tomherndon
Aquarium Advice Activist
I've got the 36" tank with inhabitants pulled from 2 independent 10 gals back in august.
There are 2 aquaclear 200's on it (rated 50gal) and I rotate sponge inserts in and out of both of them about monthly (remove oldest of 3 and add one that's been rinsed and sun-exposed)
I just tested it today using API kit and parameters with current total fishload
pH 7
NO3 5-10ppm
KH 3deg hardness
flora:
java fern bundles
beard algae on oldest driftwood and rocks It's thick and burly and kind of iridescent. . . It hasn't taken over so I haven't made an effort to eradicate it. . .
fauna:
2green cories (oldest one has streaked eggs across tank twice following PWC's, assuming second is female or sexually immature male?)
2 pepper cories
3 otocinclus (rarely seen but fun to watch when they come out of java ferns)
1 lonely panda cory (no restock at LFS)
4 zebra danios
4 harlequin rasboras
5 rummy nosed tetras, not sure if authentic or false or that it matters
7 neon tetras
1 mystery snail
I'm thinking that I'm fairly close to full, but I'm thinking that I'd like to introduce something that does a better job of hanging out midtank once I add at least one other panda cory.
the danios are reliable to wander all the vertical range. the raspboras hover in the midspace a bit, but not regularly. the neons and the rummy nose tend to hang very close to the floor. all the catfish do what one would expect.
suggestions?
There are 2 aquaclear 200's on it (rated 50gal) and I rotate sponge inserts in and out of both of them about monthly (remove oldest of 3 and add one that's been rinsed and sun-exposed)
I just tested it today using API kit and parameters with current total fishload
pH 7
NO3 5-10ppm
KH 3deg hardness
flora:
java fern bundles
beard algae on oldest driftwood and rocks It's thick and burly and kind of iridescent. . . It hasn't taken over so I haven't made an effort to eradicate it. . .
fauna:
2green cories (oldest one has streaked eggs across tank twice following PWC's, assuming second is female or sexually immature male?)
2 pepper cories
3 otocinclus (rarely seen but fun to watch when they come out of java ferns)
1 lonely panda cory (no restock at LFS)
4 zebra danios
4 harlequin rasboras
5 rummy nosed tetras, not sure if authentic or false or that it matters
7 neon tetras
1 mystery snail
I'm thinking that I'm fairly close to full, but I'm thinking that I'd like to introduce something that does a better job of hanging out midtank once I add at least one other panda cory.
the danios are reliable to wander all the vertical range. the raspboras hover in the midspace a bit, but not regularly. the neons and the rummy nose tend to hang very close to the floor. all the catfish do what one would expect.
suggestions?