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Tank Specs
Equipment
5.5g AGA Tank
Desk lamp with 1 CFL bulb
DIY plexiglass canopy
[STRIKE]Azoo Red Sea Nano filter[/STRIKE] (started leaking)
Ovation 210 Internal Filter
Air stone
Flora
Cryptocoryne sp.
Anubias sp.
Subwassertang
Fauna
1 zebra danio
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[STRIKE]10g Tank Specs
Equipment
10g AGA tank
Perfect-A-Lite fluorescent Hood w/ Marineland "Natural Daylight" 18" 15w T8 bulb
$11 Wally World Aquatech Filter (with my own media, not the cartridge)
Bubble wall
Flora
Cryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Java Fern
Anubias
Fauna
7 Beckford's Pencilfish
1 Celestial Pearl Danio
4 Otocinclus cats[/STRIKE]
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First Post:
Well I thought I would start a new thread for this tank, even though it is technically the same tank I used for my guppy/endler breeding project, it is no longer a breeding tank, so I feel it deserves its own thread.
Well I made the bone-head mistake of doing my errands at places that close late on sundays before hitting the pet store so I ended up rounding out some of the supplies for this tank @ wal-mart. This basically just means I bought a crappy filter :tongue: but it was only $11 so i'll just replace it when it breaks in a few weeks. I had extra filter media from when I had to buy a new AC for my 30g but kept the old, seeded, media in it so I used that instead of the filter "Cartridge" it came with. I had black aquarium gravel so for now that is what I am using. I know that inert gravel isn't the best, but I'm on a budget, I had it and it's worked ok in my 5g in the past. the substrate isn't as deep as I'd like so if they have eco-complete when I head out to collect the rest of the things I need I may grab a bag and mix it in. I'll also be adding fert tabs to the substrate.
At the moment the tank is not planted but it has lots of plants floating in it. I used a piece of seeded filter pad from my 30g tank and the plants are from that tank so that should aid in the silent cycle.
The tank is home to 3 WCMMs, 3 male endler's livebearers and 1 male guppy, oh and 3 or so RCS.
Some pictures:
The filter:
Filter media:
I didn't have a mesh bag, but had some old filter pad POCKETS (on the R above) so I put the ceramic pellets in there for the time being:
Seeded filter pad from 30g (YUM! :tongue
:
Filled filter:
My awesome temporary lighting consists of 2 lamps from a 5 lamp gooseneck floor lamp :hihi: :
And the tank as it looks now (well almost, I added tinfoil to the top so that WCMM wouldn't jump out):
So I'm off to buy some rocks and/or wood to attach the moss to, need a lid & light or hood for the tank and some fert tabs. As with all of my tanks, this will be a low light, low tech tank.
Stay tuned for updates and a tank that is well, 'scaped
Equipment
5.5g AGA Tank
Desk lamp with 1 CFL bulb
DIY plexiglass canopy
[STRIKE]Azoo Red Sea Nano filter[/STRIKE] (started leaking)
Ovation 210 Internal Filter
Air stone
Flora
Cryptocoryne sp.
Anubias sp.
Subwassertang
Fauna
1 zebra danio
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[STRIKE]10g Tank Specs
Equipment
10g AGA tank
Perfect-A-Lite fluorescent Hood w/ Marineland "Natural Daylight" 18" 15w T8 bulb
$11 Wally World Aquatech Filter (with my own media, not the cartridge)
Bubble wall
Flora
Cryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Java Fern
Anubias
Fauna
7 Beckford's Pencilfish
1 Celestial Pearl Danio
4 Otocinclus cats[/STRIKE]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Post:
Well I thought I would start a new thread for this tank, even though it is technically the same tank I used for my guppy/endler breeding project, it is no longer a breeding tank, so I feel it deserves its own thread.
Well I made the bone-head mistake of doing my errands at places that close late on sundays before hitting the pet store so I ended up rounding out some of the supplies for this tank @ wal-mart. This basically just means I bought a crappy filter :tongue: but it was only $11 so i'll just replace it when it breaks in a few weeks. I had extra filter media from when I had to buy a new AC for my 30g but kept the old, seeded, media in it so I used that instead of the filter "Cartridge" it came with. I had black aquarium gravel so for now that is what I am using. I know that inert gravel isn't the best, but I'm on a budget, I had it and it's worked ok in my 5g in the past. the substrate isn't as deep as I'd like so if they have eco-complete when I head out to collect the rest of the things I need I may grab a bag and mix it in. I'll also be adding fert tabs to the substrate.
At the moment the tank is not planted but it has lots of plants floating in it. I used a piece of seeded filter pad from my 30g tank and the plants are from that tank so that should aid in the silent cycle.
The tank is home to 3 WCMMs, 3 male endler's livebearers and 1 male guppy, oh and 3 or so RCS.
Some pictures:
The filter:

Filter media:

I didn't have a mesh bag, but had some old filter pad POCKETS (on the R above) so I put the ceramic pellets in there for the time being:

Seeded filter pad from 30g (YUM! :tongue

Filled filter:

My awesome temporary lighting consists of 2 lamps from a 5 lamp gooseneck floor lamp :hihi: :

And the tank as it looks now (well almost, I added tinfoil to the top so that WCMM wouldn't jump out):

So I'm off to buy some rocks and/or wood to attach the moss to, need a lid & light or hood for the tank and some fert tabs. As with all of my tanks, this will be a low light, low tech tank.
Stay tuned for updates and a tank that is well, 'scaped