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Transferred Amanos

Amanos were transferred last night, all 12 are accounted for but can’t see any of them at this time, hoping they are just hiding. Sk all in one on pause today and will dose tomorrow and excel will be pushed to Wednesday to allow the amanos to settle…
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Water change

AC filter cleaned on time, so much gunk.

Trimmed some foreground plants

Nitrate at 5ppm before water change, might up fertilizer

Observation

Tap water reading

PH: 7.8

Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate: 0

TDS: 179

Gh: 125

Kh: 120

Rescape

Added bunch of water column feeding plants

Key moment
* 2 × Water Wisteria * 2 × Pogostemon Octopus * 2 × Ludwigia Tesora * 1 × Ludwigia Ovalis Pink * 1 × Bacopa Caroliniana * 1 × Hygrophila Pinnatifida * 1 × Helanthium Tenellum Red * 1 × Dwarf Sagittaria * 1 × Vallisneria Nana Striped 1 x Myriophyllum…
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Filter floss replaced

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Expel P

Final dose done today after water change. Plant fertilizer on hold for a week until next water change.

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AC Filter Cleaning Reminder

Cleaned AC filter today (July 4, 2026). Reminder: clean AC filter again in 90 days — due October 2, 2026.

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Expel-P 3rd Dose Reminder

Reminder: Redose Biggie with Expel-P today. Perform 40% water change + gravel vac before dosing. This is the 3rd dose in the Camallanus treatment protocol.

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Weekly water change

40% WC plus 2nd dose of expel-p

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Flourish Tab Reminder — Amazon Sword

Replace Flourish Tab under Amazon Sword — due late September / early October 2026 (3 months from June 28, 2026).

Layout change

3 gallon sponge filter

Key moment

Added 3 gallon sponge filter on the right side. Will use it for emergency hospital tank / quarantine tank

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Airstone

I added 2 air stone to the tank.

Left side in the back

Right side in the front towards the HOB output

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Fertilizer Schedule

Current fertilizer routine for Biggie: - Tuesday and Saturday: Seachem Flourish (after water change) - Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Seachem Excel (spot dose, away from Flourish days) To-do: Flourish Tabs under Amazon Sword crown (push into substrate…
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Biggies plants

I have the following live plants:

Amazon sword

Dwarf hair grass

Anubias petite nana

Java ferns

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Fish addition

First set of fish was added a week after 1/23/26.


Fish was gradually added 2/3 weeks apart

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Added 60 gallon sponge filter

Added 60 gallon sponge filter. Aquaneat large