Hi All,
Just joined and decided to post a few details of a display tank I started setting up a couple months ago.
I’ve kept a few smaller dirted tanks for 1-2 years and finally got a 5’ display tank for the house. It is a lightly used Red Sea Reefer 625XXL. The light that came with it is a Reefbreeder 50.
Converted the sump to freshwater with a bunch of Poret and replaced the filter socks with matrix .
Main plants are Crypt spirals and wendtii. Spiralis is putting on nice growth, some are pushing 16”- 18” tall and just added a half dozen more to round out the planting. Crypt wendtii starting to fill in nicely too, going for a carpet of it. Have some val along the side and back left corner but Val isn’t putting in much growth at all, very green though, it is in a lower light area. Aponogeton crispus (2), the one directly under the light is growing well (14”) but the one In The back is only 4” tall. The lone sword is starting to grow nicely too. Java fern all over the mopani. A Tiger lotus took off nicely, just moved it to the front and there were 3 plantlets.
No algae growth so far, been Doing 50% water changes weekly so far nitrates havent been over 5-10 ppm, been dosing 8-10 pumps of easy green every water change and phosphates are 0.5 - 1 ppm whenever I measure. (Not sure if this is the right measuring stick for this, but just trying to keep phosphates under 1 and was hoping for nitrates a little higher)
Stocking is:
24 Odessa barbs that have put on some nice growth, starting to show hints of color, can’t tell males and females apart yet.
6 Pearl gourami are coloring up nicely.
11 very young Boesmani rainbows
4 bristlenose
Just joined and decided to post a few details of a display tank I started setting up a couple months ago.
I’ve kept a few smaller dirted tanks for 1-2 years and finally got a 5’ display tank for the house. It is a lightly used Red Sea Reefer 625XXL. The light that came with it is a Reefbreeder 50.
Converted the sump to freshwater with a bunch of Poret and replaced the filter socks with matrix .
Main plants are Crypt spirals and wendtii. Spiralis is putting on nice growth, some are pushing 16”- 18” tall and just added a half dozen more to round out the planting. Crypt wendtii starting to fill in nicely too, going for a carpet of it. Have some val along the side and back left corner but Val isn’t putting in much growth at all, very green though, it is in a lower light area. Aponogeton crispus (2), the one directly under the light is growing well (14”) but the one In The back is only 4” tall. The lone sword is starting to grow nicely too. Java fern all over the mopani. A Tiger lotus took off nicely, just moved it to the front and there were 3 plantlets.
No algae growth so far, been Doing 50% water changes weekly so far nitrates havent been over 5-10 ppm, been dosing 8-10 pumps of easy green every water change and phosphates are 0.5 - 1 ppm whenever I measure. (Not sure if this is the right measuring stick for this, but just trying to keep phosphates under 1 and was hoping for nitrates a little higher)
Stocking is:
24 Odessa barbs that have put on some nice growth, starting to show hints of color, can’t tell males and females apart yet.
6 Pearl gourami are coloring up nicely.
11 very young Boesmani rainbows
4 bristlenose
