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Old 03-19-2009, 10:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default My planted 75g Amazon tank

Well I guess I should actually post my build in the proper place and list the equipment, fish and plant stock. Hopefully the pictures are not too big, if so, I can reduce the sizes and re-post.

Tank:
Set up mid Feb
75g glass (48x22x18)
162w T5HO Current extreme lights (2x 10,00k and 1 freshwater pink)
10hr total photoperiod with 108w, 5hr with all 162w
CO2 paintball system with Red Sea reactor 500
Fluval 305
Rena XP3 (this filter is much better than a Fluval)
Homemade spraybar set midway down the tank
400w Hydro heater set to 84F
Green Monster 24w in-tank UV sterilizer
pH controller (monitors/turns off CO2)
Flourite gravel

Fish:
12 Cardinal tetras (want 20)
1 German ram, female
12 Albino Orange Von rio Tetras
1 Angelfish 3"
1 Brown Discus 3"
1 Red Scorpion Melon Discus 2"
5 Sterbai Cory cats
3 Otoculnus cats
2 Siamese algae eaters
3 Nerite snails
~shrimp (red cherry, amano)

Plants:
Amazon Sword
Red Tiger Lotus
Dwarf Sags
Cryptocryne Wenditii (brown)
Java moss
Anubius nana
Riccia fluitans (on rock)
Java fern (regular, narrow)
Windelov fern
Glossostigma elaninoides (not doing so hot)
Limnophila aromatica
Sagittaria subulata
Crypt spiralis
Rotala indica
...more to come, forget the names


March


April

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