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Current FTS 10/18/11:
This is only the third aquarium I have ever owned. So I may have made a few mistakes please let me know if you see anything that you would do differently. However everything at this point seems to be going pretty well. The tank is primarily all Crypts and low tech. Once every two week water change. No dosing of any ferts just oscomote plus root tabs and flourish root tabs. Sprinkling of peat underneath substrate to soften my liquid rock just a hair. Tank has been running for about 4 months now. So on to the specs of my tank.
Equipment:
120 Gallon High Marineland Tank and Stand
Sunsun 404B Canister Filter
Sunsun 304B Canister Filter
Odyssea CFS500
Hydor 300 Watt Inline Heater
Odyssea 60" T5HO Quad Bulb (Only Running Two Bulbs)
Hydor 1050gph Powerhead
Hardscape/Substrate:
Manzanita Branches
Black Sandblasting Sand/Aquaflora Mix
Seriyu Stones
Flora:
Crypt Wendtii Red
Crypt Wendtii Green
Crypt Wendtii Bronze
Crypt Spiralis
Crypt Balansae
Crypt Blanasae 'Red'
Crypt Undulatus
Crypt Lutea
Crypt Parva
Crypt Ciliata
Crypt Wendetii 'Green Gecko'
Crypt Usteriana Walkeri 'Alexi Hybrid'
Crypt Nurii
Crypt Nurii 'Puhang Mutated'
Crypt Lucens
Crypt Willsi
Crypt Affinis
Crypt Cordota Hybrid
Fissidens Fontanus
Fauna:
5 Roselines
30 Neon Tetras
11 Rummy Nose Tetras
12 Glo-Lite Tetras
3 Marigold Swordtails
4 Bristlenose Longfin Plecos
2 German Blue Rams
3 Peacock Gideons
12 Kuhli Loaches
1 Reticulated Hillstream Loach
12 Celestial Pearl Danios
8 Bronze Cory
8 Albino Cory
2 Longfin Peppered Cory
2 Peppered Cory
1 Bamboo Shrimp
6 Fire Ring Danios
100+ Cherry Shrimp
At Setup Tank Shots 8/18/2011:
Left Side of Tank
Right Side of Tank

This is only the third aquarium I have ever owned. So I may have made a few mistakes please let me know if you see anything that you would do differently. However everything at this point seems to be going pretty well. The tank is primarily all Crypts and low tech. Once every two week water change. No dosing of any ferts just oscomote plus root tabs and flourish root tabs. Sprinkling of peat underneath substrate to soften my liquid rock just a hair. Tank has been running for about 4 months now. So on to the specs of my tank.
Equipment:
120 Gallon High Marineland Tank and Stand
Sunsun 404B Canister Filter
Sunsun 304B Canister Filter
Odyssea CFS500
Hydor 300 Watt Inline Heater
Odyssea 60" T5HO Quad Bulb (Only Running Two Bulbs)
Hydor 1050gph Powerhead
Hardscape/Substrate:
Manzanita Branches
Black Sandblasting Sand/Aquaflora Mix
Seriyu Stones
Flora:
Crypt Wendtii Red
Crypt Wendtii Green
Crypt Wendtii Bronze
Crypt Spiralis
Crypt Balansae
Crypt Blanasae 'Red'
Crypt Undulatus
Crypt Lutea
Crypt Parva
Crypt Ciliata
Crypt Wendetii 'Green Gecko'
Crypt Usteriana Walkeri 'Alexi Hybrid'
Crypt Nurii
Crypt Nurii 'Puhang Mutated'
Crypt Lucens
Crypt Willsi
Crypt Affinis
Crypt Cordota Hybrid
Fissidens Fontanus
Fauna:
5 Roselines
30 Neon Tetras
11 Rummy Nose Tetras
12 Glo-Lite Tetras
3 Marigold Swordtails
4 Bristlenose Longfin Plecos
2 German Blue Rams
3 Peacock Gideons
12 Kuhli Loaches
1 Reticulated Hillstream Loach
12 Celestial Pearl Danios
8 Bronze Cory
8 Albino Cory
2 Longfin Peppered Cory
2 Peppered Cory
1 Bamboo Shrimp
6 Fire Ring Danios
100+ Cherry Shrimp
At Setup Tank Shots 8/18/2011:
Left Side of Tank

Right Side of Tank
