Hi everyone,
I've decided to document my tank. It's a 6x2x2 (more accurately 1.8mx0.6mx0.6m) ex-reef tank with a corner overflow and a 5 ft sump. It once looked like this. I closed it down a couple of years ago after a catastrophic event :(
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I'm planning of filtering it with a sock and a MBBR filter full of K1 media (I think its generic chinese stuff). I have a JEBAO DC return pump which is good but the power supply is crap and failed yesterday:mad:. Hopefully my dear wife comes back with a replacement tonight. I'm having trouble finding a quality DC - 24v, 5A+ plug and play power supply, plenty of cheap stuff out there.
I've dosed my bio media with some "funk" and I've got about a 2 month wait before I get some livestock. I'm thinking about 12 discus, some rams, cardinals, sterbai cory's and some hatchets.
I've got plenty of time to play with the aquascape before I buy fish. I'm planning on rocks, wood and a bare bottom for now. I might include a spotlight area and a plant or two later. Here's the beginning, I'm waiting for a couple of large logs to sink There's a nice stump to sit in front of the overflow and a couple of other bits that still float. The challenge will be getting it to visually "pop" It's certainly not there yet.
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I'm thinking about sticking a black cutting board against the overflow to get it sucking from the bottom and it should hide the ugliness. Anyone have experience with that sort of thing?
Anyways, plenty of time to sort things out while the filter brews and the wood sinks.
Thanks for reading.