Friday, October 19, 2007

OK, here is a picture after I did a major overhaul of the tank. I added 3 pieces of driftwood, and moved a lot of plants around. I added Moneywart, and Dwarf Japanese Rush seen in this picture. Last night I also added a Cardinal plant, Dwarf Hairgrass, and Water Sprite. I am hoping the Dwarf Hairgrass and the Four Leaf Clover end up covering the entire substrate.

I started to notice algae growing on the glass a few days ago. I did a water test, and sure enough I was very low on Nitrate. My Phosphates were fine, but my Nitrate was almost 0! I am back to adding KNO4 to the tank, which will soon make the algae die off.

So here is an updated list of plants fish and equipment I have in the tank.

Plants:
  • Anacharis
  • Crypt Balansae
  • Dwarf Anubias
  • Four Leaf Clover
  • Onion Plant
  • Red Wendtii Crypt
  • Dwarf Hairgrass
  • Lobelia Cardnals
  • Variegated Japanese Rush
  • Water Sprite
Fish:
  • 3 Botia Loach
  • 2 Corydoras Aeneus
  • 2 Corydoras Baleatus
  • 2 Ghost Shrimp
  • 2 Glow Light Tetras
  • 2 Lemon Tetras
  • 1 NeonBlue Dwarf Gouramis
  • 5 Red Platies
  • 2 Serpae Tetras
Equipment:
  • Fluval 204 canister filter
  • 200watt submersable heater
  • 65watt CF light on a 10 hour timer
  • 24watt T5 light on an 8 hour timer
  • AZOO Co2 regulator with solenoid on 1 hour before lights off 1 hour before lights
  • 5Lb. Co2 Bottle
  • Co2 Beetle Counter
  • Co2 Glass Diffuser
  • Co2 Drop Tester
  • Digital Thermometer with high and low temp alarms
  • 40Lbs Eco-Complete substrate
  • AP master test kit with the addition of Gh/Kh, and Phosphate
  • Flourish Excel
  • Dry KNO4
  • TetraMin Granules
  • Hikari Sinking Wafers

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