So I'm back. From out of space. I just looked in to find you here with fish

[Obiji]

Ah, ran out of space in the Topic Title to complete my "I will Survive" freshwater remix.

I was a member a couple of years ago (I remembered my login! yay!) Got caught up in the mortgage scandal of 2010 and had to move from a house to an apartment. But now I'm back into another house, and am setting up a new 210g tank!

I currently have a 46 gallon bowfront freshwater tank with the following:

Fish:

2x Blackmoor goldfishies (6" and 4")

2x ryukin goldfishies (5" & 3")

1x oranda goldfishy (4")

1x albino common/commet (3")

1x lionhead(back?) blind (no eyes! not born with them) goldfishy (3")

1x super fancy and elegent calico goldfishy (Princess of the ball, she thinks) (6")

1x Rubber-lipped pleco (3.5") (Lazy)

1x Senagal Bichir (5") (AKA: shrimp-nommer)

3x Japanese Trapdoor Mystery Snails (1")

13x Olive Nerite Snails

5x Amano Shrimp (2")

~400x ghost shrimp (and dwindling, as they are food/cleanup/cheap)

Live Plants:

2" Seachem Onyx Sand

6 or 7 bunches of Anacharis

3 little patches of dwarf grass

1x 4" strip of MicroSword (hoping it will turn into a lawn)

5 or 6 bunches of ludwigga

2x wisteria (huge)

Equipment:

1x 46 gallon bowfront + stand + glass top

1x ahsupply.com retrofitted 96 watt power compact light (No heater, this thing keeps my tank at 75F 24/7.

2x Aquaclear 110's with Fluval Edge filters serving as pre-filters/anti-shrimp siphon devices, sponge that comes with it, quilt batting for polishing, and ceramic rings for bio.

1x Fluval Q2 air-pump

DIY CO2 setup with 2x 2-litter bottles as my reactors, 1x 2-litter bottle as my catch-all, and fluval bubble-counter and fluval CO2 diffuser. Oh, and Fluval CO2 monitoring kit.

1x roman pillar decor (ceramic)

1x fluval log (ceramic)

1x small bridge (ceramic)

red background

Levels:

PH: 6.9-7.0

Temp: 75-76F

Ammonia: 0-10ppm

Nitrite: 0ppm

Nitrate: 0ppm

KH: 6

GH: 24

CO2: 15-30ppm (green zone)

Dosing:

Seachem Prime

Seachem Stability

Seachem Flourish

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10g community tank:

Fishies:

2x Glofish (orange and "yellow") (2")

2x Zebra Danios (grouped with glofish)(2")

5x Blue Neon Tetras (grouped)(1")

2x "Tequila Sunrise" guppies (paired) (2")

2x mystery guppy fry that came with the shrimp from rivercity...

3x African Dwarf Frogs

5x Olive Nerite Snails

~50 Ghost Shrimp

Live Plants:

2" Seachem Flourite substrate

3x bunches of Anacharis

2x Wisteria

Equipment:

10 gallon tank + glass canopy + incandescent hood

2x 15w flourescent screw in bulbs

1x Tetra i10 internal filter

1x Marineland Penguin 100

1x japanese cottage (ceramic)

black background

Levels:

PH: 6.8

Temp: 74-75 (need it lower! 72!)

Ammonia: 0-10ppm

Nitrite: 0ppm

Nitrate: 0ppm

KH: 6

GH: 24

CO2: unknown

Dosing:

Seachem Prime

Seachem Stability

Seachem Flourish

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So the 46g is my "current" tank, and the wifey has the 10g tank. I purchased a 210g tank (84"x24"x24") on craigslist for $300 (what a steal!). This will be my "New" tank, and the wife will get the 46g, and I'll get the 10g back as my quarantine tank. Leak tested, is flawless. Came with a horrible stand that I do not think could support the weight of the tank when even 1 gallon of water is in it. So currently I'm working on building a new stand and canopy. Once thats done, I'll order lights and maybe some more filtration...still contemplating the sump/refugium option.

The lights I'm still in the dark on. I need to find a PAR meter to make sure my plants "flourish". Anyone know where I can rent one? :-D

--David/Obiji

[Robb in Austin]

Welcome back!

[Obiji]

Thanks Robb! If only I was as talented as John Travolta....

[jestep]

Welcome back