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User
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daveonbass
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Size
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75 gallons
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Date Started
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around 11-1-05
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Lighting
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1 48" Dual orbit extreme, 4/96 watt bulbs: with coralife 6500/colormax bulbs replacing actinics...and the standard 6500/10000
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1 48" normal output florecent with 6500 bulb (groLight or something)
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Equipment
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2 rena XP3 filstar(love em)
1 current 15 watt uv sterilizer
1 aquamedic co2 reaction chamber
1 pinpoint PH controller
lots of timers
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CO2
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5 lb bottle fully automated with the pinpoint Ph controller...bubble counter and all that...water runs through one of the XP3s and then out to the aquamedic reaction chamber then back out to the tank; the co2 runs through the chamber which IS at a slight angle to help co2 dissolve (it works for me) till the ph is stable at 6.5 then the monitor/controller turns the co2 off.
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Substrate
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4+ inched of Ecocomplete...I love the black base.
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Parameters
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Ph 6.15, KH 8-10 degrees, GH 8-10, phos 2 ppm, nitrate 20ppm
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Fertilization
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seachem:
florish
nitrogen
phosphate
potassuim
iron supplement
dosed every other day...slightly more than reccomended on bottle, but also doesed in accordance to what the tank needs and the tests show
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Plants
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:glosso finally growing horizontal after uv knocked out the cloudy water.
:amazon swords in background
:Rotala indica? very red on the tips...really pretty flowing in the water
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Inhabitants
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cardinal tetras...about 30
ottos...5 but plan on getting more
rummy nose tetras...15
black mollies...6
whiptail cat (Farlowella acus)...1
amano shrimp...1 (they keep dissappearing)
I plan on getting discus
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