Recent content by AndyVox

I'm definitely going to have a look into it then, I've got a couple of Ehein compact 5000 lying around from my marine days. Hopefully turned down the lowest setting at 2500lph and through a co2 reactor it would be low enough to work and give me some adjustability. Great info! Such an incredible...

Absolutely love the scape and the setup is great! Good work. Out of curiosity, is that a hang on overflow? If so which one is it and how are you getting on with it? I really wanted to go sumped on my new build but didn't want the hassle of drilling and then having a weir box, a hang on could be...

I think it's too the dark side, either way I've got a lot of love for a good planted tank and a lot of love for a good reef! Thank you :) really hope it looks good once it's all grown in! My original plan was to build an ADA style stand but when I saw the Besta was a good fit I ended up...

Hey, I used to frequent here alot a few years ago before getting pulled into marine for a few years. Due to huge building work at home I closed down my marine tank and have been thankless for the last 6 or so months, then I got the itch to go planted again... So here we are! A few of my...

Tank and all equipment now up for sale in for sale thread.

I absolutely love how the fish look like birds flying away in the distance of a landscape. Breath taking!

Wow, that's incredible. As has already been said your attention to detail is unbelievable. Beautiful little scape!

Looks like a great start! Can't wait to see how the carpet looks grown in!

Wow, what a transformation in those few weeks, growth now looks really healthy! Best way to take the internal filter out I found is with a wallpaper scraper, gently ease it down the back and sides, it will cut the silicon to a certain extent, then use a sharp Stanley blade to remove the rest...

I forgot to say, lighting wise I've gone with two T5s because I had the unit knocking about and the Arcadia off my juwel is far too big. To get the LED/mh shimmer I've added a tmc 400 tile that I had from a nano I did a while back, the mix of the t5s and the led make for quite a pleasing colour...

Thanks for all the comments so far. The hands on approach has been more out of necessity than anything, we had the rio in the corner of the lounge but it didn't fit at all due to the chimney breast, I've actually got about 100cm there give or take, but nowhere near enough for a 4ft - if I had...

Quick preview of the hardscape!

This setup is super slick! Look forward to seeing things progress.

Love the cabinet, I considered spraying mine, didn't have the patience. Looks like it paid off for you! The scape looks like it's coming along well too!

Thanks for the comments so far. I'm really pleased with how the cabinet turned out. I've done one before like this but i spent more time trying to get this one perfect and I'm really pleased with the result. I wanted it to look like the expensive (RedSea - I think) tanks for marine. I've done...