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Crunchy
10-01-2013, 11:31 AM
preview first,

Fish are in qt, water still cloudy-ish, will wait for it to settle...

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/01/zyheqe8a.jpg

will fill it up with 7 and 6 inchers by next week :)
dr.nick73
10-01-2013, 12:52 PM
preview first,

Fish are in qt, water still cloudy-ish, will wait for it to settle...

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/01/zyheqe8a.jpg

will fill it up with 7 and 6 inchers by next week :)

Looks awesome... Did you use pfs? What brand? Did you pre wash?
mastermamo
10-01-2013, 01:08 PM
Beautiful. Love the hardscape
Second Hand Pat
10-01-2013, 02:07 PM
Nice Tank, what's under the hood :D
discuspaul
10-01-2013, 03:02 PM
Very nice-looking set-up.
musicmarn1
10-01-2013, 06:25 PM
i love it ! yes more details on whats under the hood as Pat so brilliantly puts it :p
Crunchy
10-02-2013, 10:17 AM
Thanks all, not really finished yet, I plan to put matured media into the sump.

Under the hood is 4 stage 29gal sump, with ceramic media. It uses an overflow chamber and then pumped back out at approx 600gph. I am also experimenting with duckweed to see how it works on nitrates. I will also put in some purigen there.

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Crunchy
10-02-2013, 10:18 AM
Looks awesome... Did you use pfs? What brand? Did you pre wash?

Common silica sand, pre washed, but still have lil bit of fines.
BODYDUB
10-02-2013, 11:02 AM
It looks like your tank is right in the middle of the room...........
Crunchy
10-02-2013, 11:10 AM
It looks like your tank is right in the middle of the room...........

Yes it is. Island type. Will be stocked with bold giant adults, not skittish at all even in the cramped qt tank.
winn0923
10-05-2013, 10:48 PM
Need some tannin in there ;) looks good buddy


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nikond70s
10-05-2013, 10:53 PM
the light is to bright for my taste. otherwise i like it
Fish from Philly
10-07-2013, 04:14 PM
I really like what you did with the stumps! The windy wood looks really cool and with some age, will look even better.

If I could be critical I'd say the scape is a bit too positioned. The left and right side are too similar in height, width, and appearance. To make it more natural, I would keep one of the stumps closer to the front glass (probably the left since the stones are smaller) and the other toward the back. I would also move them so that the open space isn't so centered. Know what I mean? Wasn't sure if you were planning on doing some stem plants in the back but if you were, you could have the height gradually decrease toward center and then increase at the corners (like a "V") and that would be really awesome.
DonMD
10-07-2013, 04:41 PM
Very nice indeed. Is the wood natural? Also, I wonder about the rocks. I picked up some rocks for my 125 gallon getting it ready for fish. Luckily I checked the pH before adding fish, it jumped from my normal 7 to 8.6 or more. I took the rocks out and changed 100% of the water. Hopefully your rocks won't change the pH levels.
Nu2Discus
10-07-2013, 06:20 PM
I like the look of the display tank.

I have a question about the sump. It looks like you have some white stuff in there. Is that all floss?