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User
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fishstoregirl
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Size
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10 gallons
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Date Started
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January 2008
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Lighting
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2 T8 15W bulbs: 1 10,000K and 1 6,700K (30 watts total)
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Equipment
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2 Whisper 5-15 powerfilters (higher flow for the danios as well as the hillstream loach I used to have, Kribs seem to enjoy it as well)- no carbon just floss and ceramic and sponge bio media, 50W heater, and 2 stock All-Glass 18" T8 hoods (to get 30watts I added the old one from my other 10 gal. when I got a new compact fluorescent- awkward, but it works!)
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CO2
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Excel organic carbon
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Substrate
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about 1.5" of light natural colored gravel
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Parameters
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kept at 76 F using declorinated local water (which is relatively hard), 30-50% water changes weekly
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Fertilization
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Excel organic carbon: 1mL daily,
Excel potassium: 1.5mL every 2-3 days,
Excel trace minerals: 1mL once weekly,
Tetra Iron: 5mL once weekly
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Plants
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Java Fern, Java Fern "Windelov", Anubias barteri, Anubias nana, Anubias lancealota (?), Anubias coffeefolia, Anubias congensis, red dwarf lotus, melon sword, willow moss plate, Lysimachia nummularia, and numerous plants rooted from a bulb kit so I am unsure of exactly what they are- apogenton and crypt varieties
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Inhabitants
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A pair of Kribensis (pelvicachromis pulcher), 4 zebra danios, 1 leopard danio, trumpet snails, and ramshorn snails
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Comments
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This tank had been designed around my breeding pair of Kribs! Like so many cichlids, they ate their first batch of eggs, but the female looks ready to lay again any day- very fat and crimson and I have caught her bending her belly in front of the male!
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