User
jlroar
Size
125 gallon All Glass brand aquarium.________________________________________________
Date Started
Started the 125 gallon tank in May of 07.________________________________________________
Lighting
PC Coralife 4 6,500k bulbs for a total of 384 watts.I only use 2 bulbs at a time for 192 watts. Blue Moon LED's pre-installed.________________________________________________
Equipment
2 Eheim 2217, 1 9 watt UV, & 1 400 watt heater. ________________________________________________
CO2
I have forced Co2 installed as of 8-15-08. At about 3 BPM.
Cornelius regulator body.
Dual gauge regulator.
Clippard solenoid.
Fabco needle valve.
Brass bubble counter.
CO2 Reactor 500.
PH 201 PH controller.
True Co2 tubing.________________________________________________
Substrate
5 pounds of Crushed coral with 110 pounds of river-rock on top. Lots of larger rocks laid across the top as well.________________________________________________
Parameters
Ammonia 0 ppm,
Nitrate 0ppm,
nitrite 5 ppm, (trying to get it up to .05)
gh 300 ppm,
alkalinity 120 ppm, &
PH 7.2________________________________________________
Fertilization
Kent Freshwater Plant
Potassium
Iron
Flourish Excel
Nitrite
30% W/C every week.
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Plants
Alternanthera reineckii 'lilacina'
Anubias barteri var nana 'Yellow Heart'
Anubias Coffeefolia
Anubias Lanceo
Anubias Minima
Anubias nana
Brazillian Pennywort
Bacopa sp. 'Colorata' AKA Bacopa Pink
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica' AKA Tropica Crypt
Giant Hygro AKA (Hygrophila corymbosa) "stricta"
Hydrocotyle leucocephala (Pennywort)
Ludwigia brevipes AKA (Long Beach primrose)
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' AKA (Creeping Jenny)
Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
Narrow-Leaf Dwarf Subulata
Nymphaea lotus 'Zenkeri' (Tiger Lotus)
Red Ozelot Sword(ECHINO OZELOT)
Rotala Indica
Telanthera Rosefolia (Alternanthera reineckii)
XNICE (Aponogeton longiplumulosus)
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Inhabitants
5 Platies,
12 Neon Tetras,
1 Cardinal Tetra,
5 Glowlight Tetras,
3 Corydoras habrosus,
4 Marble Hatchet fish,
6 Silver Hatchet fish,
15 Furcata Rainbow's
5 Harlequin Rasbora
1 Pleco
5 Otocinclus vittatus AKA Otocinclus
50+ Red Cherry Shrimp,
10+ Ameno Shrimp,
1 Asian Clam,
8 Nirite Snails,
20+ Ramshorn Snails, &
50+ Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS).________________________________________________
Comments
I know this tank is not setup to win any ADA comp's but it works perfect for my fish. Isn't that what it's all about?
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