46 gallon euro style bow front tank

• Marineland Emperor 400 Power Filter 400gph
• Hagen AquaClear Powerhead 802
• Hagen AquaClear Large Quick Filter (A-575) - bottom DIY modified for CO2 injection with Airstone inside quick filter.
• Hagen Fluval 404 Canister Multi-Stage-Filter
• Hagen Thermal Compact PreSet 300w Heater
• 20# CO2 tank
• Uniweld Products R1357 2-12 PSIG CO2 Regulator
• Solenoid Valve
• Needle Valve
• 10ft CO2 safe silicone tubing
• Various fittings from Home Depot feeding to an Airstone inside pre-filter on 802 powerhead
• American Marine Pinpoint pH controller
• Pinpoint pH Probe
• Two X10 appliance modules (One "Twilight"/dawn/dusk and the other for day fluorescent fixtures)
• One X10 RF receiver module w/ switched socket w/ 404 filter plugged into it. (To turn off during flake food feeding)
• One X10 Computer Interface (standalone with programmed day/night cycle)
• 1 All Glass Aquarium 36" 110watt compact flourescent strip-lite
• 2 55w GE 9325K power compact bulbs
• 1 ??? 24" Normal Output flourescent fixture
• 1 Coralife 24" 20 watt T-12 Actinic 03 Bulb
• 1 pc Sinkwood
• 1 Vortex Model XL diatomaceous earth filter system (Shared limited use for water polishing for photography and clearing water after major cleaning

• 1 Oranda - Calico
• 1 Chinese Algae Eater (dont let the name fool you.. more like algae trimmers)
• 2 "Mini" Plecostomus not sure what kind. They always hide so I rarely see them for identification (max 3 inch full grown)
• 1 Black Moor
• 1 Malaysian Livebearing Snail (came in on something)
• 11 Japanese Marsh Shrimp (aka "Amano" shrimp")
• 6 Unidentified Fish... likely Flying Fox. Sold as SAE via mail order.
• 12 Cardinal Tetras

• 3 Vallisneria Americana
• 3 Didiplis diandra bunches (Diandra or Blood Grass)
• 3 Telanthera roseafolia (Red Temple)
• 3 Ludwigia peruensis
• Many pieces of 2-3 ft long Egeria densa (Anacharis/Elodea)
• Several dozen that "babied" off 2 Microsorium pteropus (Java Fern)
• Several possibly 3 clumps of Vesicularia dubyana (Java Moss)
• 3 Banana Plants
• 2 bunches Baby's Tears
• 3 Amazon Sword
• 1 Red Melon Sword

• pH - automatically controlled by CO2 @ 6.91 to 7.10 ±0.02 pH
• Salt - 0.1% ± 0.02%
• Ammonia - 0-.1 ppm
• Nitrite - 0 ppm
• Nitrate - 0-15 ppm (fluctuates greatly when fertilized due to explosive plant growth)
• GH - 5-8°
• KH - 5-10°
• Fe - As much as I can when I remember to add it. It gets consumed within a couple days.
• Chelated Fe - Same as Fe
• Phosphate - As close to 0 as I can keep it. Food adds some. I use RO/DI water and use no fertilizers with phosphate.

Original Pre CO2 Photo

Non-SAE's that were sold as SAE

Calico Oranda Photo

Not so great pic but it shows what happens with CO2

NEW!

Full Tank about 1 year ago