XJfella95

Update:

Hair algea is basically gone and everything is doing well. I had an outbreak of green water but only tried to tame it slightly as the organisms that feed on it also feed the Celestial Pearl Danio fry.

Last night I did a major breakdown and cleaning of the equipment and pulled a ton of java moss out. I also trimmed the plants back as necessary.

I have 7 fry and about a dozen baby shrimps in there now from all the inhabitants being at home and healthy.

I also pulled off the black background and painted a latex paint on the back to give the chi a better vibe and to add depth. How does the gold look? Don't mind the suction cup marks, I may have been anxious to set the tank back up before the paint fully cured.

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Equipment update:

Still running the Rapids mini canister filter with Ehiem lava rock in the main chamber. I did add some ammonia crystals and Seachem SeaGel in a bag to the secondary chamber.

I also was fed up with the sintered glass diffuser and bought on of those new MixMax reactors. That thing works great!!

CO2 comes on two hours before lights on and goes off one hour before lights off. Photoperiod is 10hours, 12pm-10pm. Running 1bubble per 2seconds.

Haven't checked water in three months other than one ammonia test after a dosing of TPN+ to confirm that the urea in that fert was what caused my hair algae outbreak. I have since switched back to Seachems Comp. Liquid fert.

Pics of equip


Pic with sunset that shows slight haze from green water. And one of two male CPD's.

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Updated pics

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This Tank is for sale if anyone is interested in any of the components, please see this thread

crusty

Excellent work,congrats my friend.

Ghost shrimp

Truly a piece of art! If only I had the gift of aquascaping as you do.