Paulo Soares
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Good Night,
Name of the tank is “SUSSOA” - (it comes from a composition of my girlfriends name and mine, (SUS)ete and mine(SOA)res.
This tank is a homage to a beautiful region of my country wich is Portugal. The region is called "Douro". A region mostly known by our Oporto Wine.
If you want to do some investigation, please just type "Socalcos Douro" on the google images and you´ll see what i mean.
This concept is something i never saw in any forum, so the challenge of doing it was very motivating. I was and still am some kind of tired of same old stuff.
It gave me a hard time to acomplish but very exciting. Many months cuting this kind of stone called "Xisto", to make very similar small ones to build those kind of walls using a hammer, a plier, some sandpaper and other stuff. Then testing and testing, building and rebuilding walls and finally collage.
As concerning the photos, i try my best so you could have a real 3d perception but still looking live this tank is way beyond any picture. But still i hope you enjoy.
Hope that you aprecciate this concept.
Assembling date:
1st. September 2016
Tank size and Glass:
100x40x40 Vidro 10mm Vidro Extra-Claro da Vidromoldura-Centividro
Lights:
4 x T5 39 W (6500 + 4200 K)
10 hours of photoperiod. Since 14 Pm till 16 PM one T5 6500 K bulb, since 16 PM till 22 PM two T5 (6500K+4200k) and finally from 22PM till 24 PM again one T5 bulb only of 6500 K.
Filter system
EHEIM Professionel 4+600
Aqua Rebell Glass Inflow e Outflow 16/22 mm.
Ceramics Equo Stilla (3 Baskets).
CO2:
Ada Pollen Glass Beetle de 40 mm
CO2ART Regulator and Solenoide
Cal Aqua Labs Double Drop Checker v2
Hardscape:
Xisto Stones from Portugal
Substrate:
Tropica plant Growth + Tropica Soil + Universal fertilizer Pro 12-14 Meses (15+9+11+2 MgO+Micros)
In Review:
Wood Introdution (very skeptical...)
The grain in the front being replaced with La Plata Sand.
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Best Regards to all
Paulo Soares
Name of the tank is “SUSSOA” - (it comes from a composition of my girlfriends name and mine, (SUS)ete and mine(SOA)res.
This tank is a homage to a beautiful region of my country wich is Portugal. The region is called "Douro". A region mostly known by our Oporto Wine.
If you want to do some investigation, please just type "Socalcos Douro" on the google images and you´ll see what i mean.
This concept is something i never saw in any forum, so the challenge of doing it was very motivating. I was and still am some kind of tired of same old stuff.
It gave me a hard time to acomplish but very exciting. Many months cuting this kind of stone called "Xisto", to make very similar small ones to build those kind of walls using a hammer, a plier, some sandpaper and other stuff. Then testing and testing, building and rebuilding walls and finally collage.
As concerning the photos, i try my best so you could have a real 3d perception but still looking live this tank is way beyond any picture. But still i hope you enjoy.
Hope that you aprecciate this concept.
Assembling date:
1st. September 2016
Tank size and Glass:
100x40x40 Vidro 10mm Vidro Extra-Claro da Vidromoldura-Centividro
Lights:
4 x T5 39 W (6500 + 4200 K)
10 hours of photoperiod. Since 14 Pm till 16 PM one T5 6500 K bulb, since 16 PM till 22 PM two T5 (6500K+4200k) and finally from 22PM till 24 PM again one T5 bulb only of 6500 K.
Filter system
EHEIM Professionel 4+600
Aqua Rebell Glass Inflow e Outflow 16/22 mm.
Ceramics Equo Stilla (3 Baskets).
CO2:
Ada Pollen Glass Beetle de 40 mm
CO2ART Regulator and Solenoide
Cal Aqua Labs Double Drop Checker v2
Hardscape:
Xisto Stones from Portugal
Substrate:
Tropica plant Growth + Tropica Soil + Universal fertilizer Pro 12-14 Meses (15+9+11+2 MgO+Micros)
In Review:
Wood Introdution (very skeptical...)
The grain in the front being replaced with La Plata Sand.
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Best Regards to all
Paulo Soares