Mike16T
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No one ever includes adult beverages with any of my plant orders.
I know right! Not fair! I'm emailing Buceplant.com now. This ain't right! I want my beer too! I ordered plenty pf plants from them!
emersed tank set up
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I know right! Not fair! I'm emailing Buceplant.com now. This ain't right! I want my beer too! I ordered plenty pf plants from them!
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Loren
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Sounds like you want to adopt his?
VickiK
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Nooooooooo.
L190
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Haven't updated this in a while. since I started this tank, I have collected more rare crypts and plants as well as change a few things with the set up.
What I did was switch out the acrylic tank for a glass one. the acrylic tank's top started warping due to the lights, due to that, the top developed some openings which decreased the humidity.
I got rid of the water pump / sprayer. what I found out was that black cotton like mold was developing on the sides of the tank and the plants. I believe this came fro the miracle grow potting soil and by spraying, it spread the spores all over the tank. if I were to set up an automatic sprayer, I would use a 5 gallon bucket with rodi water as a reservoir.
I also upgraded the air pump. I switched out 2 generic air pumps for a eco plus pro 20 "linear" air pump. I built a 12 valve manifold to run 2 emersed tanks. the benefit of the new air pump is that it is very strong and very quiet, the bubbles from the air wand makes more noire than the pump.
I had extra room bellow the 55 gallon tank so I set up another emersed tank, it is a 20l.
55 gallon tank:
[GALLERY=media, 258]55 emersed tank by L190 posted Oct 7, 2017 at 7:32 PM[/GALLERY]
Plants:
crypts: Grabowski, ideii, petchii pink, cordata, ferruginea, cordata var. diderci, blasii, nakamotoi, nurii, notoroi wongso, jacobsenii pink, affinis metallic red, bullosa, affinis green, Uenoi, zukalii, Fusca, striolata, pink flamingo, Yuji, Kubotae, green gecko, nurii luminous green, matakensis, Striolata mini
swords: aflame, iguazu 09 (waiting for more leaves to find out), Verde (need more leaves to find out), Satan
various buces
various anubias
[GALLERY=media, 259]20l crypt tank by L190 posted Oct 7, 2017 at 7:32 PM[/GALLERY]
crypts: grafithii, silver queen, sahalii, poisiden, yellow ring, striolata tiger stripe, nurii metallic red, striolata red, lingua, nurii Rosen maiden, hudoroi, Fusca 'badau', tingii Kota, nurii pahang mutated, ferruginea long leaf, pelan, minima gasser, alba brown, dewittii, Fusca, hendriki
What I did was switch out the acrylic tank for a glass one. the acrylic tank's top started warping due to the lights, due to that, the top developed some openings which decreased the humidity.
I got rid of the water pump / sprayer. what I found out was that black cotton like mold was developing on the sides of the tank and the plants. I believe this came fro the miracle grow potting soil and by spraying, it spread the spores all over the tank. if I were to set up an automatic sprayer, I would use a 5 gallon bucket with rodi water as a reservoir.
I also upgraded the air pump. I switched out 2 generic air pumps for a eco plus pro 20 "linear" air pump. I built a 12 valve manifold to run 2 emersed tanks. the benefit of the new air pump is that it is very strong and very quiet, the bubbles from the air wand makes more noire than the pump.
I had extra room bellow the 55 gallon tank so I set up another emersed tank, it is a 20l.
55 gallon tank:
[GALLERY=media, 258]55 emersed tank by L190 posted Oct 7, 2017 at 7:32 PM[/GALLERY]
Plants:
crypts: Grabowski, ideii, petchii pink, cordata, ferruginea, cordata var. diderci, blasii, nakamotoi, nurii, notoroi wongso, jacobsenii pink, affinis metallic red, bullosa, affinis green, Uenoi, zukalii, Fusca, striolata, pink flamingo, Yuji, Kubotae, green gecko, nurii luminous green, matakensis, Striolata mini
swords: aflame, iguazu 09 (waiting for more leaves to find out), Verde (need more leaves to find out), Satan
various buces
various anubias
[GALLERY=media, 259]20l crypt tank by L190 posted Oct 7, 2017 at 7:32 PM[/GALLERY]
crypts: grafithii, silver queen, sahalii, poisiden, yellow ring, striolata tiger stripe, nurii metallic red, striolata red, lingua, nurii Rosen maiden, hudoroi, Fusca 'badau', tingii Kota, nurii pahang mutated, ferruginea long leaf, pelan, minima gasser, alba brown, dewittii, Fusca, hendriki
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Seattle_Aquarist
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Nice L190!