Keetchy's 60L tank of joy

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Ello ello. So I couldn't stay away for too long. My first iwagumi tank failed miserably, think it was because it was in a big tank, doing WCs started to become a chore and I lost love for it.

But I'm back using my old hospital tank. Its only a 60 litre tank so doing a 75% WC only takes about 15/20 mins. I can live with that. Lol.

Here are a few pics of the tank. Running it as a low tech so just a normal LED light unit, small external filter and running no C02. Has Tropical soil in there and dosing TNC.

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Then its 1st trimming sezsion and 8 ammano shrimp added

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Really like the look of that! - Good work!
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Welcome back Scorps.

Lovely looking tank again mate.
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Lee_k wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:53 am Really like the look of that! - Good work!
Thanks Lee. Its funny cause that piece of wood looked small in my previous tank, but in this one its touching pretty much all sides. Lol
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Andys temperate tank wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:06 am Welcome back Scorps.

Lovely looking tank again mate.
Hey Andy. Thanks bud. Its good to be back. Lol
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Great job. Love the scape. Looks like you're using the little APS filter too? I got one as part of a deal a few weeks ago and just set mine up yesterday. I really like it on a 70L tank.
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Nice!
240L Fluval Roma with Oase 600 Biomaster: 1 German red bristlenose, 4 male cherry barbs, 6 standard rummynose, 3 golden rummynose tetra, 9 emperor tetra, 14 cardinal tetra, 2 hengeli rasbora, 3 nerite snails, 1 adult Sulawesi snail and multiple juveniles continually appearing.

Parameters: gH2, kH1, pH7.4 (tap).
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Si4geckos wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 11:22 am Great job. Love the scape. Looks like you're using the little APS filter too? I got one as part of a deal a few weeks ago and just set mine up yesterday. I really like it on a 70L tank.
Nice one. Thanks. And yeah that's the filter I'm using. Lol. Says its good for 150 litres so works well on my 60 litre. Have just finished swapping the sponges out with ceramic bio media in bags.
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So added 5 Harlequins today so now have 8 ammano and 5 Harlequins

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So first little issue come across, scum forming on the surface. I remove the layer at the start of every WC but by the end of the 2nd day after, there's a thick film back on top.

My mate is giving me his spare skimmer lily pipe inlet pipe so I'm gonna attach that to the inlet hose to try and help with it. It gets thick really quick and isn't pretty
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