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I picked up a 125g from my brothers friend who didn't want to move it for $50. Bought a new stand that the LFS had sitting in a back room for 3 years for $200.
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1-3-11 FTS
1-21-11 FTS
2-2-12 FTS
2-12-12 FTS
4-30-12 FTS
Tank: 125g open top
Substrate: 70lbs MTS capped with 100lbs PFS
Filtration: CPR CS-102 HOB overflow (rated at 1200gph) to a 29g sump, 1350gph return pump.
Lighting: 72" T5HO 4x6500k
co2: GLA regulator with 10lb tank, grigg style reactor
Heat: 800watt titanium heater w/ rf1200 controller
Fish:
Panda cories
Bloodfin tetras
Cardinal tetras
Black tetras
ottos
Amano shrimp
Plants:
amazon sword
red rubin sword
broad leaf sword
tall sag
jungle val
contortion val
[strike]anacharis[/strike]
cabomba
[strike]hornwort[/strike]
[strike]red tiger lotus[/strike]
Hygrophila Corymbosa Kompakt
Sunset hygro
Limnophila Aromatica
[strike]Narrow leaf ludwigia[/strike]
frogbit
Erios Parkeri
Ludwigia repens
Rotala rotundifolia
Limnophila aromatica 'hippuroides'
[strike]staurogyne sp. purple[/strike] sadly I couldn't keep this alive
fissedens moss
flame moss
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Cryptocoryne parva
Staurogyne Repens
Ludwigia sp 'red'
a few others I don't know the name of
looking for
Bacopa salzmannii (aka sp. 'Araguaia')
Pogostemon Stellata
Rotala Wallichii
Initial setup
MTS with sand border
capped with sand
crappy pic but it was full
Guard dog
not a guard dog
Updated pic of sump and how it is set up, also have the co2 hooked up and running with my reactor. Not sure how much I like the reactor atm, well see how it goes.
shot of mech and bio with ferts in front
New pics
post 8
post 15
post 22
post 25
post 38
post 58
post 63
post 89
1-3-11 FTS

1-21-11 FTS

2-2-12 FTS

2-12-12 FTS

4-30-12 FTS

Tank: 125g open top
Substrate: 70lbs MTS capped with 100lbs PFS
Filtration: CPR CS-102 HOB overflow (rated at 1200gph) to a 29g sump, 1350gph return pump.
Lighting: 72" T5HO 4x6500k
co2: GLA regulator with 10lb tank, grigg style reactor
Heat: 800watt titanium heater w/ rf1200 controller
Fish:
Panda cories
Bloodfin tetras
Cardinal tetras
Black tetras
ottos
Amano shrimp
Plants:
amazon sword
red rubin sword
broad leaf sword
tall sag
jungle val
contortion val
[strike]anacharis[/strike]
cabomba
[strike]hornwort[/strike]
[strike]red tiger lotus[/strike]
Hygrophila Corymbosa Kompakt
Sunset hygro
Limnophila Aromatica
[strike]Narrow leaf ludwigia[/strike]
frogbit
Erios Parkeri
Ludwigia repens
Rotala rotundifolia
Limnophila aromatica 'hippuroides'
[strike]staurogyne sp. purple[/strike] sadly I couldn't keep this alive
fissedens moss
flame moss
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Cryptocoryne parva
Staurogyne Repens
Ludwigia sp 'red'
a few others I don't know the name of
looking for
Bacopa salzmannii (aka sp. 'Araguaia')
Pogostemon Stellata
Rotala Wallichii
Initial setup
MTS with sand border

capped with sand

crappy pic but it was full

Guard dog

not a guard dog

Updated pic of sump and how it is set up, also have the co2 hooked up and running with my reactor. Not sure how much I like the reactor atm, well see how it goes.

shot of mech and bio with ferts in front
