Howdy all!! I'm new to the board so i thought I'd introduce me and my tank. I have been into freshwater tanks for about 20 yrs I have always had real plants I never saw the benefit of fake other than they never die but they do grow algea which they might as well die at that point. anyway When i was younger I would just buy new plants as they died . The past 8 yrs or so I started trying to keep them alive and I have turned a stress free easy hobby into a not so stress free, fun, and fullfilling hobby. It one of the things I like to do so now here is my tank, its been set up for about 2 yrs but alot of it is a carry over from many years of my original 20L being set up.
Its a old 55 gal, multi layer substrate, 64 watts lights (2 4' t-8s) in original gutted light strip, need to upgrade, 1 liter yeast co2, ehiem classic canister (only the best
). fluval surface extractor (awsome, nomore scum),
at time of these pictures I had more fish than my current setup. this year I lost my 6" rainbow shark to old age, all 4 dwarf gourmis at different time though out the year to dieses of some sort, and i think thats it.
current inhabitants: fat kooli loach, 3 black skirts, female cherry barb, 6 serpea tetras, 3 spot gourami aquired this weekend from mother-in-law, 5" lace cat, 7" pleco, dwarf pleco (i think a clown), 2 cardinal tetras, gaurammas found those a few months ago.
plants: java fern on 2 seperate pieces of driftwood, java moss, dwarf sag (i think), stupid duck weed!!, 2 plants that i don't know the names.
And finally here are pics.
Let me know what ya think. oh ya these pics are a little over a year old thats the newwest i have here at work.
Chris
Its a old 55 gal, multi layer substrate, 64 watts lights (2 4' t-8s) in original gutted light strip, need to upgrade, 1 liter yeast co2, ehiem classic canister (only the best
at time of these pictures I had more fish than my current setup. this year I lost my 6" rainbow shark to old age, all 4 dwarf gourmis at different time though out the year to dieses of some sort, and i think thats it.
current inhabitants: fat kooli loach, 3 black skirts, female cherry barb, 6 serpea tetras, 3 spot gourami aquired this weekend from mother-in-law, 5" lace cat, 7" pleco, dwarf pleco (i think a clown), 2 cardinal tetras, gaurammas found those a few months ago.
plants: java fern on 2 seperate pieces of driftwood, java moss, dwarf sag (i think), stupid duck weed!!, 2 plants that i don't know the names.
And finally here are pics.
Let me know what ya think. oh ya these pics are a little over a year old thats the newwest i have here at work.
Chris
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