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Dec 2020
Feb 2020
So I finally have my 55g tank scaped! It's been running for about two months now, and seems to be settling in well.
Dec 2019
It's currently stocked as follows:
8 Paracheirodon axelrodi
2 Corydoras trilineatus
1 unidentified Corydoras sp. (was sold from the LFS as Corydoras trilineatus, but it's clearly not)
100+ Neocaridina davidi
Added Oct 2020:
6 Corydoras sterbai
5 Apistogramma hongsloi
4 Corydoras paleatus "Longfin"
...and some pond snails that I've decided to live with. If I don't overfeed, their population stays relatively low.
Here's the plant list (so far):
Echinodorus osiris
Echinodorus cordifolius
Echinodorus vesuvius
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus 'Barthii'
Microsorum pteropus
Sagittaria subulata
Vallisneria spiralis
Lobelia cardinalis
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne walkeri
Fissidens fontanus
Bucephalandra
Lighting
Fluval 3.0
Filter
Cascade 1000
Heat
Finnex 300w titanium heater w/ Inkbird temp controller
Substrate
Pool filter sand + safe-t-sorb
Ferts
N and K are provided by the bioload for now, with occasional dosing for trace + P. I'm planning to switch to PPS when I get CO2 going.
All of the hardscape (wood/rocks) were collected from my backyard. Branches are either maple or birch from trees in the yard.
I have gathered all of the equipment to convert to CO2, but I'm happy with how the tank is doing, so I'm going to hold off on setting it up for now.
Dec 2020

Feb 2020

So I finally have my 55g tank scaped! It's been running for about two months now, and seems to be settling in well.
Dec 2019
It's currently stocked as follows:
8 Paracheirodon axelrodi
2 Corydoras trilineatus
1 unidentified Corydoras sp. (was sold from the LFS as Corydoras trilineatus, but it's clearly not)
100+ Neocaridina davidi
Added Oct 2020:
6 Corydoras sterbai
5 Apistogramma hongsloi
4 Corydoras paleatus "Longfin"
...and some pond snails that I've decided to live with. If I don't overfeed, their population stays relatively low.
Here's the plant list (so far):
Echinodorus osiris
Echinodorus cordifolius
Echinodorus vesuvius
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus 'Barthii'
Microsorum pteropus
Sagittaria subulata
Vallisneria spiralis
Lobelia cardinalis
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne walkeri
Fissidens fontanus
Bucephalandra
Lighting
Fluval 3.0
Filter
Cascade 1000
Heat
Finnex 300w titanium heater w/ Inkbird temp controller
Substrate
Pool filter sand + safe-t-sorb
Ferts
N and K are provided by the bioload for now, with occasional dosing for trace + P. I'm planning to switch to PPS when I get CO2 going.
All of the hardscape (wood/rocks) were collected from my backyard. Branches are either maple or birch from trees in the yard.
I have gathered all of the equipment to convert to CO2, but I'm happy with how the tank is doing, so I'm going to hold off on setting it up for now.


