1/16/15 low tech start:
2/11/15:
3/6/15:
--- begin CO2 ---
3/18/15:
4/8/15:
4/24/15 (upgrade to 50W LED floods):
4/30/15
6/15/15
8/27/15
9/6/15 (more mowing)
9/27/15 (3 weeks to get back to the top, fully established)
1/28/16 (bought new LED lights, went through 2 sets of cheap LED floods, not cost-efficient in the long run!; scraggly patch on left is me trying to destroy a cynaobacteria bloom)
Equipment:
- 90g custom TruVu (15" tall x 18" deep x 72" long)
- Fluval 405 canister
- Fluval 305 canister
- 3x TSSS 30W LED Flood Lights
- 4x InterDesign Shower Caddies for Riparium Plants
- [strike]Odyssea T5HO[/strike]
Substrate:
- DIY synthetic "Terra Preta"
Flora:
Submerged
- Alternanthera Reineckii
- Alternanthera Sessilis
- Ammannia Senegalensis
- Ludwigia Pantanal / Cuba
- [strike]Ludwigia Curly Tornado[/strike]
- Ludwigia Red Sp.
- Ludwigia Arcuata x Repens
- Ludwigia Pink Ovalis
- Ludwigia Brevipes
- Ludwigia Atlantis
- Rotala H'ra, Colorata, Singapore
[strike]- Rotala Macranda[/strike]
- Rotala Caterpillar
- Rotala Araguaia
[strike]- Rotala Indica True [/strike]
- Rotala Enie
[strike]- Rotala Mexicana Goais/strike]
- Eichhornia Diversifolia
- Persicaria Kawagoeanum
- Limnophila Aromatica
- Limnophila Mini Vietnam
[strike]- Lindernia sp India[/strike]
- Lobelias Cardinalis Mini
- Pogostemon Erectus
- Pogostemon Stellata "Donssan"
- [strike]Tonina Fluviatilis[/strike]
- Bacopa Salzmannii
- Bacopa Monnieri
- Heteranthera Zosterifolia (Star Grass)
- Najas Guadalupensis (Guppy Grass)
- Lysimachia Nummularia 'Aurea' (Golden Creeping Jenny)
[strike]- Staurogyne Low Grow[/strike]
- Staurogyne Repens 49
- Blyxa Japonica
- Hemianthus Callitrichoides (Baby Dwarf Tears)
- Hemianthus Glomeratus (Pearlweed)
- Dwarf Hair Grass
- Micranthemum "Monte Carlo"
- Micranthemum Umbrosum
[strike]- Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis[/strike]
[strike]- Lilaeopsis Chinensis[/strike]
[strike]- Marsilea Minuta[/strike]
[strike]- Anubias Nana[/strike]
- Taiwan Moss
- Christmas Moss
- Peacock Moss
- Fissdens Fontanus
Emerged (riparium)
- Hydrocotyle sp. ''Japan'
- Alternanthera Ficoidea
- Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily)
- Dracaena Sanderiana (Lucky Bamboo)
- Equisetum (Horsetail)
- Chamaedorea Cataractarum (Cat Palm)
- Oplismenus Hirtellus 'Variegatus' (Variegated Basket Grass)
- Asclepias Curassavica (Tropical Milkweed)
- Hemigraphis Repanda (Dragon's Breath)
- Ludwigia Pilosa [temporary]
- Ruellia Brittoniana Katie [?]
- Penthorum Sedoide [?]
Fauna
- 8x Endler x Guppies (temporary)
- 20x Corydoras Pygmaeus
- 10x Otocinclus
- 10x Boraras Brigittae
- 10x Boraras Urophthalmoides
- 10x Boraras Micros
- 10x Boraras Maculatus
- 2x Thai Microcrabs
- 40x PFRs/Bloody Marys/Rilis
- 12x Orange "Sakura Fire"
- 12x "Sea Sky" Blue (Dream Blue / Carbon)
- 12x Yellow "Golden Back"
- 10x OEBTs
- 10x CRS
- 11x Blue Bees (Paracaridina)
- 12x Hybrid Snow White x. Aura Blues
[strike]- 6x Zebra Nerites[/strike]
[strike]- 6x Olive Nerites[/strike]
- Millions of ramshorn snails
- Billions of pond snails
- Thousands of MTS
- ?
--- Original Post ---
I should probably wait until I can set this up to post, but... too excited!
After breaking down and giving away most of my old tanks, circumnavigating the globe, moving across country, buying a new house, etc. -- I finally got a new (and not a nano) tank. Will be back in the hobby in t minus 5 weeks!
Drove 180 miles round trip to E. Bay this morning to pick up the tank + 2x Fluval (305 & 405) filters + 4x T5HO fixture + stand for $300 (great deal).
