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User
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Java Java
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Size
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70 Gallon
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Date Started
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5/2010
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Lighting
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3 96watt T5 strips. All meant for a reef tank. Got a deal I couldn't pass up on craigslist. Two are on for 12hrs with the blue actinic coming on as a night light for an hour or two before lights out.
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Equipment
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Cascade canister filter.
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CO2
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5lb tank with milwaukee regulator. Diffusor is from the redsea C02 yeast kit.
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Substrate
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Can't remember the name of the main base layer. Brown granules....high priced stuff. Found a great alternative at a plant nursery: Aquatic planting media. Runs about $11 for a 10lb bag.
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Parameters
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Don't test. Kinda let the plants and fish let me know what's going on. My local water is super hard though.
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Fertilization
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Flourish 2x a week
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Plants
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More than I can remember but here's a few. Sunset hygrophila, hygrophila difformis, Kleiner bar sword, jungle val, onion plant, hornwart, lobelia cardinalis, glosstigma (just added), asian ambulia, camboba, etc.
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Inhabitants
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Bolivian ram cichlid, black skirt tetra, black neon tetra, neon tetra, pearl gourami, SAEs, albino bristle nose pleco, various mollies and guppies, nerite snails and some ghost shrimp.
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Comments
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Got the tank for a steal on craigslist. Was a former reef tank that then became a terrarium. It was full of dirt and rocks when I got it. Took a lot of work but I cleaned it out and retrofit it to run the plumbing for the filter down through the overflow compartment. It's been a work in progress for a while but I did a huge overhaul on the layout a month ago and am now happy with the result.
Just a word of advice. Take the plunge and get pressurized C02. Yeah it's pricey but so worth it. The growth rate of the plants has gone through the roof :)
Thanks for looking at my profile. Any suggestions or comments are appreciated!
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