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jaydsl's 150g tank
hi all just thought i would start a journal also :)
well this may take a bit due to my overtime money pays for my toys , i had a 55g tank running for about 2 years but always wanted a bigger one . so i came across this tank for 150$ had to do it . so i got it going cycled then swapped contents so far : a bunch of base/live rock about 100lbs sand bed coming and i'm building the sump some time next month skimmer is a weipro sa-2016 here are some pics so far http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010080.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010084.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010085.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010099.jpg |
updat
ok i started to change things on friday , had an idea to move and raise the tank , and created some pipe work to hold the rock ,
i see every one drilles holes in the pipes so you dont get any standing water , what i did : i drilled just live every one else but i'm going to run a power head on it , so for the caves i want to do will always get a blast of water :) and no standing water in pipes , some more pics : and it works :) http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010151.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010164.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010153.jpg |
rock work
ok now time to add rock :)
i had some caves in mind , and overhangs i think i got it with my pipe work http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010171.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010169.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010172.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010174.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010176.jpg |
fill up
now to put all the water back , it has been in garbage cans with heat and power heads for 2 days
it was nice to get it filled again and drain my old 55g http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010182.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010178.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010181.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010185.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010194.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010196.jpg |
last one for today :)
here are the last of the pics , and ounce the tank clears i will get some more shots,
my cucumber http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010198.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010197.jpg nice piece of rock , i will get a better shot in normal lite tomorrow http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010206.jpg |
Very interesting pictures. I really like the aquascaping and what you're doing with the extra flow. Looks good.
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i had someone suggest that to me after seeing my pvc substructure. I thought it was a really cool idea. You may want to think about the placement of the power head that feeds the pvc. I cant tell from the pics if you can get it out easily to clean it? Cool idea and the tank looks good.
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Very cool looking tank.
I like the idea of running wather through the pipes to create flow under the rocks. What is the dimension of the tank? |
Bad news :(
well every thing was going well , every one was happy but woke up this morning and after a year with the cucumber and no probs , this morning i found the cucumber sucked into a temp powerhead and then notices
pepermint shrimp b/w angel lawnmower yellow golby !DEAD!! yellow stripe clown black blenny still missing :( wow after 2 years now i have to start again :( now i have to get the mushrooms frog spawn toadstool out and fix this |
Sorry to hear about your losses. Cucumbers are cool critters but not worth the risk IMO
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