68L Red Eye Red Tail Puffer Tank - blackwater

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phoenix44
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My cats species list: 2 (i:1, k:0)
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Location 2: Palmerston North, New Zealand

68L Red Eye Red Tail Puffer Tank - blackwater

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Inhabitants -

3 x female Red eye red tail puffer fish - I had males that repeatedly committed suicide so i have to wait till I find one more. They are a very uncommon fish here.

1 x bumble bee goby
4 x corydora sterbai - gotta have some catfish :D

Plants - Lots! mainly crypts, Rotala rotundifolia, Ludwigia glandulosa, stargrass, some sag. subulata.

CO2 - DIY - sugar, yeast, water.

Lighting - 2x 36W T5 HO @18000K
Tubes are way old and need replacing but everything is alive, so I don't want to fix what isn't broken.

Blackwater achieved by using adler cones and some oak leaves.

pH 4.0 - 4.5

It is very hard to photograph this tank cause of the black-water and the black background so please excuse some of the pics.


Filter with adler cones -
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