-The tank: 47 tall, (20x20x37, I have to plant with a pair of super long tweezers, used for reptile feeding its so tall)
-The fish: 1 reg pleco, 5 african cichlids (yellow labs etc), 2 panda cories, 1 pictus cat
-the plants: (pretty new, but taking off nicely) one huge red lotus, some amazon sword, some anubia, and some 4-leaf clover, oh, and some duckweed.
lighting- 1 plant grow bulb I slapped on there (18 inch, 6800k) and another brand that the fiancee brought home, 18 inch "specific to low light plants" about a 2800k output, glows a very soft red color.
C02- 1 liter reaction canister hooked to a submerged diffuser, placed low and away from bubble-line (do I even NEED this??) Puts out a bubble about every two seconds.
Substrate-very fine reef sand
-water conditions: just checked-
NO3+: 20ppm
NO2-: 0ppm
GH: 180ppm
KH: 175ppm
pH: 7.2
Filtration: submerged canister all in one filter, rated for 150 gallons, turned all the way up.
airation: one bubble line in the back of the tank, going full blast. Kinda pretty bubblewall.
This has been working so far.
-The fish: 1 reg pleco, 5 african cichlids (yellow labs etc), 2 panda cories, 1 pictus cat
-the plants: (pretty new, but taking off nicely) one huge red lotus, some amazon sword, some anubia, and some 4-leaf clover, oh, and some duckweed.
lighting- 1 plant grow bulb I slapped on there (18 inch, 6800k) and another brand that the fiancee brought home, 18 inch "specific to low light plants" about a 2800k output, glows a very soft red color.
C02- 1 liter reaction canister hooked to a submerged diffuser, placed low and away from bubble-line (do I even NEED this??) Puts out a bubble about every two seconds.
Substrate-very fine reef sand
-water conditions: just checked-
NO3+: 20ppm
NO2-: 0ppm
GH: 180ppm
KH: 175ppm
pH: 7.2
Filtration: submerged canister all in one filter, rated for 150 gallons, turned all the way up.
airation: one bubble line in the back of the tank, going full blast. Kinda pretty bubblewall.
This has been working so far.