Planted 30 Gallon Aquarium With Orange-Spotted Sunfish And Dim Mak Theme

Ultra Simplistic Harmony:

You can watch my latest aquarium updates here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e1ioTL_Kfg

Simplistic Harmony:

This is just a small aquarium with BIG aquarium features.

1. Do it yourself/BIG-custom wet-dry filtration.
2. Do it yourself/BIG-custom CO2 (carbon dioxide reactor).
3. Petite sunfish with aggressive/predator BIG-fish behavior.
4. BIG algae/detritus cleaning crew of 2 bristlenose plecos, 1 clown pleco, and 1 cory catfish.

The simplicity is very rewarding (especially with my busy lifestyle).

1. Less than an hour of basic weekly maintenance.
2. 10 minutes to completely clean wet-dry filter.
3. Amazon swords and Crypts are super easy to grow and maintain.
4. Hardy fish.

What is even more appealing is the sustained harmony that I have achieved.

1. Virtually algae-free aquarium with native fish!!!
2. Show-case native caught sunfish with awesome behavior.
3. Beautiful plants with very simplistic/clean/crisp/symmetric aquascaping.
4. Crystal-clear water.

Specifications:

30 gallon aquarium
20 lb. CO2 cylinder
Milwaukee regulator/solenoid/bubble-counter
DIY CO2 reactor
DIY wet-dry filtration
Dry fertilizer dosing
Plants include swords and crypts
Fish include 3 orange spotted sunfish/3 dwarf plecostomus/1 cory catfish
Supplements include Amquel Plus and Flourish Excel
Coralife 18 Watt UV sterilizer
Hydor ETH (external heater)

Parameters:

pH 6.4-6.6
KH 6
N 20-40ppm
P 1-3ppm
GH 11
Fe 0.2ppm
Temp 76F
96 Watt super day light 7 hour cycle

Dim Mak literally translated means "DEATH-TOUCH." The reference is from "Blood Sport."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rkCwONu64&NR=1

bitter

(my aquarium is my DIM MAK)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• orange
• spotted
• sunfish
• clown
• bristlenose
• plecostomus
• pleco
• carbon
• dioxide
• CO2
• aquarium
• plants
• amazon
• swords
• crypts
• DIM
• MAK
• corydoras
• catfish
• 30
• gallon

[rcstar93]

do you like the hydor eth heater? Have you had any problems with it?

[bitterangst]

the heater is awesome and i love the concept. i have had no problems with it.

[nockturnal13]

at 00:29 what kind of fish is that

[bitterangst]

orangespotted sunfish

[ricosworlds]

how do you clean your tank

[bitterangst]

i do 15 gallon water changes every 1-2 weeks.

i scrub the glass with a razor blade once a week.

i prune the plants once a week.

i clean the filter every 3 months.

thats it.

bitter

[FishboiFishboi]

whao! nice sunfish!

[asianRSXdriver91]

that bluegill with the red fins is a beauty

[vett3l0l]

@bitterangst does a razor work wel?

[watmonki]

BLOODSPORT!!!!!!!!!!!.... Is your fish named Jean-Claude Van Damn?

[MokuPueo]

awesome job with your plants. I have a sunfish but I don't think it is very happy because it is very still all of the time and never really moves around. Any advice?

[PSNjizzcake]

Your swords look really nice