Here's first tank!
Set up 1/1/19 but gone through some changes to be what it is now.
10 gallon tank
Substrate: Seachem flourite and flourite black with top later of flourite sand for my java loaches. Has seachem flourish tabs placed in substrate
Light: Current LED +
Heater: Aqueon adjustable 50W. Stays at around 74-75 degrees fahrenheit.
Filter: Aquaclear 20 with 1 sponge and 2 bags of biomedia. 1 sponge is on the filter intake. In next week I'll be getting a corner sponge filter for extra/backup filtration. I just put in a small airstone to help gently increase water circulation.
Plants: 2 amazon swords, 1 aponogeton boivinianus, 2 marimo balls, 1 windelov java fern, 1 planted water sprite, java moss, 1 banana plant, 1 microsword broken up to grow to provide a bit of carpet, 1 bucephalandra on driftwood. I also just added a pothos plant cutting to the top of the tank and am waiting for it to root.
Fish: 1 male dwarf gourami, 8 dwarf gold barbs, 4 java loaches, 4 amano shrimp, 3 nerite snails.
Right now I'm learning all I can about algae since I seem to have a pretty significant (for me) outbreak. I believe I have a mixture of staghorn, hair, bush, green dust. I'm leaving the green dust alone to see if it'll get patchy and fall off like I read about. I'm still trying to figure out my dosing schedule and that's next on the research. I have seachem flourish comp and leaf zone but I'm thinking of just using the flourish based on what I started reading about in Diana Walstad's book. I've also been having a problem keeping the nitrate down. I've regularly been between 20-40 ppm. My water sprite is really starting to grow but so far, it's not making a dent in the nitrates. It's why I added the pothos cutting but I took it from a plant and it's gonna take awhile before it starts to grow roots. Until then, I'm trying to get what plant debris I can to decrease any decay. With PWC, I'm trying to get the substrate as much as I can. I feed the fish 1x a day in evening. I gotta sit down and actually put all the info I've found together and fill in the holes because I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with this.
As you can see, I have some beautiful plants to go with my algae. Also, what tank is complete without a TARDIS?
5 gallon betta tank:
Filter: sponge filter with airstone attached as well running at lower rate for betta.
Light: Aqueon planted clip on LED
Heater: Penn-plax running at a toasty 77-78 degrees
Substrate: Seachem flourite and flourite black
Plants: 1 amazon sword, 1 crypt (I think it's undulata but I forget), 1 parva crypt spread around to carpet, 1 microsword spread around to carpet, 2 marimo balls, 1 anubias nana, 1 bucephalandra, 1 dwarf lily, 1 floating water sprite, almond leaf
Fish: 1 betta, 1 nerite snail.
This is a newer tank, maybe a month old. I have some diatom algae which I expect. Starting to get some dust algae on tank glass and ... I think it's fuzz algae on slow growing plants. Again, dosing with flourish comp and trying to figure out best way to do it.
Betta tank:
Puck Bucky Bardly - halfmoon. might have some combtail in him? Not sure
My lazy nerite that I never see move but always seems to be in a different spot in the tank. And never on the glass.
Set up 1/1/19 but gone through some changes to be what it is now.
10 gallon tank
Substrate: Seachem flourite and flourite black with top later of flourite sand for my java loaches. Has seachem flourish tabs placed in substrate
Light: Current LED +
Heater: Aqueon adjustable 50W. Stays at around 74-75 degrees fahrenheit.
Filter: Aquaclear 20 with 1 sponge and 2 bags of biomedia. 1 sponge is on the filter intake. In next week I'll be getting a corner sponge filter for extra/backup filtration. I just put in a small airstone to help gently increase water circulation.
Plants: 2 amazon swords, 1 aponogeton boivinianus, 2 marimo balls, 1 windelov java fern, 1 planted water sprite, java moss, 1 banana plant, 1 microsword broken up to grow to provide a bit of carpet, 1 bucephalandra on driftwood. I also just added a pothos plant cutting to the top of the tank and am waiting for it to root.
Fish: 1 male dwarf gourami, 8 dwarf gold barbs, 4 java loaches, 4 amano shrimp, 3 nerite snails.
Right now I'm learning all I can about algae since I seem to have a pretty significant (for me) outbreak. I believe I have a mixture of staghorn, hair, bush, green dust. I'm leaving the green dust alone to see if it'll get patchy and fall off like I read about. I'm still trying to figure out my dosing schedule and that's next on the research. I have seachem flourish comp and leaf zone but I'm thinking of just using the flourish based on what I started reading about in Diana Walstad's book. I've also been having a problem keeping the nitrate down. I've regularly been between 20-40 ppm. My water sprite is really starting to grow but so far, it's not making a dent in the nitrates. It's why I added the pothos cutting but I took it from a plant and it's gonna take awhile before it starts to grow roots. Until then, I'm trying to get what plant debris I can to decrease any decay. With PWC, I'm trying to get the substrate as much as I can. I feed the fish 1x a day in evening. I gotta sit down and actually put all the info I've found together and fill in the holes because I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with this.
As you can see, I have some beautiful plants to go with my algae. Also, what tank is complete without a TARDIS?
5 gallon betta tank:
Filter: sponge filter with airstone attached as well running at lower rate for betta.
Light: Aqueon planted clip on LED
Heater: Penn-plax running at a toasty 77-78 degrees
Substrate: Seachem flourite and flourite black
Plants: 1 amazon sword, 1 crypt (I think it's undulata but I forget), 1 parva crypt spread around to carpet, 1 microsword spread around to carpet, 2 marimo balls, 1 anubias nana, 1 bucephalandra, 1 dwarf lily, 1 floating water sprite, almond leaf
Fish: 1 betta, 1 nerite snail.
This is a newer tank, maybe a month old. I have some diatom algae which I expect. Starting to get some dust algae on tank glass and ... I think it's fuzz algae on slow growing plants. Again, dosing with flourish comp and trying to figure out best way to do it.
Betta tank:
Puck Bucky Bardly - halfmoon. might have some combtail in him? Not sure
My lazy nerite that I never see move but always seems to be in a different spot in the tank. And never on the glass.