Raied's Punyaquarium Build

[mrhasan]

Just a quick update:

Thanks to Tim from Seacare, I now have 20 lbs of walt smith LR sitting in a tub, waiting to go into the tank. In order to minimize death, Tim shipped them via Air Canada cargo today afternoon and got it over here in the evening. Couldn't take any picture of the individual pieces since I wanted to get them into water ASAP but the pieces are wonderful and lots of lives on the rock. Here's a snap of the rocks sitting in the tub:

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On the other side, the stand for the tank has been on backorder for the last couple of weeks and J&L is finally got it in stock today. Requested them to 1 day ship it and hopefully will be getting it on Friday.

If everything goes well, this weekend should be a busy one

On the other side of the story, I got myself this :

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4k 40" monitor (not TV but monitor). Couldn't go any bigger that this

[Dearth]

Spoiling yourself rotten are you.....

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Dearth

Spoiling yourself rotten are you.....

[Etaloche]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

We're all guilty of this, don't be embarrassed

[mrhasan]

Finally I have been able to fill the tank after almost 2 months in decision making process

After failed attempt at making a stand, I ended up buying a biocube 29 stand. Looks good and works well and I got it at a nice discount, tanks to J&L.

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For power outlet, I bought an 8 outlet DJ power.

Here it was, sitting in its empty glorified form, waiting to be wet!

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And I just can't highlight how cute this thing is:

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Since I planned on not getting a controller and doing old school setup using timers (I am yet to start using it) and Ranco for temperature control, I finally got it, thanks to an LFS:

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Wasn't pre-wired so had to do it by myself. The termination blocks are not the most user-friendly, especially considering how tight the inside of the enclosure is but I got it working without any hiccups.

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Since I didn't have a stain relief handy, I made my own:

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Just a headsup: the probe is IP67 and is not meant to be submerged all the time. Although industrial devices are always underrated from what they can withstand, I heat shrink wrapped the joint between the wire and the rubber for added protection. It is better to be safe than sorry!

Did my best to get everything as "organized" as possible; not the most elegant way but its enough to make me happy and everything is hidden within the cabinet itself.

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Aquascaping was a bit of a pain since the rocks were of unique shapes so I had to stare at them for a long time to decide on this one:

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And it was time to fill it up:

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And it lives......

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The water cleared up quite nicely within few hours but over night, it became a bit cloudy; not the one which would be of concern but it was a bit cloudy. Although I have been curing the rocks for 3 weeks now, I decided to add prodibio startup just for fun. And buying ammonia and nitrite test kit seemed like a waste of money to me.

For filter media, I am running chemipure elite and polyfilter. Will also add purigen for that extra kick of clarity. Skimmer seems to be quite loud but in reality, it is about 10 dB less than what curve 7 was. But since it is not inside a sump, the sound gets to my ears. Will probably take couple of weeks to calm down (that's what Aquamaxx said) of I can always get a bigger silencer .

I am getting my first livestocks for the tank tomorrow

Wish me luck!

[Howie]

Looking awesome so far, What are you planning to add for livestock?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Love your aquascaping. Beautiful setup. Keep the pics coming. Enjoying this tank journal.