Lounge room tank

Community Aquarium


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Description
My low tech tank, set up in mid August '12. Fully stocked now. I tend to dose it with Seachem Excel, Flourish and Trace bi-weekly.
Particulars
Dimensions 37.8 x 19.7 x 19.7 inches
Energy Consumption 90 Watts
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Water Quality
(last 30 days)


After a good clean - the Christmas Moss just wants to keep on growing.
After a good clean - the Christmas Moss just wa...
29 Jan 13
Rescaped the tank. I have moved a lot of the Christmas Moss to the back left, to encourage breeding of my Cory's, CPDs and Yellow Rams. I shifted the twisted val to the back right, where I hope to grow it long enough to float along the back.
Rescaped the tank. I have moved a lot of the Ch...
06 Jan 13
A closeup of one of my Red Cherry Shrimp.
A closeup of one of my Red Cherry Shrimp.
06 Jan 13
The christmas moss has grown heaps, and in addition the mini vietnam is starting to grow (back left).
The christmas moss has grown heaps, and in addi...
25 Dec 12
Hyphessobrycon Bentosi (Ornate White Tip Tetra). These fish are just wonderful, quite active in the tank and the perfect community tank mate. Not at all agressive and they just play by themselves.
Hyphessobrycon Bentosi (Ornate White Tip Tetra)...
25 Dec 12
One of my many RCS's cruising around. There are too many to count now, they just keep breeding. At a guess I'd have at least 20 in the tank.
One of my many RCS's cruising around. There are...
23 Dec 12
My Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda) up close and personal. These things appear to be breeding really well in the tank. They do tend to keep to themselves given the Rams and Tetra's, however on occasion I have seen them swim around the tank as well.
My Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda) u...
23 Dec 12
One of my male celestial pearl danio's. They're super fast and very hard to take a clear photo of!
One of my male celestial pearl danio's. They're...
23 Dec 12
Yellow Ram (mikrogeophagus ramirezi) - female in foreground, male in background.
Yellow Ram (mikrogeophagus ramirezi) - female i...
23 Dec 12
2 months in - 11 bentosi tetra's, 4 celestial pearl danios, 2 yellow rams, 2 endlers livebearers and 1 bristlenose catfish
2 months in - 11 bentosi tetra's, 4 celestial p...
22 Sep 12
The tank just getting established.
The tank just getting established.
22 Sep 12

22 Sep 12

22 Sep 12

22 Sep 12
Day 1, awaiting water!
Day 1, awaiting water!
09 Aug 12
Day 1, awaiting water!
Day 1, awaiting water!
09 Aug 12
Day 1, awaiting water!
Day 1, awaiting water!
09 Aug 12
Day 1, awaiting water!
Day 1, awaiting water!
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Common Name Taxonomy (Scientific Name) Birth Date Quantity Image Comments
Red Cherry Shrimp Neocaridina heteropoda Jul '12 20 Neocaridina heteropoda Red Cherry Shrimp They just keep breeding and breeding!
Julii Cory Corydoras Julii Mar '12 4 Corydoras Julii Julii Cory
Endler's Livebearer Poecilia wingei Oct '11 1 Poecilia wingei Endler's Livebearer male
Gold Ram Mikrogeophagus ramirezi Apr '12 2 Mikrogeophagus ramirezi Gold Ram Male and female
Bristlenose catfish Ancistrus Nov '11 1 Ancistrus Bristlenose catfish
White tip tetra Hyphessobrycon bentosi Nov '11 11 Hyphessobrycon bentosi White tip tetra
Celestial Pearl Danios Danio margaritatus Jan '12 10 Danio margaritatus Celestial Pearl Danios Very hard to come by in the shops, glad I finally tracked them down!















Date Added Common Name Scientific Name (Taxonomy) Type Comments
Jul 02, 2012 Limnophila aromatica Plant Background
Jul 02, 2012 Vallisneria Plant Background
Jul 01, 2012 Anubias nana Plant Mid ground
Jul 02, 2012 Asian ambulia Limnophila sessiliflora Plant Background
Jul 14, 2012 Limnophilia "mini Vietnam" Plant Mid ground, next to rocks etc
Jul 01, 2012 Assorted Crypts Cryptocoryne wendtii Plant Mid ground















Date Added Type Brand Model Energy Usage (Watts) % Time On Comments
Jul 05, 2012 Heater Fluval 300 10
Jul 02, 2012 Filter Eheim 2217 20 100
Jul 02, 2012 Lighting Hagen T5HO Glo 100 40 2 tubes















Date Recorded Partial Water Change (%) pH Ammonia NitrIte NitrAte Temperature (F) Phosphates Calcium GH (general hardness) KH (carbonate hardness) Comments
17 Mar (Sun) 50.0
10 Mar (Sun) 50.0
23 Feb (Sat) 50.0
09 Feb (Sat) 50.0
03 Feb (Sun) 50.0
28 Jan (Mon) 40.0
06 Jan (Sun) 15.0
04 Jan (Fri) 50.0
22 Dec (Sat) 50.0
16 Dec (Sun) 50.0 79.0
02 Dec (Sun) 50.0
25 Nov (Sun) 50.0
17 Nov (Sat) 50.0
10 Nov (Sat) 50.0
03 Nov (Sat) 35.0
27 Oct (Sat) 50.0 Double doses of excel, flourish and trace, cleaned filter.
17 Oct (Wed) 60.0
06 Oct (Sat) 60.0 Double doses of excel, flourish and trace, cleaned filter.
03 Oct (Wed) Added excel, flourish and trace
30 Sep (Sun) 55.0 Excel, flourish and trace added
23 Sep (Sun) 50.0 Added excel, flourish and trace
21 Sep (Fri) Added excel
19 Sep (Wed) Flourish, excel and trace added
18 Sep (Tue) Excel added
16 Sep (Sun) 40.0 Flourish, excel and trace added.