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Aquarium Blog by sadlsticsienna at 6/2/2017 9:10:14 AM New 70L aquarium. Gravel: Orca 8-12mm Black gravel Marina 5-8mm Black gravel Orca 3mm Black Gravel (decided against sand - white or black/glass) because it is messy. Food and waste stays above it and it's bad for plant root water circulation. Also the black sand was basically glass and was rough on bottom fish. Found out this crap with my 55g which has had the tahitian black sand/glass, and recently white sand. White sand always goes a tinge of yellow or something, just so annoying. Have to clean too much, and yeah poop so obvious. Also decided against Active substrates like Up Aqua or any of the more marketed brands like ADA AS. Basically They're like dirt and when it's disturbed it makes a dust cloud in the aquarium that takes ages to settle. Testing Up Aqua in my pond but too messy for aquarium. Also seems kinda compacting like dirt, I'd be worried about roots rotting due to lack of circulation. Also worried about spiking ammonia and affecting fish with that kind of cloud. Can't be good. With larger pebbles and Tabs that won't happen. Plants: Cryptocoryne wenditti var. Green (already have) Some non ID plant I collected at river. Anubias on wood. (need to get later). Amazon sword (hopefully). Substrate Ferts: Osmocote Pond Seachem Flourish Tabs Laterite DIY Tabs for the crypt, non ID plant and sword. Water Column Ferts: Seachem N, P, K (not as much K). N and P less needed when bare cycle is complete. Must dose N and P atm since there is no fish etc. And some Flourish comprehensive and Iron, low dose of Excel. Tank: Aquaone Reflex 70. I did want to have CRS shrimp but that filter is inbuilt is really fast so uuuh I'll have to either rip it apart and put a slower one in or put a HOB or sponge filter. Kinda thinking of having Neon tetras as main fish.

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meowthx3	6/2/2017 9:35:07 AM I had an aquarium with goldfish and guppies and a little catfish, then my son at 4 yrs old dumped in milk and oj , when I discovered this the tank looked like cloudy milk all fish were dead except one goldfish and the catfish, so I really admired the toughness of those surviving fish
001snatch	6/2/2017 1:03:32 PM Like aquariums a lot.had a couple of them.
ttrockz55	6/2/2017 5:15:27 PM My daughter and her boyfriend have several wall length aquariums in the living room, plus smaller ones around the furniture and in all four bedrooms. A lot of different kinds and sizes of fish. Their home is very relaxing.
flatheadone	6/2/2017 7:09:37 PM I have a 1/8 acre pond in my yard that I have had pet fish in and I really enjoyed them over the years
terry50sclassic	6/2/2017 10:15:00 PM Flat we need to go down to weekie watchee and get some mermaids .dam I knew spell promo was,gonna have fun with that name Well on subject. No aquarium but my parents house in Ocala ,my dad,built a,fishbpond .actually eas,a circle and used concrete blocks.funny thing was he had a boy of Brussels concrete statute .it is a little boy peeing .would upset neighbors when hooked to garden hose lol.or could smoke a,cigarette and blow smoke rings .alas some body stole it. Had goldfish. But that thing eas,Spain in the ads to clean . Oh is yours saltwater?
terry50sclassic	6/2/2017 10:17:36 PM Pain not Spain and rain falls,on the prain?
terry50sclassic	6/2/2017 10:20:51 PM I Had seen something that looks Like a,plastic tube used to suck up dirt in bottom of aquarium..hooks to pump? Any way interesting blog.
sadlsticsienna	6/3/2017 6:02:47 AM It's fresh water. Also have a 300L pond. and a 55 gallon aquarium. That has 2 kuhli loaches and a Red tail black shark. There is like 1 single pond snail zooming around the plant only tank lol. Should be enough algae growing for him. Either way i have food I can give him. In a sec I'll capture him and put him near an algae wafer lol. I should mention they were previously in the garage in this same tank but no ferts so they had pretty bad phosphorus deficiency, basically brown and were very close to ground (since light was on so much). Then they were in the complete dark for months because my mum made me turn the light off and filter. Then I put them outside in the pond for a few months in Up Aquasoil and they grew green and more normally but had a bit of melt from cold/change in temperature. Crypts are kinda famous for melt lol. This tank is very scratched, so kinda sucks but it's only being used till I dark bare cycle the 70L reflex with ammonia chloride in the garage. Kinda had to jam the like multiple plants in 2 pots cos it was very messy and I'd had to of cut down more pots. Originally those pots were 2x higher. These are the fish in the main.
sadlsticsienna	6/3/2017 6:06:55 AM This is the pond, note how the crypts were in there at that time but it got too cold, like less than 18 degreees and yeh. Think I need to add a bit of fert cos recently the lilies are more yellow and not as many. May just be from cold tho. The thicker plants at bottom back were from camping but I can't seem to ID them
terry50sclassic	6/3/2017 7:05:53 PM Nice shots! Super color satuation .i used to do film photography. Guess digital.shots .what camera? Nice job!