Lighting: 2-MH (6500K and 5500K) fluorescent Bulbs replaced in the last month
Equipment: 2-Ebo Jager heaters and Eheim 2028 (with coral bag) in main filter and Eheim 2226 connected to reactor
Plants: rotala macrandra, "sunset" hygro, rotala indica, water sprite, Micranthemum (Hemianthus) micranthemoides, ludwigia granulosa, mayaca fluviatilis, aponogeton crispus, hygrophila corymbosa, a few crypts, java fern, bolbitis, a few species of anubias, water wisteria, bacopa monnieri, a few variaties of tiger lotus, dwarf hair grass, ludwigia arcuata, bacopa caroliniana, ludwigia repens x, hygrophila stricta, hygrophila polysperma, cardamine lyrata, Alternathera reineckii, pigmy chain sword, dwarf sagittaria.
Setting it up almost broke my bank.I pay £30/month electrity just for this tank. I still say, worth every penny. I do a 30% weekly water change, straight tap water with dechlorinator. I just adjust tap water temp close to tank temp. Syphoning the gravel is usually the best option, but as the Cardinals dont have as much biological impact as other fish, the plants usually see to most of their small amounts of waste.
Fertilizers: Dupla 24 daily (10 drops), also TMG (40-50mL), and Seachem Iron. All used rarely. I had in running on a Pressurized 10# CO2 via timer and dupla reactor 400
Most of my eqiupment was bought over the net or in LFS. And yes, I breed the Cardinals.
Equipment: 2-Ebo Jager heaters and Eheim 2028 (with coral bag) in main filter and Eheim 2226 connected to reactor
Plants: rotala macrandra, "sunset" hygro, rotala indica, water sprite, Micranthemum (Hemianthus) micranthemoides, ludwigia granulosa, mayaca fluviatilis, aponogeton crispus, hygrophila corymbosa, a few crypts, java fern, bolbitis, a few species of anubias, water wisteria, bacopa monnieri, a few variaties of tiger lotus, dwarf hair grass, ludwigia arcuata, bacopa caroliniana, ludwigia repens x, hygrophila stricta, hygrophila polysperma, cardamine lyrata, Alternathera reineckii, pigmy chain sword, dwarf sagittaria.
Setting it up almost broke my bank.I pay £30/month electrity just for this tank. I still say, worth every penny. I do a 30% weekly water change, straight tap water with dechlorinator. I just adjust tap water temp close to tank temp. Syphoning the gravel is usually the best option, but as the Cardinals dont have as much biological impact as other fish, the plants usually see to most of their small amounts of waste.
Fertilizers: Dupla 24 daily (10 drops), also TMG (40-50mL), and Seachem Iron. All used rarely. I had in running on a Pressurized 10# CO2 via timer and dupla reactor 400
Most of my eqiupment was bought over the net or in LFS. And yes, I breed the Cardinals.
Nice tank, whats the plant covering the substrate?
