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User
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LilGreenPuffer
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Size
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10g
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Date Started
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First begun January 2008; planted fall 2009
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Lighting
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DIY - two 15W household fluorescent bulbs in an 18" incandescent hood
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Equipment
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Bio System 15 (with prefilter sponge)
Aqueon 50W heater
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CO2
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Flourish Excel (occasionally)
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Substrate
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Seachem black flourite sand
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Parameters
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pH 8.2
GH 15-20ish
Temperature 80 F
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Fertilization
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I rarely use fertilizers because the plants seem to grow so fast already, but when I do:
Flourish
Flourish Iron
Flourish Phosphorus
Flourish Potassium
Flourish Nitrogen
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Plants
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Ozelot
Crypts - Wendts Red and parva
Amazon fern
Java fern - regular and windelov
Java moss
Flame moss
Frogbit
A few things whose names I don't know!
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Inhabitants
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4 otocinlus catfish
Red cherry shrimp
Assassin snails
2 olive nerite snails
1 white mystery/apple snail (about 2.5-3" as of 11/11)
Malaysian trumpet snails
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Comments
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I love using tumbled rocks and other bits of stone in this tank. I have moonstone, dalmation ore, and some others. I also have a little carved stone elephant - a personal tweak. Other hardscape items: driftwood and slate.
Please note that the current photo shows a WIP!
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