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Aquaboy on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 |
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So my dream aquarium starts out with a 55 gallon tank (48x13x18 lwh). It is South American themed so if there are any discrepancies then tell me. It will have a stand and a canopy also. Make suggestions where ever you see neccessary. So where do I start…
Substrate: 3x 20lb bags of Eco-Complete Plant Substrate, 14 Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Root Tabs Plant Fertilizer placed throughout the substrate.
Heating: Deluxe Heaters 50 watt, Deluxe Heaters 100 watt, and the thermometer is on each heater. The temp will be steady at 77-78F.
Planting: Micro Sword, Jungle Vallisneria, Brazillian Pennywort, Heteranthera Stargrass, Dwarf Hairgrass, Red Tiger Lotus, Amazon Sword, Mayaca, Telanthera Rosefolia, and Dwarf Baby Tears. There will also be a 12″ piece of driftwood and two 5″ rocks.
Lighting: Single Satellite Compact Fluorescent Fixtures 48″ which comes with 2 65 watt 6700k bulbs. This is a total of 130 watts which is a little over 2 watts per gallon. Remember that all of this will be under a canopy so appearance doesn’t matter. Also it will be over 2 Versa-top tank glass covers.
Fertilization: So I have a CO2 system for a 30 gallon tank so that will be continuously running and every two days I will add a capful of Flourish Excel (this all depends on the lighting fixture I choose). There will be root tabs and iron in the substrate. Then 2x a week I will use Flourish fertilizer.
Filter: Marineland Multistage Canister Filter.
Stocking:
2 Marbled Veil Angelfish
20 Rummynose Tetras
2 Bolivian ram Cichlids
7 Panda Cories
8 Otocinclus Catfish
Feeding: 2x a day so and on Sundays only one for a total of 13 feedings. 5 feedings of TetraMin tropical Flakes. 4 Feedings of TetraMin tropical crisps and tropical color. 2 feedings of frozen bloodworms. 2 feedings of Aqueon Tropical Flakes. For the bottom feeders I will feed 7 feedings of Aqueon Bottom Feeder Mix, and Wardley Premium Discs.
Cleaning: Change filter material every 3 months. Change 25% of water weekly. Plants will do the rest.
Water chemistry: 7.0 ph, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 3 degrees dGH, 3 degrees dKH.
Did I forget anything.
Thanks a MILLION. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!
