Bare bottom bare bottom bare bottom is all I hear. I have a hard time liking the empty bare bottom but I do want to make my fish is happy. People talk about painting the bottom of their tank but I can't help really wanting the look of sand so I'm trying. I decided to paint the bottom of my tank but tried to paint it to look like sand try to get the best of both worlds. First try didn't go so well I was too impatient and didn't wait for it to dry good enough in between coats. So I had to do it all over again but I'm happy with how it turned out.
Thanks for the comment. I was starting to think i was boring everyone lol. Im a little worried about flow getting to the other side of the tank. Im hoping the fx6 has a good flow. At first i had no clue, was scared to drill into background. Also the background came shorter than i ordered so i had to space out the background when siliconing it. So there are big gaps now between pieces that i need to work on today. Heres a video i made to show the supplier. https://youtu.be/P_ElVxgq5a8
I did not get much idea about how it looks from front, but it seems like you have used a good amount of your volume in that background...not sure how much volume in water will be available for the fish...
Also is that a 75 or 55? if it is 55, I would highly recommend just getting a grown proven breeding pair...if 75, you may get away with 4-5 fish - 4 inch discus, don't attempt to grow juveniles in that tank as that background is definitely going to trap some gunk and you will have water quality issues....
Got it all silconed in. Tried using a fish friendly spray foam to fill gaps. Tried one and i didnt like how it turned out so ended up leaving the gaps. Im not happy about that. Worried if i stuck cardinals in, they might get stuck in gaps. Background is siliconed to back of glass so they wont be able to get in behind.
Next i started my waterfall. I took a piece of 1 inch PVC piping, attached to the top and cut a 90-degree angle off the bottom. I drilled a hole in the top of the elbow and fed a piece of tubing through it then attached and AirStone at the bottom. The 90 degree angle allows for sand to be sucked up the tube and come out the top. As you put the tube into the water the deeper it goes the air bubbles start pushing the water up through the tube
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