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My 55 Gallon Tropical Community Planted tank

#1 User is offline   Sean Icon

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Posted 31 July 2010 - 01:56 AM

Pretty low tech if you ask me.


Its been up an running for about 2 years now.
I tore it down and sold mostly everything besides my school of Serpae's and my school of Glo lights.
I just cleaned the tank up a little bit today and took some pictures.

Water stats-

Nitrates- Zero
Ammonia- Zero
PH- around 8.2, need to lower this
Nitrites- Zero


Did a 15% water change today, added some PH decreaser.
I bought 7 cardinal tetras a few days ago, 4 have died, have got 3 strong survivors LOL
So i picked up 3 neons today for the 3 Cardinals. LFS was out of Cardinals, im going to pick up
5 more Cardinals next week when my fish order comes in. I also added 4 cherry Barbs today.



Picssss

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/006-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/007-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/010-2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/013-1.jpg


All the Hygro is from Non_Compliance
Ive got some other plants that are struggling, i need to get my hands on some clippings from someone here.




Its been a work in progress since day one.
I'll be switching over to Mineralized soil when i get the 90 fired up.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 02:18 AM

Looks like that hygro is doing well! glad you could use it... gave you insta-height too.. :D
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:00 AM

Oh the Hygro is doing great, just wish all my little baby plants would perk up now.


Having a couple different algea "problems"
Nothing really out of control, but it still grows.

Im going to try cutting back my light.
Which started today.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 06:35 PM

Cutting the light back is one way... you can also try to kill it by turning everything off and putting some cidex/excel or hydrogen peroxide on it..
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 10:08 PM

Looking good. Keep up the good work.
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Posted 04 August 2010 - 01:15 AM

Thanks for the nice compliments.

Im thinking about adding 2 or 3 Angels.
Have had them in the tank before.
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Posted 10 August 2010 - 01:26 AM

Love the pirate skull :)
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Posted 10 August 2010 - 01:48 AM

Yeah that stuff is only in there to clear up dead space.
Tank use to be fully planted.
We went on vacation and i sold mostly everything to cut down on
maintenance while we were gone.



Picked up 2 Silver Veil Angels and 1 Broken Silver Veil Angel today.
Waiting on the fish store to get in more Cardinals and i will be picking up 6 of those little guys.
Probably call it quits after that for fish. Might get a small school of Cory's moving around. Havent decided yet.
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Posted 14 August 2010 - 01:00 AM

Here is a new picture from today. Rock stack
on the left had fallen. I noticed it after the
pictures andgot everything standing back up.
Rearranged the rock layout a little bit, so
things are a little more solid now.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/004.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/005.jpg

Ive added 3 Angels within the past week.
2 Silver Veils and 1 Silver Broken Veil.
Added a Fire Red Apisto male and female
yesterday. Going to be adding 2 more Angels
within the next couple of days and 5 more
Cardinals.
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Posted 14 August 2010 - 04:28 PM

View PostSean, on 14 August 2010 - 01:00 AM, said:

Here is a new picture from today. Rock stack
on the left had fallen. I noticed it after the
pictures andgot everything standing back up.
Rearranged the rock layout a little bit, so
things are a little more solid now.

Ive added 3 Angels within the past week.
2 Silver Veils and 1 Silver Broken Veil.
Added a Fire Red Apisto male and female
yesterday. Going to be adding 2 more Angels
within the next couple of days and 5 more
Cardinals.

what pic?
Cichild are like tree's they come in all different shapes color and size.
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Posted 14 August 2010 - 04:35 PM

Its up there. LOL
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Posted 15 August 2010 - 02:26 AM

FYI: u can trim out all those random roots on teh hygro... also, if you have some nice tops, it might be good to chop them and replant them... you can trim the stems that are left down to a couple inches... it will come back and look nicer.
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Posted 15 August 2010 - 03:00 AM

Yeah I know i can trim them down, i already have.
I only used half of the plants you sent me.
When i planted the ones pictured, the stems were only
about 5 or 6 inches long.



Scored today
Picked up 3 platinum angels off of craigslist for $3. Yes $3!!
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Posted 15 August 2010 - 01:41 PM

nice score! :D Now post some pics!!!
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Posted 16 August 2010 - 01:27 AM

Took a bunch of pictures a little while ago.
Check these out




http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/004-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/010-3.jpg
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Posted 16 August 2010 - 01:27 AM

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/015-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/023.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/011.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/022-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/033.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/ride_wake_210/55%20Gallon/027.jpg
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