Goldie Haven 2011 =)

**Fizgig777** · 15th Mar 2011, 07:20

Hi all.... It's been a while since I was last here.... Been doing a LOT of traveling. Home for a year or so now, so I thought I'd update you all on Goldie Haven. The tank still sits in my living room =) These were taken last week...

Overview

Plant Life -- all live:

Fish:
** Jinji ** -- Comet rescued from feeder tank... 10 cent fish

** Pepper ** -- Blue Shubunkin; technically a calico in black, white, & blue

** Hershey ** -- chocolate Ryukin

Stock List:
1 Comet Goldie, 1 Shubunkin Goldie, 1 Chocolate Ryukin Goldie, 9 White Cloud Mt. Minnows {3 regular & 6 gold}, Olive Nerite & Malaysian Trumpet Snails.

4 Amazon Swords, 1 Red Rubin Sword, Various Anubias species, Ludwigia.

Lighting:
2 watts/US gallon, fluorescent 6700K, 11hrs. a day.

Moonlighting is LED from above, underwater... Strip contains 6 blue elements and is on 3.5hrs. at night.

Various amts. of indirect sunlight hit this tank as well. Intensity and longevity vary with the seasons, etc.

Filtration:
External mechanical with some biological @ 350 GPH.
Internal biological @ 200 GPH.
Live plants!
Lava Rocks.

Substrate:
Fluorite with river rock over the top. Also various natural lava & rainbow rocks throughout aquarium.

Tank Temp.:
72˙F minimum in winter - 80˙F max. in summer . Heater is installed.

Aquarium Dimensions & Stuff:
Custom built bullet proof, tempered glass. 3'W x 3'D x 5'T. Glass covered.

***Note that these photos are not post-water change shots. The last water change was performed 4wks. prior.

Questions & comments welcomed!

**Fizgig777** · 15th Nov 2012, 00:11

Oct. 2012 update. Click on photos for bigger versions.

Hershey -- male Ryukin Goldfish who used to be all chocolate colored.

Pepper -- male Blue Shubunkin Goldfish; also qualifies as calico in blue, black, & white.

Changes:
• Removed all Echinodorus species as Pepper was mauling them.
• Rescaped tank & added more Anubias specimens from Tropical Haven
• Calico fantail, Kanji developed tumors and had to be euthanized
• Hershey is now all orange and has developed breeding stars so he's a mature adult Ryukin now. His color may still change in time. He's still young at 5 yrs. old.
• Only one White Cloud Mountain Minnow left -- the rest succumbed to old age. The one left is 3 yrs. old now. She'll get new buddies soon.

Thanks for your interest!!