Tank is 6 feet long! Had to fold down front passenger seat and push it in diagonally to fit the length of my Jeep
2/11/15:
3/6/15:
--- begin CO2 ---
3/18/15:
4/8/15:
4/24/15 (upgrade to 50W LED floods):
4/30/15
6/15/15
8/27/15
9/6/15 (more mowing)
9/27/15 (3 weeks to get back to the top, fully established)
1/28/16 (bought new LED lights, went through 2 sets of cheap LED floods, not cost-efficient in the long run!; scraggly patch on left is me trying to destroy a cynaobacteria bloom)
Equipment:
- 90g custom TruVu (15" tall x 18" deep x 72" long)
- Fluval 405 canister
- Fluval 305 canister
- 3x TSSS 30W LED Flood Lights
- 4x InterDesign Shower Caddies for Riparium Plants
- [strike]Odyssea T5HO[/strike]
Substrate:
- DIY synthetic "Terra Preta"
Flora:
Submerged
- Alternanthera Reineckii
- Alternanthera Sessilis
- Ammannia Senegalensis
- Ludwigia Pantanal / Cuba
- [strike]Ludwigia Curly Tornado[/strike]
- Ludwigia Red Sp.
- Ludwigia Arcuata x Repens
- Ludwigia Pink Ovalis
- Ludwigia Brevipes
- Ludwigia Atlantis
- Rotala H'ra, Colorata, Singapore
[strike]- Rotala Macranda[/strike]
- Rotala Caterpillar
- Rotala Araguaia
[strike]- Rotala Indica True [/strike]
- Rotala Enie
[strike]- Rotala Mexicana Goais/strike]
- Eichhornia Diversifolia
- Persicaria Kawagoeanum
- Limnophila Aromatica
- Limnophila Mini Vietnam
[strike]- Lindernia sp India[/strike]
- Lobelias Cardinalis Mini
- Pogostemon Erectus
- Pogostemon Stellata "Donssan"
- [strike]Tonina Fluviatilis[/strike]
- Bacopa Salzmannii
- Bacopa Monnieri
- Heteranthera Zosterifolia (Star Grass)
- Najas Guadalupensis (Guppy Grass)
- Lysimachia Nummularia 'Aurea' (Golden Creeping Jenny)
[strike]- Staurogyne Low Grow[/strike]
- Staurogyne Repens 49
- Blyxa Japonica
- Hemianthus Callitrichoides (Baby Dwarf Tears)
- Hemianthus Glomeratus (Pearlweed)
- Dwarf Hair Grass
- Micranthemum "Monte Carlo"
- Micranthemum Umbrosum
[strike]- Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis[/strike]
[strike]- Lilaeopsis Chinensis[/strike]
[strike]- Marsilea Minuta[/strike]
[strike]- Anubias Nana[/strike]
- Taiwan Moss
- Christmas Moss
- Peacock Moss
- Fissdens Fontanus
Emerged (riparium)
- Hydrocotyle sp. ''Japan'
- Alternanthera Ficoidea
- Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily)
- Dracaena Sanderiana (Lucky Bamboo)
- Equisetum (Horsetail)
- Chamaedorea Cataractarum (Cat Palm)
- Oplismenus Hirtellus 'Variegatus' (Variegated Basket Grass)
- Asclepias Curassavica (Tropical Milkweed)
- Hemigraphis Repanda (Dragon's Breath)
- Ludwigia Pilosa [temporary]
- Ruellia Brittoniana Katie [?]
- Penthorum Sedoide [?]
Fauna
- 8x Endler x Guppies (temporary)
- 20x Corydoras Pygmaeus
- 10x Otocinclus
- 10x Boraras Brigittae
- 10x Boraras Urophthalmoides
- 10x Boraras Micros
- 10x Boraras Maculatus
- 2x Thai Microcrabs
- 40x PFRs/Bloody Marys/Rilis
- 12x Orange "Sakura Fire"
- 12x "Sea Sky" Blue (Dream Blue / Carbon)
- 12x Yellow "Golden Back"
- 10x OEBTs
- 10x CRS
- 11x Blue Bees (Paracaridina)
- 12x Hybrid Snow White x. Aura Blues
[strike]- 6x Zebra Nerites[/strike]
[strike]- 6x Olive Nerites[/strike]
- Millions of ramshorn snails
- Billions of pond snails
- Thousands of MTS
- ?
--- Original Post ---
I should probably wait until I can set this up to post, but... too excited!
After breaking down and giving away most of my old tanks, circumnavigating the globe, moving across country, buying a new house, etc. -- I finally got a new (and not a nano) tank. Will be back in the hobby in t minus 5 weeks!
Drove 180 miles round trip to E. Bay this morning to pick up the tank + 2x Fluval (305 & 405) filters + 4x T5HO fixture + stand for $300 (great deal).
Tank is 6 feet long! Had to fold down front passenger seat and push it in diagonally to fit the length of my Jeep