Helina

Last year master's student in the University of Helsinki, in Finland, in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability study program. Studies concerning chemistry, ecology, cycles of energy and matter, climate change and specialization in domestic forest use, sustainable use, restoration and its adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
Location
Finland
My Aquariums & Fish
My aquarium details:
I have a 4 years old freshwater aquarium, which brand and model is Eheim Aquastar 54 litre LED. I've upgraded the filter to an oversized EHEIM biopower 160 litre filter with mechanical filter media, Eheim Substrat Pro and Seachem Purigen (50 ml) in it, finished with a surface flow pipe for a smooth natural like water exit. Light is Eheim classicLED Daylight 7,7 W with 7-8h light per day and Eheim thermocontrol 50 W heater is at 24 Celsius.

Water treatment:
Tetra AquaSafe 5ml/10 litres and fertilizers are Tropica Premium Nutrition 2ml (1 pump) /50 litres 3 times a week (every other day) and root tablets are JBL ProFlora Ferropol Root. No added CO2 and no added aeration since surface flow is active.

Water parameters:
Tested last Monday the 25th November at an aquarium service centre and store called Helsinki Aquarium centre (Helsinki Akvaariokeskus). pH 7.1 GHd 4 KHd 3 NO2 0 NO3 15

Plants:
Tiger Lotus, Cryptocoryne, Leopard Vallisneria, Amazon sword plant and 2 moss balls.

Animals:
About 15 green neon tetras, 5 Macrotocinclus affinis (Otos), a few bumblebee snails and 1 Amano shrimp.

Routines:
Daily monitoring the status of the aquarium and feeding tetras with flake food and otos with a jelly which is mimicking the idea of Repashy Soilent Green, which is unavailable in Finland. Currently doing weekly 20-30% water changes by hoovering the bottom of the tank which removes leftover fish foods and debris. I also clean the filter media in the removed aquarium water in order to preserve the beneficial bacteria and scrub the front glass, leaving other glasses to grow surface film for Otos.

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