Post by parker002 on Mar 16, 2011 21:56:47 GMT -5
I decided to finally take the plunge and overhauled my filtration system. I bought an AquaTop CF-300 canister filter and TMC Pond Advantage UV-25 sterilizer from American Aquarium Products. 
The first step in my overhaul was to eliminate the "nursery" and remove the tank divider, which was becoming a magnet for algae.
The Indian Glass Fish are still too small to be safe so I decided to setup the old 2.5G betta tank. I transferred some rock over from my 55G and the intake sponge filter from the 14G tank. I also transferred over some of the smallest plants from the nursery and some cuttings from my oldest daughter's Cabomba, which was growing out of the tank. Now my youngest daughter has a tank of her own!
And here is what my 55G tank looks like now.
The first step in my overhaul was to eliminate the "nursery" and remove the tank divider, which was becoming a magnet for algae.
The Indian Glass Fish are still too small to be safe so I decided to setup the old 2.5G betta tank. I transferred some rock over from my 55G and the intake sponge filter from the 14G tank. I also transferred over some of the smallest plants from the nursery and some cuttings from my oldest daughter's Cabomba, which was growing out of the tank. Now my youngest daughter has a tank of her own!
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| This is a wide view of the entire tank... | The larger of two smallAmazon Swords... | Cuttings the tops off of some stalks of Cabomba make for the perfect fish cover... |
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| It almost looks as if he's watching me. They're pretty shy... | Two Glass Fish playing in the plants... | This is what the 14G tank looks like now after trimming the plants... |
And here is what my 55G tank looks like now.
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| The entire tank... | A closer view of the left side... | And a view of the right side… |
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| Some Bacopa I recently bought and some Ludwigia my daughter gave me... | Milfoil works pretty good for things like hiding filter intake tubes... | The Anubias is now under the new wood, freeing up space in the larger structure... |
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| My Java Fern was getting pretty black so I trimmed it down. This bright green growth is all new in the past few days... | Once rooted to the wood, the Java Moss grows slowly but surely outward like any other plant... | The barely-visible bright green spots are new growth... |
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| I thought I'd try my hand at Anacharis a 2nd time. After adjusting to my water, it's growing back very quickly... | In the month since my last pics, 4 of the hornwort fronds have added 3 inches to their length. Several of them are now branching out, too... | My Amazon Sword is sprouting new leaves like crazy but seems to be growing out instead of up... |
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| My favorite plant in the tank, this Aponogeton has grown 16 inches in just under 4 weeks... | The fish love to swim through it and around it... |
