This is a DAS tank, 6 ft 8 in. long, 240 gals. The background is foam made to look like a tree trunk. The background takes up a considerable volume so I estimate the actual volume of the tank to be about 50 gals. less - 190 or so. The background is suspended about 5 inches above the glass bottom. Powerheads behind the background circulate the water down through the gravel, behind the background, and back into the tank close to the surface (undergravel filter).
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| --Lights:
Two T5 fixtures. Each fixture has eight 39 watt T5 bulbs. Total wattage is 624. The bulbs run very, very cool.
--CO2:
Pressurized, with reactor in the tank
--Substrate:
EcoComplete and inert gravel mixed 50/50
--Filtration:
4 sponge filters (powerheads with cylindrical sponges behind the background)
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| --Plants:
Wisteria
Hygro siamensis
Hygro angustifolia
Dwarf saggitaria
Echinodorus sp. (dwarf sword-like plant)
Ludwigia repens
--Fertilizaton:
N = 10
P = 0.5 to 1.0
Fe = if the plants show that they need it, usually twice a week
KH = 3-5
GH = 5-8
pH = 7.2 (EcoComplete liquid buffers pH for some time)
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