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29 gallon freshwater tank, 2 black mollies (both genders), 2 silver mollies (female).
I plan to hang black fabric down the front of the stand to make it look tidier.
I'm keeping it at 75°F, and the pH is stable at 7.4. Tap water pH is 8.4.
| 2004-12-05 | Started tank with 4 mollies. No bacterial seeding. |
| 2004-12-26 | Nitrite showed up and ammonia vanished. |
| 2005-02-01 | Nitrite finally hit zero, tank is cycled (58 days). |
| 2005-02-13 | Added 2 angelfish. |
| 2005-02-27 | Added 3 cories, 2 mollies, should be done stocking. |
| 2005-04-24 | Newest mollie died after swim bladder issues. |
| 2005-05-16 | Spotted mollie died. Aggressive mollie is crooked. |
| 2005-06-10 | Fancy black mollie died. Had been getting very skinny but seemed to be eating until the day before. |
| 2005-07-03 | The last of my fancy mollies died. I now have 2 angelfish, 2 black mollies, and 2 cories. |
| 2007-07-08 | Black angel died. One angel and one mollie remaining. |
| 2008-09-08 | Last angel died. |
| 2009-09-30 | Bought 3 goldfish. |
| 2009-12-12 | With no water changes since I bought goldfish, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all at 0ppm. pH is 7.4. |
- I want to build two acrylic tanks based on: http://www.duboisi.com/diy/BNdiytank/bndiytank.htm
215 gallons each, roughly 8'x2'x2'. No frame at all, for the appearance of a freestanding block of water. Lit by metal halide pendants hung from the cieling. - I want to put one in the livingroom where a TV should go, as a discus based community tank, probably with neons and cories. With the bottom completely covered in hair grass.
- The other I want to put aggressive fish in - oscars, green terrors, and jack dempsies, and some kind(s) of dither fish, extreemly similar to this: http://www.cichlidgallery.com/agez-240gal-american-tank discussion: http://cichlidforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=10688
- I want to have them hooked to a single filtration system based on 1 massive DIY mechanical filter, a sump, an inline heater, and one pump and DIY fluidized bed filter per tank.
Have:
- 29 gallon All Glass aquarium (black trim)
- All Glass double wood stand (black)
- All Glass delux hood (black)
- Marineland Penguine 330 bio-wheel power filter (rated 70 gallons)
- Marineland Visi-Therm Stealth submersible 150 watt heater (rated 45 gallons)
- Aquarium Pharmacuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit
- NutriMatic 2x automatic feeder (not yet hooked up)
- Aquarium Pharmacuticals Aquarium Salt (1 teaspoon per 5 gallons)
- Amquel (dechloriminator)
- TetraMin tropical flake food
- Hagen 5"x16" net
- internal thermometer
- Estes' Spectra Stone, 25lbs (gravel)
- 2 5 gallon buckets for water changes with "warning: do not drown babies" signs
- vacuum siphon
- magnetic scrubber
- amonia alert (constant free amonia level tester that stays in the tank)
- 2 plastic plants
Want:
- chlorine/chloramine test kit
- free/total ammonia test kit
- novaqua - stress coat
- Aquarium Pharmacuticals Freshwater GH / KH test
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