01/12/13
TotM DECEMBER 2013
This month's Tank of the Month belongs to Kim Holshausen.
Inhabitants:- * Bristle nosed catfish x 2
- * Siamese flying foxes x 3
- * Kuhli loaches x 2
- * Clown loaches x2
- * Checkerboard cichlids x 3
- * Kribs x 4
- * Blue rams x 2
- * Bolivian rams x 4
- * Siamese fighters x 1 pair
- * Orange mottled angels x 3
- * Blue grey angels x 2
- * Dwarf gouramies x 3
- * Neon tetras x 10
- * Rummy nose tetras x 8
How big is your tank?
4ft, 300 litres.
What equipment are you using (filtration, lighting, heater, CO2 gear etc)?
2 Eheim canister filters, twin T5 54 watt Glo light, Aquascape C02 Pro injection system, 300W Eheim heater. I used to run just one filter, but with the amount of fish in the tank we found the second filter makes a big difference.
What aquascaping have you done (gravel, plants, corals, etc)?
2 types of Java fern on golden vine bog wood. Amazon swords, green lotus, thai stricta and wisteria in the background. Red hygro and red rotala to give a splash of colour. Helanthium bolivium in the mid-ground. Assorted crypts, hairgrass and Japanese rush in the foreground.
How much time do you spend maintaining your tank per week?
About 1-2 hours. A water test and 10% water change every week. The plants are trimmed from time to time in the evenings.
What do you feed your fish?
Mix of dry and frozen foods. Tetra flakes and pellets, Hikari cichlid pellets and sinking wafers for the bottom feeders. Frozen bloodworms and shrimp from time to time. The clown loaches really love the shrimp ;-)
Tell us some interesting/unique about your tank?
For our wedding, I got a diamond ring and my husband was promised a fish tank. It took a few years, and this is the result!
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