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Country:
United Kingdom
Description:
106 US Gal / 400 Liters.
Juwel brand glass tank with internal filter removed.
2 x Juwel light ballasts with 36 watt bulbs, one on 12 hours, the other on 11 hours per day (set to simulate damn and dusk).
1200 LPH / 317 GPH canister filter cleaned every six weeks.
300 watt Hydor in-line heater.
Cleaned every 2-3 weeks.
Plants fertilized with Flourish, Flourish Excel, and Pro-Aqua plant bags...No CO2. Changing the plant layout all the time.
Some driftwood, some tuffa rock.
Nearly constant 7.2 pH.
Running 1 year Sept. '07.
Advice:
Don't buy cheap equipment...buy the right stuff the first time!
Fish Kept:
18 Cardinal Tetra.
10 Otocinclus (Dwarf Suckermouth Catfish).
8 Zebra Danios.
6 Angelfish.
5 Clown Loaches.
4 Siamese Algae Eaters.
3 Sterbas' Cory Cats.
1 Bristlenose Catfish.
1 Moonlight Gourami.
1 Lace Gourami.
Corals/Plants:
(Subject to change quite often).
Vallis Torta.
Crypt Beckettii.
Crypt Beckettii (Petchii).
Crypt Pontederiifolia.
Anubias Nana.
Red Ludwigia.
Aponogeten Ulvaceous.
Tank Size:
106 gallons
Quote:
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon)
About Yourself:
Nail Tech student. Sometimes I love my tank, sometimes I don't!! Trying to overcome black algae. Still too nervous about adding CO2, even though I have a Carbo Plus Unit and pH monitor! Would love to set up a 50 gal. malawi tank.
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