My 190 gallon

ss720

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This thread is to keep track of my tank from start and to fish.

Tank and stand
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Fluval FX6 - Eheim substrat pro and purigen
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One of two Eheim 2217 with 11w UV - mostly mechanical filtration with purigen
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Week one left side
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Week one right side
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Full tank shot week one
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Week two
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Month 2 - arrival of fish!
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7 angels
20 sterbai
4 apistogramma vijeta II
30 otocinclus
30 amano shrimp
20 rummynose tetra
3 bristle nose plecos

Viejita II male
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The second male
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More photos of fish/shrimp will come.

Will be adding 3-5 Bolivian rams on Monday.

And provide a new full tank shot - some more plants have been added 4-5 but nicely placed IMO.

Considering adding a shoal of different type tetras as well, not sure what.


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ss720

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Had a huge snail problem at the end of cycling the tank, tried snail traps and picking them out manually...

But they didn't go away, but added two hunter snails, and within a week they were all gone!

And I like them, so I'm keeping them.
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Within a few hours of adding ottos, I noticed that the brown algae seen in picture below went away from all of my plants. Within 6 hours they eat it up!! I love these guys.
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Looks great....im guessing those ate real plants ?

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ss720

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All real.

Anubias nana
Java fern narrow

And 2-4 Anubias minima or petite.
Cant remember at the moment the name, I think it's minima

There is a small bunch of egeria densa hidden behind the main plants and roots, not visible, that is for sucking up ammonia and waste by products. I trim it with each water change.

Lights are on for 6 h at first, will increase gradually to 8 and leave it at that.

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Looks good. I was confused at first with the darker pics...looked like a different tank but dah, the room was darker.
 

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Looks great...magazine cover material

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