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Fishguy2727
12-09-2008, 06:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezSVb19Ofzk

This is my 150 gallon fancy goldfish tank.

Filtration:
Fluval FX5
300gph powerhead
two air pumps (the whole back wall is bubbles)

Fish:
~14 Assorted fancy goldfish
~ 11 danios (zebra, gold, blue, leopard, pearl)
? wild-type guppies
1 dojo loach
4 ottos
platies coming soon

Plants:
cabomba
giant vals
water wisteria
tiger lotus
amazon sword
mystery swords
moss balls
moneywort
giant hygrophila
banana

Invertebrates:
1 gold mystery snail

Lighting:
1-6' double bright fluorescent w/ 2: 50/50 Reef Sun bulbs and 2:5500K Tropic Sun bulbs
2-4' double flourescent shop lights w/ a total of: 1 actinic and 3: 6500K bulbs from hardware store

Substrate:
50/50 black and white mix of Estes' Marine Sand, about 2.5" thick (about 150 pounds)

Fertilizers:
Flourish general liquid
Flourish Iron
Flourish Excel
(all applied sporadically, no real schedule and not as often as the bottle suggests, but as much as suggested)

What do you guys think?

Fishguy2727
12-09-2008, 06:13 PM
Diet:
New Life Spectrum exclusively

Water changes:
80% at least once a week

small_ranchu
12-09-2008, 09:32 PM
Welcome to GK..

Fishguy2727
12-09-2008, 10:06 PM
Thanks.

What do you think of the tank?

Ajno
12-09-2008, 10:06 PM
Welcome FishGuy, your schedule must be ok otherwise you'd have a real algae problem. Good for you, I could never get plants to work in my tanks, think my water is too hard among other things. Look forward to your input.