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04-01-2009, 09:48 PM
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Yup, no artificial anything in this tank.
EDIT: Hmm, I'll bet you're thinking about the sun heating the tank... I'm home during the day and have observed around a 2.5 degree Celsius rise in the temperature over an 8 hour photoperiod (currently, this will change as summer comes closer), with around 6 hours of direct sun. I will need to get something in place to deal with this... so I'm building my own mini-chiller. Should be much cheaper than those Coolworks setups, though I could just save some cash up and add one of those to the HOB filter. I'll document the build when I do it for the benefit of others.
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05-07-2009, 09:12 PM
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Quick update:
Added some driftwood, changed out the filter for a 150 gph power filter, added some sphagnum moss and dead leaves, 3 more otocinclus, another peppered cory, and 4 black neons. Downgraded the heater to a 50 watt, and tinted the back of the tank with a 35% heat reflective window film. FTS May 4, 2009:  I'll add some detail shots later.
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05-07-2009, 10:06 PM
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looks great....such a neat idea too. I'll be following this one along
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75 gallon with 20 gallon sump in the works. R. Bacchiega. Tattooer I didn't smack you, I simply High Fived your face. I've got so much glue on my pants it looks like a Friday night gone horribly wrong.
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05-08-2009, 01:57 AM
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Yeah, it turned out okay... I realized after I had done it that I have sort of a riparium thing going on, with the emersed growth and roots hanging in the water. Not as nice as some I've seen on the internet, but an interesting idea nonetheless. Originally I did it as a way to give the tetras some sort of cover, to make them feel more comfortable. They do seem happy, but I won't know how happy until I get my test kits and test the parameters. I do a 20% or so water change every couple days (never more than 5) with distilled water, so I expect the water to be pretty good. I top off with distilled and aged tap water, so the water should have some hardness (but not much).
I promised some detail pics... I love this pic of the 4 black neons... they move away from the larger shoal of neons and glowlights by themselves occasionally, but most of the time they stick with the crowd. Never far from each other though, even within the school. This pic turned out a little different than the others... the auto white balance on the camera kicked in.  Auto white balance on this one too... but it shows the texture of the debris on the bottom of my tank, and the contrast with the fish.  And a couple more.    Thanks for looking, and your kind comments.
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