras
4- male guppies
Too Many Dwarf Ram Chiclids
----------------------------------------
Echinodorus Bleheri
Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
(all from thegreenhabitat.com)
-------------------
UPDATE
-------------------
My Hemianthus Callitrichoides didn't seem to be doing well, but at the same time they looked great, so I was quite confused. So I sat and just watched the tank for a bit, and the dwarf rams would swim up to the Hemianthus Callitrichoides and just strip off all of the leaves. So they were rehomed. And with that I decided to redo my stock in the tank, both plant and fish.... Also changed a bit of hardware
Tank- 56 gal (30"x18"x24")
Lighting-36" Finnex Ray2
-30" Finnex Ray2
-30" Aquaeon Optibright+ (just for color)
Filter- Fluval 306 with lily pipe
Heater- Hydor 300w inline
C02 Setup- Aqutek Mini with 20oz paintball tank
-Ista External CO2 Ceramic Reactor
Substrate- 45lbs Flourite Black
------------------------------------------
4- Cardinal Tetra
3- Male Guppies
1- Hill Stram Loach
1- Kuhli Loach
10- Blueberry Shrimp
------------------------------------------
Ludwigia Repens Rubin
Ludwigia Peruensis
Eleocharis parvula
Staurogyne Repens
Echinodorus Bleheri
Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata
Hemianthus Callitrichoides
(all from thegreenhabitat.com)
The real owner actually in her tank