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The 55 gal in Detail

Equipment

Substrate: Volcanit

Filter: Rena Filstar XP2

Heater: 1 x 250 watt

Lighting:  130 watts of compact fluorescent lighting from 2x65 watt bulbs (6700K color temp).  Light kit was from www.ahsupply.com (I'm using there 2x96 watt Bright kit; when time came to replace bulbs I switched to the 2x65watt to make things easier to maintain plant wise.)

CO2 Equipment: 5# tank, JBL regulator, glass/ceramic diffuser (soon to be replaced with a DIY reactor).

 

Tank Water Parameters

NO3: 10ppm

NO2: 0ppm

NH4: 0ppm

PO4: 1ppm

GH (total hardness): 75ppm

kH (total alkalinity): 80ppm

pH: 6.8

CO2: 21.4ppm

 Fish

Discus: 2 Red Heckels, 1 Pigeon Blood, 3 Powder Blues,

2 Corydoras julii

3 German Blue Rams

1 Neon Tetra

2 A. temminiki

 

 

 

Plants

Madagascar lace

Amazon sword

Bronze crypts

Green crypts

Java fern

Java moss

Anubias nana