Pic's are from Right to Left of my fishroom.
To the right of this photo, is my 10 gallon grow-out Red Ramshorn Snailtank. On the left is the planted 190g tank.
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Full view of 190g high light tank. I started a photo album of this tank
here.
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On the right is the 190g tank. In the Center is a 6g Eclipse tank, which houses brown ramshorn snails. To the left is a 85g tank.
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Here is a full view of the 85g tank. This tank has medium lighting. I have mostly swords and anubias in this tank. Those are the water-bridges on both sides of it. Above the tank, you can see a few shelves of fish/plant supplies.
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Here you can see the 95g low light tank in the center and the 90g river tank on the left. The 95g tank has lots of floating plants. Several Tiger Lotus' and a Large Crinium Onion Plant. The floating plants do amazingly well with just a 55w cp light fixture above the tank. Thats only about .6 watts per gallon. More than half of my clown loaches use this tank as there sleeping quarters. There are alot of slate rocks set-up around the gravel to house the loaches.
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Another view of the the tanks on the left.
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Here's an old pic of my river tank. The clown loaches like to sit infront of a powerhead and lounge in this tank. Many of them sleep here also. Lots of driftwood and slate in this tank.
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Lastly, is my 15g breeder red ramshorn snail tank, which is under the 90g river tank. I also now have some cherry shrimp in this tank.
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Here's a pic of one the water-bridges without the hoods covering it up-
This is a larger water-bridge, just after I cemented it together.
How do I fill the water-bridge?- Here's a video clip of how I do it-
http://media.putfile.com/waterbridge
It may take awhile for the video to load.
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I use 9 canister filters for this 4 tank system. 2 canisters have the inlets and outlets placed in different tanks so that water flows through the water-bridges. Total volume is 470g of tank, actual volume is 385g of water. The total footprint is 38 sq feet.
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I have found that Fish behavior is much different in a set-up like this.
Hierarchy bouts are very rare. Fish that don't get along, usually just move to a different tank. In other words, I have no boss clown(s). My schooling fish though, the tetras, never leave the 190g tank. They stay with their school. All my other fish use the bridges in some capacitiy, the clown loaches especially. I could write all day about them, but I'll leave it at this, but I'd be happy to answer any questions.
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Spec's-
Tanks- (These 4 tanks are linked together, via water-tunnel bridges, which are custom built with 3/8” cell-cast acrylic).
90 gallon (72x24x12) River Tank
95 gallon (48x24x19) Low Light / Floating Plants
85 gallon (48x18x22) Medium Light / Fully Planted
190 gallon (72x24x26) High Light / Fully Planted
Also-
33 gallon quarantine tank (36x18x12)
6 gallon Eclipse Snail Tank
10 gallon Snail Tank
15 gallon Snail Tank
Fish-
27- Clown Loaches (4.5"-6")
25- Clown Loaches (1.5")
7- Tiger Barbs (1"-2")
6- Kuhli Loaches (2"-3")
5- Black Kuhli Loaches (2"-3")
12- Boesmani Rainbowfish (2”)
14- Neon Tetra
16- Serpae Tetra
8- Cardinal Tetra
3- Bristlenose Pleco’s (3")
Heaters-
3- 300w Via Aqua Titanium Heater
Filters-
2- Rena Filstar XP3 (350gph)
4- Rena Filstar XP2 (300gph)
1- Rena Filstar XP1 (250gph) (Also 1- used for parts)
2- Eheim Professional II 2026
1- Coralife Turbo-Twist 12x 36 Watt UV Sterilizer
(connected to an Eheim 2026)
1- Vortex XL Diatom Filter (400 gph) (Rarely used)
1- Rio 2100 Pump/Powerhead (692 gph) (not in use)
2- Aquaclear quick-filter 802 Powerhead (400 gph) (not in use)
Automatic CO2 Injection-
20# Aluminum CO2 Tank
JBJ Regulator, Solenoid, and Needle Valve
Pinpoint PH Controller
Aqua Medic Co2 Reactor 1000
2- Rena Air Pump 400
Lighting- (from
http://ahsupply.com/)
85g tank - 3-55w compact florescent, (5000k bulbs)
90g tank - 18 ft rope light (white), 54 watts
95g tank- 55 w compact florescent, (5000k bulbs)
1- 13w compact florescent (with blue moonlight bulb)
190g tank-
2-96w compact florescent, (6700k bulbs)
6-55w compact florescent,
(2- 5000k, 2- 5500k, 2- 6700k bulbs)
2- 13w compact florescent (with red dusk/dawn bulbs)
1- 13w compact florescent (with blue moonlight bulb)
Live Plants- (from
http://aquariumplant.com/)
100's of plants.
Driftwood-
(from
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fus ... 0/cid/2928)
25+ Pieces of Malaysian Driftwood
Loach Housing-
50+ pieces of slate/rocks.
Substrate-
90g tank- 100# Razorback Red Pea Gravel
95g tank- 100# Razorback Red Pea Gravel
85g tank- 60# Seachem Flourite (3 bags)
100#- Blue Black Pea Gravel
190g tank- 360# (18 bags) Eco Complete
Stock Shelf-
Water Conditioner- Prime
Fertilzers- (
http://www.everybodysgardencenter.com/)
Potassium Nitrate, Potassium Sulfate , and Magnesium Sulfate ( Epsom Salt)
Trace ferts- Tropica Mastergrow
Disease Control- Canning & Pickling Salt, Jungle Labs Parasite Clear, Coppersafe.
Antibiotics- Triple Sulfa (not to be used with Coppersafe), Maracyn.
Fish Food- Tetramin Pro Crisps, New Life Spectrum Thera+A for small fish, New Life Spectrum H2O Stable Wafers, Omega One Veggie Rounds, Hikari Tropical Sinking Wafers.
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