Biological filter

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  1. Eliziario Alexandrino

    Eliziario Alexandrino Plankton

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    This is one of my tanks. He was set up her/it a year ago in a very simple way, but he gives me a lot of pleasure.
    He has 60x30x40 approximately 19,3 gallons
    The filter is biological filter
    The used substratum was; 1 package of it echo-completes 1 substratum done here in called Brazil Easy Plant, river gravel and basalt
    The illumination is 4 T5 of 14wats of the mark Osran
    The plants I will say little by little due to the names that I get complicated a little
    The filter covered by a screen for there not being blockage
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    I don't have pictures of the substratum was set up but it is very simple

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    And it was like this already with the trunk already with the Vesicularia dubyana
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    Then the plants came
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    In little time the plants grew (more or less one month) and it was like this...

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    With about three months it was like this

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    With about six months it was like this, after leaving without prunings for some days
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    He was without Co2 for four months and it was like this when it was put the gas again

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    The glossostigma that I thought have died due to lack of the gas, they had just retracted her in the substratum.
    Then I put the cylinder.

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    and as a Phoenix he was reborn
    And it is like this today

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    Some plants I had to remove due to the aggressive growth and four were added other, to substitute, but the original assembly was never altered.

    I hope you/they like in spite of being a simple assembly
     
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  3. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    pics not working...
     
  4. Eliziario Alexandrino

    Eliziario Alexandrino Plankton

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    Excuse PackLeader, when I worked the preview seems that there was some mistake, I go put back them...
     
  5. scenario1313

    scenario1313 Tassled File Fish

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    Oh wow that is a very beautiful tank.
     
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    Awesome tank!!!!!!!
     
  7. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    That is an absolutely beautiful planted aquarium. 8) Great job. Is this your first tank?
     
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    PackLeader Giant Squid

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  10. Godbert

    Godbert Montipora Capricornis

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    Very gorgeous Tank!
     
  11. Eliziario Alexandrino

    Eliziario Alexandrino Plankton

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    Thank you, to all.
    This aquarium I set up because I had to build a cover for an I nano reef. Then an I become friends brought a piece of furniture so that he was dismounted and with the material I built the cover. But I was with feather of destroying the piece of furniture.
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    Like me I already know more than thirty years the assembly system the, I set up with the system.
    The substrate as Echo-Complet and Easy Plant, was the first time that I used

    I also have this another of approximately 4 gallons.
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    He is mounted to two years and twenty-four weeks, but it doesn't use fertile substratum. Just river gravel and basalt. The fertility is due to the foods given to the fish and Co2.

    The Nano Reef, I will post later at the right place
     
  12. getinpora

    getinpora Coral Banded Shrimp

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    very nice job!!!!!