Thought I would post some pictures of my current favorite of my display tanks. It's a 29-gallon All-Glass (Aqueon). The substrate is my special mix for plants that I call, "BTDarters' Streambed Complete Plant Mix". That's a mouthful! The background is by OceanVisions. Filtration is a Whisper 60. The aeration unit is a Hydor Ario 2. I plan to replace this with a bubble disk that will be under the gravel, but haven't gotten around to that yet. Fertilization is done using Flourish Excel by Seachem, dosed daily. Water changes are performed every one to two weeks. Percent changed is always 50%. Lighting is a Coralife T5 Twin-tube, specifically for plant growth.
Livestock in the tank is a pretty light load. I have:
Fantail Darters (Etheostoma fabellarae) x 10
Red Shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), Male x 1
Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) x 1
Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spilopterus) x 1
Rosy Barb (non-U.S. native) x 1
Otocinclus affinis (non-native algae eater) x 4
Otocinclus sp. (non-native algae eater) x 1
Plants in the tank are really starting to come in to their own. I have:
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), small plants
Hyrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis'
Rotala rotundifolia?
Java Fern (Microsorum pteropus)
Vallisneria americana var. 'Jungle'?
Cryptocorene balanse
Cryptocorene wendtii
Without further ado, the pictures!
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The full tank. The pink area in the lower right is a reflection from one of my terrestrial plant lamps. Didn't notice it 'til I loaded the pics to my computer. Aaarrgghh!
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Closeup of the right side of the tank. The rock was actually more algae-covered than it is now. The algae eaters and snails are doing a good job. I know...snails. For whatever reason the Fantail Darters aren't eating them. Go figure!
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Closeup of the left side of the tank. The Hygro. corymbosa is really starting to take off!
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Two Fantail Darters busily not eating snails! C'mon guys, get to work!
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A pond snail on the Hygro.. I don't know why, I thought this was kind-of a neat picture.
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A closeup of the Crypt. wendtii leaves.
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This is the Otocinclus that I'm not sure of the species of. It came in with Oto. affinis, but it has a much thicker black stripe than the other Otos, a pointier nose, and doesn't have the same basicaudal pattern that the other affinis have. Any ideas?
Brian