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Thread: My 55Gal before breakdown, relocation and aquascape

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    My 55Gal before breakdown, relocation and aquascape

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    Hi, I am new to this site so I though I'd share my tank

    Tech Specs

    Tank: US 55Gal 48L in X 18D X 12W (my first eva tank :P)

    Lighting: 3 X 4ft Aquastar T8 10K, 1 X 4ft T8 Quadphosphor Phillips?, 1 X 4Ft T8 Cool White Vanilla

    CO2: 2 X 2ltr Coke Bottle DIY with DIY Powerhead + Gravel VAC Diffuser

    Substrate: Kitty litter (atapulgite clay)

    Filter: Aquaone CF1200, Atman Cannister (I know.... over filtered) 1 is for my second tank

    Fertilizer: Flourish Excel (Yes its a miricle in a bottle!!! Seriously this stuff is the key for beginners (Algacide )

    Flora: ***Shame*** sorry not my thing they're just plants to me, Anubias (5 diff varieties), pearl weed, hair grass, some crypts, christmas moss, java moss, java fern 3 diff var., an amazon sword, luwigia, hygroflolia, many unidentfied local creek plants

    Fauna: 20X Local Creek rainbow (2 diff species), 1X SAE, 1X clown loach (who seems to avoid snails GRR!), 10^10 local creek shrimp varieties (Some are wood shrimp?), 1 X Glass fish (local), 3 X Smelts (local)

    Well as you can see its on the cheap, so here the pics. I am moving so it is in grow out no aquascape mode until the move


    here is a long shot of the tank (yes its a jungle in grow out mode)


    CO2 DIY 2 X 2 ltr coke bottles yeast + sugar + flour


    CO2 reactor


    Lights 5 X 4 ft T8's 8 hrs photo by timer


    Substrate Kitty litter + some left over gravel

    closer up shots


    Far Left


    Middle left


    Middle right


    Far right


    Weel thats it until tear down and aquascape when i move in about a week.... will post more

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    2 bottle of diy co2 can feed a 55G ?? Did you somehow crop the pics? the bottles look really small like 1litre.

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    No they're 2ltrs, thats a aquaone cf1200 behind for reference height... maybe the angle makes em look small

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    Then you should be using the same 2L coke bottles as myself.

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