new pics of my tank

[naps]

I have thinned it out a "little" since I took these last week. Let me know what you think.

[edmlfc]

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Wow!  Your tanks looks great. Do you use co2? I just started mine but I'm not using co2 in it.

[naps]

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Wow!  Your tanks looks great. Do you use co2? I just started mine but I'm not using co2 in it.

No I don't use CO2, my tank has an overflow so I dose with Flourish Excell 2-3 times a week.
Thanks!

[edmlfc]

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Great news for me! I hope mine does as well as yours. I pefer to do without co2 so I'm hoping for the best. After seeing your tank and a few others on this forum it really gives me hope that mine will be just as beatuiful one day.

[wesleydnunder]

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Looks very lush, Naps. The fish look nice and healthy too. Nice job!

Mark

[myjohnson]

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Wow, no CO2 and the plants are growing like that.  The tanks looks good.....might want to trim it some (just IMO).

[wayneside]

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look amazing!

[finfan]

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wow - very nice lush growth, glad to hear the plants are growing w/o CO2 because I am trying to keep my tank non CO2 and seems like everyone is suggesting adding CO2,

did you ever have algae problems?  if so, how did you deal with it?  how long have you had this tank?  give us a little more stat on the tank - size, light, filtration, types of plants, fish (so far i see angels, clown loaches, rummys), any other dozing other than flourish excel?

[edmlfc]

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wow - very nice lush growth, glad to hear the plants are growing w/o CO2 because I am trying to keep my tank non CO2 and seems like everyone is suggesting adding CO2,

did you ever have algae problems?  if so, how did you deal with it?  how long have you had this tank?  give us a little more stat on the tank - size, light, filtration, types of plants, fish (so far i see angels, clown loaches, rummys), any other dozing other than flourish excel?

Ditto: I'm curious also.

[naps]

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wow - very nice lush growth, glad to hear the plants are growing w/o CO2 because I am trying to keep my tank non CO2 and seems like everyone is suggesting adding CO2,

did you ever have algae problems?  if so, how did you deal with it?  how long have you had this tank?  give us a little more stat on the tank - size, light, filtration, types of plants, fish (so far i see angels, clown loaches, rummys), any other dozing other than flourish excel?

sorry it took a bit for me to get back to you, got busy with work.

The tank:
It's a 90 gallon Jebo r3126, bow front, curved corners. Been set up and running about 2yrs.
(stock photo)

Filtration:
The tank has an over flow, so I use a wet/dry filter with bio-balls and a return to a spray bar. 700gph rated pump.
I also use an internal filter to help with water movement on the other end of the tank (i did not use the filter that came with this tank)

Ferts:
I do a major water change every week of about 75-80%. At this time I dump in 2 caps of flourish excell, and then I also dose with the rest of the flourish line:
Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorus, trace, and iron.
I also use root tabs on some of my plants(the Cryptocorynes) and am using straight flourite as substrate.
I dump in a large cap full of excel every other day and on Thursday I add a a cap of Flourish comprehensive fert  

Light:
As you can see from the pic above the tank came with this type of hood. Well the major problem was that it caught all the evaporated tank water and would short out my ballasts. I changed out ballasts probably 4-5 times until eventually it started sparking when it would turn on. This hood and it's constant problems were more frustration than words can express!! I'm glad that it did not burn down my house!!

I now run a Coralife 4x65w CF lights with 2 x10,000k and 2x 6,700k. They are on from 7:45 am-7pm. The tank is open on top and I have to replace about 3 g of water every Thursday. I LOVE this light though!! (I bought it from a member on this board for a deal, thanks again!!)

Types of fish:
5 Koi angels
4 clown loaches
10 or so rummy nose tetras (will buy more, I think angels ate them and all the cardinals)
1 giant oto(all that's left from 4)
1 L-200 Lemon spotted green pleco
1 Julii cory cat (all that's left from 8, Flourite, ouch never do that again :()

plants:
Anubias nana    
Anubias barteri
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Rotala Indica
Red Temple (that's very leggy)
Green Hygro (that's the stuff taking over the left side of the tank)

Algae problems:
YES I have algae!! I clean my tank with brushes etc, I rub it off plant leaves, I think everyone has to do that. And I would agree with them that CO2 would be the way to go and is much cheaper in the long run than what I'm doing. I have to buy excell by the 2 liter and that adds up quick.
The excell does keep things in check in my tank though and adds a carbon that the plants devour resulting obvious growth. Having an over flow and having co2 kinda counter act each other and I am not sure I wanted to buy all that equipment and it not work.
So, is this the easy way?...hell no! :wink:

And I do agree that it needs to be trimmed down a bit in these photos, I cleared out the center a bit so the fish have more room. Thanks for the feed back everyone! 8)

[PhishPhreek]

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Mine is nowhere neer as green, but I have a real algae problem due to too much light.   I guess it helped because my Red & Blue tetras spawned in it.   Today I added 2 dozen glasss shrimp from the ALA auction yesterday in hopes that they can hold back the algae and 4 pearl gourami from Charles' store.    And I finaly went to Lowe's and bought a timer for the lights.

Great looking tank.  But you need to give your fish a machette so they can make a path.  

[finfan]

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naps, thanks for the details, it helps to hear about different situations and possible solutions

[eklikewhoa]

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Can't say the tank isn't filled with plants!

How you been bro?

[naps]

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been doing good!! Mostly busy with work!! :mrgreen: