Current setup
The Tank
A stable 70L planted freshwater setup focused on resilient growth, clean flow, and staged livestock introduction.
Equipment
- Volume
- 70L, planted
- Dimensions
- 1 ft × 1 ft × 2.5 ft
- CO₂ injection
- No active system
- CO₂ monitoring
- Pawfly glass CO₂ drop checker
- Water changes
- Prime dosed to new water volume — ~1–1.5 mL per 42L
Plants
- Cabomba furcata
- Ludwigia repens ‘Super Red’
- Echinodorus spp. (swords)
- Assorted mosses
Current livestock
Fish
- 5 rainbow emperor tetras
- 6 Sanke koi swordtails
- 1 red bristlenose shortfin pleco
- 6 gold laser Corydoras
Invertebrates
- 5 Thai micro spider crabs
- 6 Amano shrimp
- 3 bamboo shrimp
Snails
- 2 yellow Poso rabbit snails
- 2 King Koopa snails
- 2 magenta apple snails
- 2 red racer snails
- 2 white Hercules snails
- 15 Malaysian trumpet snails
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Equipment log
Purchase timeline
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- Pawfly aquarium check valves
- Pawfly glass CO₂ drop checker (passive monitoring; no active CO₂ injection)
- PVC clear aquarium hose
- Coralife Digital Power Center 5152
- Tetra Whisper 20 air pump, model 77852