this 75 is what i usually call my "mom's" hehhe. i happen to live in the same building and i originally kept a 40 breeder with my turtles when i lived there about 5 years ago. about 6 months ago i set up a 75 for her that is more prepared that other tanks i had in the past. the right substrate : flora max with eco complete in the top, the right and carefull selection of fish, sufficiend assortment of rocks and wood decorations, etc etc a bunch of fish that include a pair of long-fin golden angelfish, two ancistrus plecos, two albino bushynose plecos, about 6 bolivian rams, a trio of kribensis, about 6-7 aeneus cory cats, two siamese algea eaters that i have been trying to take out for the past two weeks or so
a few misc tetras and that should be it. plants list is been growing and i know i have plenty unidentified, but i will give it a try: large anubia barterii, anubia nana "petite", anubia afzelii, common java fern, "trident" java fern, "windelow" java fern, hygrophila polisperma, hygrophila sp. (similar to polisperma but the leaves stay all red or green, depends on the light), hygrophila corymbosa "angustifolia", amazon sword, crypt wentii "green gecko", crypt wentii "golden", crypt wentii sp., crypt becketii, my 30 inch crypt ciliata, crypt usteriana, crypt pontederifolia, vallisneria americana (30 or so inch vals), red lotus, and a few unidentified or suddently forgotten ones
Lighting: recently,actually two weeks ago, i ordered a triple solar T5 from Catalina Aquariums and i love it! uses two 65k and one plant growth bulb. i don't necessarily like the color of those spectrums, but is nicer that what i had
. when i replace the bulbs i will try a 10k with the other two.well, if you made it this far, thanks for reading and from now on i can keep some updates on my mom's 75
