Thursday, May 10, 2012

Tank Results

Results of todays findings in the tanks...

Tank A:
- Sufficient plants while some were fake (or seemed to be). Had somewhat hints of algae. This tank has a cycled filter, it also had a fluorescent light. It was the biggest and had the most fish.

Water = Brownish (appeared)
Temperature : 28°C
pH : 6.8
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate : 250
kH: 6
gH: 16

Tank B:
- Had algae present, made use of a box filter. This tank had LED lighting but was also exposed to natural light. This tank had no maintenance done to it.

Water = Murky, Brown
Temperature : 25°C
pH : 6.4
Nitrite : 1
Nitrate : 100
kH: 0
gH: 10  

Tank C: 
-This tank had the highest maintenance with weekly water changes. It was also the one with the highest bio load. It had alot of plants with floating vegetation. It also had snails in it along with wood. This tank makes use of a cycled filter with a fine substrate, much like ours.

Water: Clear
Temperature: 29°C
pH :7.2
Nitrite : 0
Nitrate : 25
kH : 6
gH : 10  
 

 

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