Travis Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 This will be a journal for my current tank. One single tank? I know. Blasphemy! The struggle is real. I have been keeping aquariums off and on for nearly 40 years and this is my first foray into a fully planted tank for various reasons. The tank has been up and running for a few months now and I had intended to start this journal right away but...life etc. My current rental lease was changed to allow aquariums so naturally I started planning without delay. My space was limited so I couldn't do my preferred tank (40 breeder) and the tank/stand would be in our main living area so I wanted something that looked nice while hiding most of the equipment. I found a Fluval Spec 16 on sale at my LFS. Customer returned it because it was the wrong color so opened product discount! Tank- Fluval Spec 16 Subtrate- Black aquarium gravel base to give the bed some height at a lower cost Stratum top layer Filteration- has an in tank filter section on one end with 3 chambers First chamber filled with coarse sponge pad cut to size Second chamber Bottom filled with fine rectangular pot scrub sponges (dollar store) Top filled with ceramic bio balls in a mesh bag Third chamber Houses the submersible pump and submersible heater Sponge filter In tank for aeration and grazing Plants- Compact Amazon Swords Red dwarf Aquarium Lily Scarlet Temple Anubias Nana petite Monte Carlo Christmas Moss Bridge Java Moss Micro Sword Water Sprite Fish Celestial Pearl Danio/Galaxy Rasbora Ember Tetra White Cloud Mountain Minnow Otocinclus catfish Bristlenose Plecostomus Inverts- Red cherry shrimp Amano shrimp Nerite snail Ramshorn snails Bladder snails Malaysian trumpet snails These were all early pics follow up to come soon! Thanks for looking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Wow! Looking great. You've got all your fish ducks in a row! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Here are some pics of current residents. I want to get an overall pic of the tank but Im fighting a hair algae explosion after a recent bout with ich/parasite treatments and it doesnt look great lol. Though this does show some of the plant growth progress... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 My lily put up its first pad to the surface today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, Travis said: My lily put up its first pad to the surface today YAY! You must be so proud of lily! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, ADMWNDSR83 said: YAY! You must be so proud of lily! Lol yeah pretty much everything in this setup is a new first for me so anything that survives/thrives is a plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 I recently had a Cherry shrimp population explosion and today they were out in force... sorry video isn't great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 looks great 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Nice looking tank you got going there! I've noticed with the neocaridina shrimp, I'll put a dozen or so in a tank and it seems they don't reproduce, and then one day you look in there and they're all you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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