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Name That Plant!!!?!?!?

Started this discussion. Last reply by D Oct 11, 2012. 10 Replies 0 Likes

Name the plant... yes the purple plant Continue

Do loaches eat cherry shrimp?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Michel Hanna Jul 31, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Long story short i got 1 clown and 1 yoyo loach Jus wondering if any body knows if a yoyo loach or clown loach will eat cherry shrimp or are my shrimp safe for the moment? Or should I donate the…Continue

Tags: yoyo, Pakistani, dwarf, clown, loach

Female guppies

Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert Jango May 2, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Hey js wondering if n e body else has experienced this. I had 10 female guppies and 3 male. All fish are healthy and Active and eat alot but the females wen it looks like they might give birth start…Continue

Baby taers and driftwood

Started this discussion. Last reply by Toan Pham Apr 22, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Jus curious if it is possible to tie baby tears to driftwood or will that jus be a bad idea? I asked because some of my dwarf baby Tears that got up rooted floated towards my driftwood got stuck on…Continue

Tags: dwarf, driftwood, tears, baby, HC

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55 gallon

fish: 3 Blue Diamond Discus

2 Pigeon Blood Discus

10 Neon Tetra

10 Corydoras --2 albino, 3 peppered, 4 julii, 1 panda

Plants: Crypt Wendtii (brown)

Crypt Wendtii (green)

Red Ozelot Sword ( mother plant)

Micro Sword

Crypt Parva

Cobomba majenta

Red Ruben Sword

Java Moss

Xmas Moss

Rotala Rotundifolia

Anubias nana

Anubias barteri

Apongeton Boivinianus

Ludwigia Repens

Riccia Flautinaus (crystalworth)

Duckweed (aquarium herpes)

Echinodorus Quadricostatus

Echinodorus Aquartica

Substrate: 1 1/2" Flourite/Ecco Mix

2" Mr.Aqua Aquarium Soil

Lights: 2 4x24"t5ho NOVA extreme fixture w/ LED moon lights

6 bulbs 6700k (2 red bulbs)

2 bulbs 10,000k

(run time) 6 hrs/day

Co2: Pressurized

Paintball CO2 24oz tank

Aquatek Mini compressor

Glass co2 diffuser

BPS: 3 - 4

Ferts/dosing: 1 Cap Flourish Excel a day

1 Cap Flourish Comprehensive Plant Supplement

(once every Waterchange)

Waterchanges: ~85% twice a week

Comment Wall (14 comments)

At 4:04pm on June 21, 2012, Jeremy L said…: Nice tank man. Looking great

At 2:50pm on July 12, 2012, Harrison Kotre said…: Your tanks are sweet man keep it up

At 8:53am on August 14, 2012, Robert Jango said…: Good, thoughtful comments on posted material Pedro. I like to read what you have to say.

At 12:39am on November 5, 2012, Taylor Davis said…: Thanks so much!

At 12:22pm on December 5, 2012, Brandon Everett said…: Thanks for the info on mineralizing!

At 2:08pm on December 11, 2012, Shane jewett said…: cool tanks. I will know who to ask about plants and shrimp.

At 8:59pm on December 28, 2012, Dylan Tommy said…: Thanks for the comment,Peter. Nice tanks !!!

At 10:14pm on January 4, 2013, Robert Jango said…: Good suggestion Peter. I just sent GSP an pm. Thanks.

At 7:48pm on January 8, 2013, Brandon Everett said…: Thanks for your algae tip Peter. Yes I've known not to measure light intensity by wattage but it's a fast and easy (though inaccurate) way to describe my lighting situation. I'm beginning the black out tonight and will end it Friday afternoon/night. And see what happens after a good water change.

Thanks again