A 210 Gallon Dutch in Progress - Large Aquariums and Ponds

PAUL GRAHAM · 03-03-2012, 11:36 AM

Checking to see if this works.

harsh · 03-04-2012, 07:47 AM

Dem Glassfish!!

and a beautiful tank.

PAUL GRAHAM · 03-04-2012, 03:57 PM

The glasscats shoal very tightly, and this SAE has learned to mimic their posture and movements and hangs out with them a good deal of the time. See if this link works.

http://vimeo.com/37109614

PAUL GRAHAM · 03-04-2012, 04:20 PM

This tank has been set up for almost three years and will always be a work in progress I suspect.

Dosing regime: PPS, with testing; automated
Source water: RO, reconstituted
Ca/Mg Hardness: about 110 ppm (approx 6 degrees)
KH: about 140 ppm (approx 8 degrees) bicarb
NO3: about 15 ppm
PO4: about 1.5 ppm
K: >> 5 ppm
Fe: 0.5 - 1.0 ppm, chelate & gluconate
pH: 6.8 automated, for CO2 approx 30 ppm
O2: > 7 ppm, mid-day light
Lights: 252 watts T5HO 6700K, and "a lot" of 8000K LED

XMX · 03-05-2012, 07:13 AM

Nice. You tank looks like a jungle

PAUL GRAHAM · 03-05-2012, 07:27 AM

Thanks! I do go for the dense look. The fish bioload is very high also. Since I decided to keep just one large high light, high tech tank, I went with a mixed eco Dutch and fish community and threw all my resources and time into it. I automate as much as possible to keep thing simple... er, rather, easy. The only other tank I keep is a 20 gal quarantiine / grow-out.