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[Pavlos]

Aims: Heavily planted tank

Juwel Vision 260 Tank
Volume: approx. 260 Litres
Measurements: 121 x 46 x 62 cm

Equipment:
1 x High-Lite Light Unit 120 cm, 2 x 54 W with Juwel (2x output) reflectors
1 x Pump Set 1000L/H
1 x Heater 200 Watt

Filter:
Juwel Bioflow 6.0

Sponges:
White
Green
Cirax
Blue Coarse
Blue Fine
Blue Fine

Plants:
2 Anubias Barteri Var Barteri on wood
2 Anubias Barteri Var Nana on wood
2 Cabomba Caroliniana
2 Echinodorus Bleheri
2 Echinodorus Parviflorus
1 Gymnocoronis Spilanthoides
7 Vallisneria Spiralis


Fertilisers:
Sera Florena (once a week), Sera Flore Daydrops (4 times/week), Sera Florenette A Tables (once a week), Sera Floreplus tablets (once every 2 weeks)
2 x Sera Quick Start CO2 (2 Tablets every 2 Days)

Fish:
1 African Butterfly
2 L001 Pleco (I am going to remove them in the next month)
1 Gypsy King Tiger Pleco (L-66)
0 Farlowella (Sturisoma sp.)
0 Farlowella Gracilis
1 Rineloricaria Parva
10 Albino Cory
2 Siamese Algae Eater
4 Flying Fox (I am trying to remove them but is difficult to catch them(they are very small))
5 Angelfish (I want 6-8 angelfishs)
1 Black Ghost Knifefish (now is 8-9 cm... when grows to 15 am going to trade him for a small one and again from beginning - I like this fish and I want always one small one in my tank)
8 Botia Locachata
1 Botia Kubotai
5 Botia Striata
1 Botia Tiger
5 Kuhli Loach

Water changes: 1x 30% a week (approx)

Water parameters:
pH 7.5
KH 7
GH 8
NH3/NH4 <0.1
NO2 0
NO3 10
PO4 0.5
Fe 1
Cu 0
Cl 0
O2 4



Comments:
I Buy this aquarium to rehome some of my fishes and the same week my cousin move to england and bring me his fishes too so I ended having an overstocking aquarium Now am trying to trade some fishes... and am waiting for plants to come...
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260L
60L

[Pavlos]

I Started this tank on 22/7.
Here are some pics that I took on 28/7:








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[Pavlos]

and here are some pics that I took on 14/8, a few days after redecorating:










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[Pavlos]

This is the big one L001 Pleco

This is my L66 Pleco (Sorry for quality... I these days I am having a problem with water - maybe bacterial bloom)

This is (or I think it is ) Farlowella Sturisoma sp.

This is (or I think it is ) Farlowella Gracilis

And This is (or I think it is ) Rineloricaria Parva

I will apreciate if anyone recognise the last three
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[Pavlos]

I really like this strange fish (African Butterfly).... I want to find a flowting plant so he can hide but nothing so far







My black ghost fish

and when hiding:)

the tiger loach

him again hiding in his cave:


3 of my albino corys

my botia kubotai laying on the rock

and finally one of my angelfish practising for modeling


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[sepgundamrg]

The tank looks great, but isn't the stock a little on the high side? I've got angels in my 75gal(your is about 68gal) and after 2 paired I had to remove my other 3 because they were being killed. Maybe you will get lucky and have all same sex angels. The butterfly fish is great looking, I've always wanted one myself -.-

[Fern]

I like it. How much did your butterfly cost?

[Pavlos]

[Fern]

Thanks I was just curios because I'm fascinated by them and am considering getting one or 2 for a 55g

[Pavlos]