Description of the aquarium:
Category:
Tank size:
160 x 60 x 60 = 576 liters ~ 152 gallons (us)
Specific features:
Inlet and outlet holes, back to nature back wall Slim line (red gneiss)
Aquarium decoration:
Gravel:
Dennerle DeponitMix ca 35 kg
River sand 0.2 to 0.8 mm approx 75 kg
River sand 0.2 to 0.8 mm approx 75 kg
Plants:
Echinodorus bolivianus
Echinodorus amazonicus
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus horemanii
Echinodorus "little bear"
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Echinodorus amazonicus
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus horemanii
Echinodorus "little bear"
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Special features of the facility:
Terrace of three matched Kunstsoffterassen (each 60 cm in the original)
A large mangrove roots
Placed four medium roots around the water pipe
A large mangrove roots
Placed four medium roots around the water pipe
Aquarium equipment:
Lighting:
GHL ProfiLux II
GHL T5 light bars 2x 80 watts separately dimmable with Dennerle Special Plant and JBL Nature
GHL professional Simu BW tube (red, blue and white LEDs)
Lighting time: 10: 00 to 22:00 clock (including one hour of sunset and sunrise)
Cloud simulation at 10% probability and a maximum 70% blackout.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. dimming to 30% (algae Pause)
Tuesday rainy day lighting throughout the day at 30%
GHL T5 light bars 2x 80 watts separately dimmable with Dennerle Special Plant and JBL Nature
GHL professional Simu BW tube (red, blue and white LEDs)
Lighting time: 10: 00 to 22:00 clock (including one hour of sunset and sunrise)
Cloud simulation at 10% probability and a maximum 70% blackout.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. dimming to 30% (algae Pause)
Tuesday rainy day lighting throughout the day at 30%
Filtration:
Bioaussenfilter 80 x 40 x 40 cm with 4 chambers
In filters Filter Balls, sintered ceramic tubes and fine filter foam
Eheim compact 2000
In filters Filter Balls, sintered ceramic tubes and fine filter foam
Eheim compact 2000
Other equipment:
Flow reactor (see photo)
2 kg Co2 bottle
300 Watt Jäger heater in the filter tank
Heating and CO2 addition are controlled (via a daughter card) with the ProfiLux II
2 kg Co2 bottle
300 Watt Jäger heater in the filter tank
Heating and CO2 addition are controlled (via a daughter card) with the ProfiLux II
Stocking:
40 Paracheirodon axelrodi (Red Neon)
10 Otocinclus affinis (ear grating catfish)
2 Platydoras costatus (Striped Raphael Catfish)
1 Pimelodus pictus (angel catfish) (does not have any Neons eaten)
16 Hemigrammus bleheri (Rummy)
1 Rineloricaria fallax (whiptail catfish)
1/1 Pterophyllum scalare (scalar)
10 Otocinclus affinis (ear grating catfish)
2 Platydoras costatus (Striped Raphael Catfish)
1 Pimelodus pictus (angel catfish) (does not have any Neons eaten)
16 Hemigrammus bleheri (Rummy)
1 Rineloricaria fallax (whiptail catfish)
1/1 Pterophyllum scalare (scalar)
Water parameters:
Water change every two weeks 35%
Mixture of tap water, reverse osmosis water and peat water
Temp: 25 degrees, at night 23 degrees
pH: 6.8
Kh: 4
GH: 5
NO2: 0.0
NH4: 0
O2: 8
Conductance: 265
NO3: 0.5
PO4: 0
Fe: 0.1
CO2: 25
Measured with JBL droplet test and conductivity meter
Mixture of tap water, reverse osmosis water and peat water
Temp: 25 degrees, at night 23 degrees
pH: 6.8
Kh: 4
GH: 5
NO2: 0.0
NH4: 0
O2: 8
Conductance: 265
NO3: 0.5
PO4: 0
Fe: 0.1
CO2: 25
Measured with JBL droplet test and conductivity meter
Feeding:
JBL GranoMix mini
JBL Grana Discus (for catfishes)
JBL Novo Tab
Sera vipan
Sera vipagran
Sera san
Tetra TabiMin
Tetra PlecoMin
Tetra WaferMix
Dennerle Algae Futterbläter for catfish
Greens:
Cucumber
paprika
Zuccini
Peas
Frozen Food:
Aretemia
White and black muelas
from time to time alive
JBL Grana Discus (for catfishes)
JBL Novo Tab
Sera vipan
Sera vipagran
Sera san
Tetra TabiMin
Tetra PlecoMin
Tetra WaferMix
Dennerle Algae Futterbläter for catfish
Greens:
Cucumber
paprika
Zuccini
Peas
Frozen Food:
Aretemia
White and black muelas
from time to time alive
Further information:
Fertilize after the Dennerle system
