54 litre freshwater aquarium diary
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Beautiful and peaceful. What kind of fish are those blue ones?
Hello gwand and welcome!
Those are a shoal of regular green neon tetras, but in their full size. I've had them all for almost 2 years or so. They are usually bit smaller in shops.
Other inhabitants are Macrotocinclus affinis algae eaters and Neocaridina Davidi Yellow Line shrimps from a year ago. I'm still sometimes considering adding 1 male Honey Gourami. Do you think that would be a good addition?
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As in btw, I'm much pleased with my filter after all. I planned to change it for a canister filter, but it's working superb enough. I haven't wanted to risk tubes out of the water in my apartment after all.
The filter is a bit oversized but I would not pick a smaller one! And it has flow adjustment button on top. It's Eheim Biopower 160 (for 80-160 litres) inside lined with filter floss to block the filter from shrimps. I renew it at every filter maintenance. Then inside of it is the original coarse sponge, then biological filter media Eheim Substrat Pro which has performed excellent! And lastly a very small pouch of Seachem Purigen (50g) in the top section of the filter for added clarity. Surface flow attained with its vertical outflow tube. This filter has been enough in power and capability and the Purigen keeps the water crystal clear, like I didn't have any wood at all in there. It used to colour the water. I'm super pleased with Purigen. It was a brilliant investment for enjoyment!
Those are a shoal of regular green neon tetras, but in their full size. I've had them all for almost 2 years or so. They are usually bit smaller in shops.
Other inhabitants are Macrotocinclus affinis algae eaters and Neocaridina Davidi Yellow Line shrimps from a year ago. I'm still sometimes considering adding 1 male Honey Gourami. Do you think that would be a good addition?
- - -
As in btw, I'm much pleased with my filter after all. I planned to change it for a canister filter, but it's working superb enough. I haven't wanted to risk tubes out of the water in my apartment after all.
The filter is a bit oversized but I would not pick a smaller one! And it has flow adjustment button on top. It's Eheim Biopower 160 (for 80-160 litres) inside lined with filter floss to block the filter from shrimps. I renew it at every filter maintenance. Then inside of it is the original coarse sponge, then biological filter media Eheim Substrat Pro which has performed excellent! And lastly a very small pouch of Seachem Purigen (50g) in the top section of the filter for added clarity. Surface flow attained with its vertical outflow tube. This filter has been enough in power and capability and the Purigen keeps the water crystal clear, like I didn't have any wood at all in there. It used to colour the water. I'm super pleased with Purigen. It was a brilliant investment for enjoyment!
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I have never kept gourami so I don’t know what kind of tank mate it would be. But it is a good looking fish. A single Paradise fish would work.
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