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Data:
Photo Date: December 2001
Tank Dimensions: L 24.25" x W 12.5" x H 16.75" (61.6cm x 31.75cm x 42.55cm)
Volume: 20 gallons (75.6 liters)
Illumination: 36 watts Osram compact fluorescent
Illumination Time: 12 hours per day
Filter System: Whisper 2 powerfilter, Hagen Aquaclear 201 Powerhead
Substrate: 2-3 mm "Estes" brand epoxy coated gravel (bits of walnut), 15.4 pounds (7 kilograms) of Seachem Flourite
Weekly Fertilizer: 4 ml of Seachem Flourish liquid, 250 mg of calcium carbonate
CO2 supply: "Do-It-Yourself" Yeast/ Baking Soda/ Sugar in 2 liter bottle
CO2 injection: via venturi on 201 Quickfilter Powerhead
Water Change: 40% every 4-7 days
Water Treatment: Seachem Prime
Temperature: 84 degrees Fahrenheit (28.89 degrees Celsius)
pH Value: 7.0
Total Hardness (GH): 160 ppm
Carbonate Hardness (KH): 3dKHFish:
Brown Discus - Symphysodon aequifasciata axlerodi
Dwarf Suckermouth Catfish - Ottocinclus affinis
Flag Fish - Jordanella floridae
Panda Cory Catfish - Corydoras panda
Gold Nugget Catfish - Baryancistrus sp.
Siamese Algae Eater - Crossocheilus siamensisPlants:
African Water Fern - Bolbitis heudelotii
Java Fern - Microsorum pteropus
Java Fern "Narrow Leaf" - Microsorum brassii.
Java Fern "Small Leaf" - Microsorum sp.
Java Fern "Tropica" - Microsorum pteropus "Tropica"
Java Fern "Windelov" - Microsorum pteropus "Windelov"
Java Moss - Vesicularia dubyana
Anubias barteri var. barteri
Cryptocoryne crispatula var balansae
Cryptocoryne wendtii "red"
Notes:
I won this aquarium tank, the filter, and the hood at our local aquarium club's raffle. This is my "low light" plant tank. Previously, I only had a single 15 watt Triton fluorescent light over this tank. Although the java ferns, the anubias, and the african water ferns, did okay at this low lighting, the cryptocoryne crispatula really suffered. So I've had this light strip converted to a 36 watt compact fluorescent using the AH Supply retrofit kit. This tank is heated by a 150 watt EBO Jagger. None of the other fish bother the lone female brown discus; she's too aggressive for me to keep any other discus and sometimes will even try to bite the other fish as well as my hand during tank maintenance! This aquarium is in my office at work - it has a mirrored back. The Microsorum brassii came from Loh Kwek Leong and the anubias gracilis and nymphaea daubenyana are from Rehoboth Aquatics.
