waterfaller1

Hello, thought I would share my tanks. My first planted tank, a 4.3 gal cube~ Betta imported from Thailand~"Thai", 1 amano shrimp Red Sea nano filter, 50 wt Stealth heater 2nd was the same, 4.3 gal cube~ Cherry & Luminous red shrimp Red Sea nano filter, 50 wt theo heater They share 2 X 24 wt T-5 Nova Extreme lighting~ Next came the Finnex 4 gal~ 13 wt power compact light, finnex filter, 50 wt Stealth heater Blue tiger shrimp{just discovered babies recently..yay! } Olive nerites I had a 10 gallon, and just over a month ago upgraded it to this 20 gal. long~ 2 X 24 wt T-5 Nova Extreme & 2 X 18 wt T-5 Coralife w/ Colormax 2234 Eheim filter 100 wt Stealth heater Ultimate CO2 set up w/ PH controller from Green Leaf Aquariums ADA Amazonia aquasoil, ADA Brite sand, Estes white sand ADA Yamaya stone Manzanita driftwood PH 6.5,KH 2,GH 3 Temp 73*F 6 blue & 4 red Axelrodi rasboras 9 baby Psuedomugil Gertrudae rainbows 4 Corydoras Habrosus 3 Kuhli loaches 2 Hara Jerdoni~ mini moth catfish Crystal red & black shrimp, Blue pearl shrimp, Amano shrimp, Atyoida cf. pilipes{green lace shrimp} olive nerites, red ramshorns plants~ cyperus helferi lobelia cardinalis mini pelia potamogeton gayi fissidens fontanus flame moss limnophyla aromatica stargrass dwarf hairgrass needle leaf ludwigia rotala wallichi rotala indica rotala macranda rotala verticillaris alternanthera reinecki sunset hygrophyla myrio green? or cabomba furcatus? mayaca fluviatilis didiplis diandra dwarf chain sword lileopsis maritius downoi mini rotala II waiting for~ammania gracilis, and colorata looking for~eriocaulon sp. For ferts. I have to say I am still learning and playing with what works, what doesn't, and amounts. I started with the nanos, and used all of Seachem's line of liquid ferts, and used their dosing chart as a guide. Well..high light, lots of ferts, and no real CO2{except excel} = LOTS of algae...particularly thread algae,BBA,green spot, and HA... :roll: So, recently I have backed way off on ferts. The two nano cubes just went through a 3 day blackout to get them back on track, and eliminate some algae. There was a time when the first cube was doing awesome, and somewhere I went wrong. I think I cut the plants way back, but did not adjust the amount of ferts. It broke out bad. Here it is just before I hacked all the plants~ So now, with the new tank I am just starting to use dry ferts. I have N,P,& K which I am using on alternate days. In the 20 I am using 1/32 of a tspn of each..to start. And on the other days 5-10 ml. of CSM&B. I will see how this goes..

Hi Aquarists from New Zealand! I was doing some research the other morning and found my way to your forum. I read a thread where some of you were talking about snow, and skiing..in June! I decided I just had to join and speak to people who can go skiing in what is almost summer to me... :lol: I have been keeping saltwater reef tanks since 2003.I worked in a small reef shop for several years. And just started keeping planted tanks in september of 2007.I have a 90 & 12 gallon reef,3 nano planted, and my newest project is a planted 20 gal. long. I hope I can share my tanks with you, and learn more about this great hobby.