Monday, April 12, 2010

The Initial Setup

Time to get down to the nitty-gritty. Here's what I'm starting with:

Equipment
15 gallon glass aquarium
Hagen Glo T5-HO 54W light fixture
AquaClear 20 Power Filter
50W water heater
Black Eco-Complete Plant Substrate (1x 20lbs bag)
Gnarly tree stump
Indian Almond leaf litter (Terminalia catappa)

Plants
Common Amazon Sword (Echinodorus amazonicus)
Pygmy Chain Sword (Echinodorus tenellus)
Vallisneria spiralis
Anacharis
Cabomba

Fish
Pair of German Blue Ram Cichlids (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi)
6 Venezuelan Pygmy Cory (Corydoras habrosus)
4 Rummy-Nose Tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus)

Water
~90% RO water, ~10% hard dechlorinated tap water
TDS: ~130ppm
Alk: ~2 dKH
pH: ~7.5
Temp: ~77°F

1 comment:

  1. When we get settled in the new place, I've got to get a tank... good stuff.

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