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Nice. Subscribed to this thread. Just the thread I need to kick start a cory tank as well.
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Good day to all, i've been in this hobby for about 1 year. The journey had been fun and fulfilling, feeding your fishes and watching them grow. I've also come to learn that for uncreative people like me, it's best to attain inspiration from experts here or other forums.
Having said the above and really got inspired by a guy name "JadeIceGreen" on another forum, I've decided to start my own corydoras tank. Below is a picture of the tank:
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Tank: Glassterior 450
Lights: Up Aqua Z-Series
Sand: Ada La Plata sand (Wanted to use Sudo Reed Sand but it was sold out everywhere)
Filter: Eheim Ecco Pro 130
Media: Seachem Matrix + Sponges
Plants:
Since I am using sand as the base,I needed to use plants which does not need substrate to grow, my choices are pretty limited to Java Ferns and Anubias and mosses. For my tank as of now, there are only Java Ferns and Anubias. Looking to add a little moss to the wood to make it look more natural.
Faunas: Will be adding Cory Sterbais this coming week. However, i am still at a dilemma on whether should i make it a Sterbai only tank or a mixed Cory tank.
The tank had been running for 1 week. I kicked start the cycling process by using my old Seachem Matrix media and sponges from my mature tank's Eheim 2211 and put them into the new filter. By the four day, the readings are as follows:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5-10
PH: 7.5
I am currently just going to continue to run the tank over the weekend and the corys will be added in the middle of the next week.
Things to do:
1. Finding one more piece of branch to link the right side woods to the left side stones so that both side will not look so separated.
2. Adding Cory Sterbais.
3. Getting either mosses or Fissidens to compliment the woods.
Thanks for taking the time to read and please, comments are welcomed!
Nice. Subscribed to this thread. Just the thread I need to kick start a cory tank as well.
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Does anyone know which LFS stocks a healthy quantity of Cory Sterbais?
Update. Bought 5 cory sterbais from Quan Hu yesterday. They have quite alot of corys there.
Dropped off the corys into my tank after 1hr of climatisation. From then till now, they seem to be doing fine, swimming around once in awhile but most of the time hiding in 1 corner of the tank. Hope they will get use to the tank soon and swim around more often.
Will be buying a few more sterbais in the coming days to add to the tank
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Bro, i love both of your setups, very smoothing to the eyes!
pretty setup.. Like it
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