emilym
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Horseback riding, art, enjoying my baby girl, my dogs, backyard chickens, and of course my aquarium
- Location
- Northern Colorado
- Occupation
- Customer Service
- My Tanks
- 20 gallon freshwater planted tank with following specs ->
Substrate: Pool filter sand dosed with Flourish tabs
Decor: 1 large driftwood and various rocks, driftwood has a good layer of diatoms but snails and otto keep it well groomed
Plants:
- Oriental Swords
- Water Primrose
- Waterweed
- Corkscrew valisernia
- Cryptocorn
- Hairgrass
- and something else redish...
Stock:
- 1 black molly
- 1 gold panda molly
- 1 Honey Dward Gourami
- 4 Neon Tetras
- 1 Otto
- 4 ghost shrimp cleaning crew
- Who knows how many little mini snails
Lighting: 18w 72x 10,000L LED light, 1500 lumen, 6x actinic 460nm LED for night. Lighted for 8 hours/day
Filter: Zoo Med 501 Turtle Filter with ceramic media and fine filter floss in one side and foam on the other. No carbon. I change the filter floss and rinse out the sponge as needed, probably 1-2 times a month.
Feeding: small sprinkle flake food daily, freeze dried shrimp 2-3x/week, and algae tabs on occasion for the shrimp. A few drops of Excel dail