Amazon Tank

Cockatoo apistogramma Golden pencilfish Small headstander Pictus cat Cardinal tetras Ramshorn snails Ghost shrimp

Plants
Anubias barteri x1

Anubias nana x2

Aponogeton madagascariensis x1

Bacopa monnieri x2

Ceratopteris thalictroides (water sprite) x1 (floating)

Cryptocoryne crispatula (balansae) x2

Echinodorus amazonicus (amazon sword) x5

Echinodorus martii (ruffle sword) x1

Echinodorus osiris (melon sword) x1

Echinodorus tenellus (chain sword) x2

Egeria densa (anacharis) x10

Lemna gibba (duckweed) (floating)

Ludwigia arcuata (needleleaf ludwigia) x2

Ludwigia repens (broad ludwigia) x4

Microsorum pteropus (java fern) x5

Sagittaria platyphylla (chilensis) x3

Substrate

 * Use fine sand, dark brown or similar (15 gal) on top of ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia (3 of the 9L bags)
 * Plenty of driftwood, leaves, twigs, stones
 * Not too many tannins. Need plenty of light

Specs
160 gal

Bright light

Keep at 78.8 F

pH 6.6

8 dH

Air pump

Aquarium evaporation calculations. g = (24hrs)Θ A (xs - x)

Θ = 25 at zero air velocity.

A = .8361 m^2 (aquarium surface area)

Room temp is 22 C and aquarium temp is 26 C. Use 759.9 torr for atmospheric pressure.

Full calculation parameters with 2 sigfigs is (7)(24)(25)(.8361)(.0047)(.26417)gal/week Calculated water loss to evaporation to be 4.36 gallons per week.

Maintenance ideas
Change 5 gal H2O per day. Pond pumps on timer, perhaps?
 * Water addition
 * 55gal drum from ro/di tap every 10 days.
 * Use a heater to maintain temperature integrity.
 * Use chemical dosing equipment or manually dose fertilizer.
 * Ro/di water autofill to sump. 75 gpd system will be fine and last about 2 weeks. Waste water to rain barrel.
 * Make sure floating plants are not sucked into overflow box.


 * Water removal
 * Use a pump (could be powerhead), put it on a timer to remove 5 gallons daily. (Peristaltic pump at 15 mL/min perfect)
 * That should enter some sort of water container with a hose attachment, and then water landscaping with that.
 * Could also just use a refugium and remove algae often


 * Some sort of back room for all of this.
 * Plant nursery
 * Pantry
 * Storage closet


 * Parameters