took these pics today
So Ive had this tank since about 2010
went a couple months with a couple feeder fish in there and nothing else
got a couple more fish
got some more fish
then got some plants
had some die offs
got more fish and plants
some more periods of neglect and/or die offs
moved it into my current place about a year ago and gave it another go
-55g with a broken center brace and a rickety stand for $10 from a buddy
~16hr/day home depot t8 with a plant bulb and daylight bulb - i had a nice dual t5 setup years back, the plants grew but the alge went nuts
-temp at 77deg since its winter and all (also doubles as my room heater
-non functioning rena xp3 canister filter
-my current filtration is an airpump going through a foam hose across the length of my tank
I need to up my filtration since ive upped my bioload :/
so yeah, my plants are craigslist $10 variety pack specials
red wendenti is rad
as well as the plants ive attached to my log
my last fake piece ~the plastic log~ is finally alive as a big plant has rooted through it, ha
Anacharis slowly takes over and i pluck huge amounts every 2 months or so
hornwort is like a toned down take over of anarchis
my fish are
2 neon tetras
~10 breeding white cloud minnows
~12 hengel rasboras that are awesome schoolers
~5 bristle nose plecos
~5 shy salt and pepper cories
~20 shrimp
they all came off craigslist as well
heres a pic of my tank after i neglected it while traveling for weeks at a time for a couple months. lights left on and off at irregular intervals and just water top offs. all the stuff piled on the plastic log is algae i hand picked, there was even more. this was maybe 2-3 months ago
here is my tank a couple years ago
anyone know what i could plug this t5 into? id like to try a single t5 and some night bulbs in the t8
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anyone know what this tool is?
Bump: my tank looks like crap, lol, but i love it
So Ive had this tank since about 2010
went a couple months with a couple feeder fish in there and nothing else
got a couple more fish
got some more fish
then got some plants
had some die offs
got more fish and plants
some more periods of neglect and/or die offs
moved it into my current place about a year ago and gave it another go
-55g with a broken center brace and a rickety stand for $10 from a buddy
~16hr/day home depot t8 with a plant bulb and daylight bulb - i had a nice dual t5 setup years back, the plants grew but the alge went nuts
-temp at 77deg since its winter and all (also doubles as my room heater
-non functioning rena xp3 canister filter
-my current filtration is an airpump going through a foam hose across the length of my tank
I need to up my filtration since ive upped my bioload :/
so yeah, my plants are craigslist $10 variety pack specials
red wendenti is rad
as well as the plants ive attached to my log
my last fake piece ~the plastic log~ is finally alive as a big plant has rooted through it, ha
Anacharis slowly takes over and i pluck huge amounts every 2 months or so
hornwort is like a toned down take over of anarchis
my fish are
2 neon tetras
~10 breeding white cloud minnows
~12 hengel rasboras that are awesome schoolers
~5 bristle nose plecos
~5 shy salt and pepper cories
~20 shrimp
they all came off craigslist as well
heres a pic of my tank after i neglected it while traveling for weeks at a time for a couple months. lights left on and off at irregular intervals and just water top offs. all the stuff piled on the plastic log is algae i hand picked, there was even more. this was maybe 2-3 months ago
here is my tank a couple years ago
anyone know what i could plug this t5 into? id like to try a single t5 and some night bulbs in the t8
..
....
...
anyone know what this tool is?
Bump: my tank looks like crap, lol, but i love it