January 2015
Sat
3
Added Anubias Hastifolia
Spear shaped foliage.
Fri
2
Dosed 10 ml of Flourish Excel
Every other day, 10ml. Bottle says you can dose everyday but I am doing it every other.
Measured Temperature at 80 F
Measured Nitrite at 0.25 ppm
Measured Ammonia at 0.00 ppm
Measured Nitrate at 10 ppm
Up since initial water test. Normal.
Measured pH at 7.0 pH
Noticed my water getting a little cloudy, that bluish-gray, so I decided to do a water test.

01/2/2015
pH - 7.0
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - .25ppm
Nitrate - 10ppm

Nitrites down, Nitrates up from last test. Normal Parameters.
December 2014
Wed
31
Dosed 40 ml of Flourish Excel
Directions stated to add 10ml for every 20gallons for initial dose and after water change.
Sat
27
Measured Nitrate at 5 ppm
New tank, nitrogen cycle not complete. Normal parameters.
Measured pH at 7.0 pH
Measured Ammonia at 0.00 ppm
Measured Nitrite at 0.50 ppm
New tank syndrome. Tank still setting up bacteria.
Measured Temperature at 80 F
Hydor Heater, seems to keep the temperature higher than set too. Setting on heater is currently 73F. Might look into a new heater, giving this another month or two before I experiment.
First Water testing of aquarium. Aquarium started 2 DEC 14.
pH - 7.0
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - .50pmm
Nitrate - 5.0ppm
Added Trinidad Pleco
Added Red Tail Shark
Love this fish, jet black and bright red tail. looks awesome grazing around my green anubias and rocks.
Added Synodontis Eupterus Catfish
One of my favorite fish that I have had the pleasure to own. Amazing looking catfish.
Added Peppered Cory Cat
Just your basic peppered cory for bottom feeders, hearty and energetic.
Added Zebra Danio
3 starter fish to speed up nitrogen cycle. Have been in tank since first week, still kickin'.
Added Dwarf Baby Tears
Nice looking plant, from videos I have seen. Mine seems to be acclimating, and it seems to be done melting. I added a root tab to them so hopefully they will come back and give me a nice carpet. I have Flourish Excel coming which I will be adding as well.
Added Amazon Sword
Hearty plant that I kept in all of my aquariums over the years. 3 of them are growing healthy runners with good sized leaves so far. No melt since adding to tank.
Added Anubias Barteri v.Nana
Mostly Anubias in my tank, hearty plants with dark green foliage. Love them.
Added Java Fern
Low maintenance plant, all awaiting driftwood to be tied down too.
Added Anubias Barteri v.Nana
I ordered 5 Anubias Nana, as well as 5 Barteri. Not sure on difference.
Added Green Terror Cichlid
Beautiful fish. Had one in the past that I had to give away do to work, had to have another.
Installed Osmocote Plus All Purpose Plant Fertilzer
Other
 
Installed Hydor THEO Heater 300 Watt
Heater by Generic
 
Installed Tetra Air Pump
Pump by Tetra
 
Installed API Freshwater Master Test Kit
TestKit by API
 
Fri
26
Added Kenyi Cichlid blueblack stripes
I know you aren;t supposed to mix African and South American, but I wanted to try. So far my GT doesn't nip, just follows and stares at him. Beautiful fish, very energetic.
Added Cryptocoryne wendtii red
Not much too say, just another plant I thought looked nice for some mid ground. The red color variety of crypt.
Wed
24
Installed Hydor Koralia Evolution 850
Powerhead by Hydor
 
Tue
2
Installed Marineland Aquarium
Aquarium by Marineland
 
Installed Hydor Professional 350 Canister Filter
Filter