MooseOnDaLoose
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- 1 Jul 2011
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Hello,
Some background about me and the tank
I decided a couple of weeks ago to get back into the aquarium game after a break of 6 or 7 years. Last time I couldn't afford the kit I wanted to get the results I wanted but this time I was going to make sure this wasnt going to be the limiting factor
So I bought a 120L lido off ebay. Drove to Lincoln last weekend to pick it up. It came with mostly the kind of livestock I wanted, the tank is the perfect size for what I wanted to do and after considering buying new decided to hit this tank up with a bid. In hindsight I think I convinced myself I was getting a *bargain* without really thinking about what I might need to do.....
Long story short Larry the Lido has had to have a new heater due to the one that came with it sticking on or ignoring temperature settings, new lighting as the T8's that it came with it just wont cut it (upgraded it to Juwel T5 (HO???) with reflectors). These two things combined have pushed the tank over it's new value
Anyways, keep calm and party on is my motto so off I went on a merry adventure of bank torture and general glee
Here an image of the tank after the journey...
The fish look happy though... not. (Sorry fish, I promise your lives will become much nicer!)
After the dust settled the tank looked like this:
Looks ok for a normal persons tank, I know people who would be very happy with this but hey I'm not normal I want an amano AquaScaping Champion tank or something hehe!
So now we get the refit
Heres what I ordered for delivery today and it all turned up with only *ONE* minor problem which I think is an awesome testament to how solid kit is these days and how good the retailers are.
TMC GroBeam 500 LED Lighting Strip screwed through the top of the tank.
Love this light. It's pretty bright to the eye but not too bright when traversing water.
Larry the Lido also got a T5 refit with a set of Juwel 24W T5's along with reflectors, Nature and Daylight set. On the bottom a couple of bags of eco-complete along with the orginal gravel giving a nice dept and a D&D (Aquarium Solutions?) CO2.
Now the when putting the CO2 set together I've got a bit of a problem (as mentioned above). It seems the regulator has two thread sizes but the bottle and the pressure gague share the same size threading. This was bought new from AquaEssential so I'm pretty sure these guys will sort me out with this either by advising me politely I'm doing something dumb or rectify any issues.
I also bought some Tropica Nutrition+ and Flourish Excel so I think I'm ok without CO2 in the mean time. Is that right everyone?
In the meantime here is the tank with new substrate and lighting before putting the fish and shrimps back in.
Thanks for looking at my tank and as a newbie look forward to learning loads from you guys
Hope you enjoyed my first proper post,
Si
Some background about me and the tank
I decided a couple of weeks ago to get back into the aquarium game after a break of 6 or 7 years. Last time I couldn't afford the kit I wanted to get the results I wanted but this time I was going to make sure this wasnt going to be the limiting factor
So I bought a 120L lido off ebay. Drove to Lincoln last weekend to pick it up. It came with mostly the kind of livestock I wanted, the tank is the perfect size for what I wanted to do and after considering buying new decided to hit this tank up with a bid. In hindsight I think I convinced myself I was getting a *bargain* without really thinking about what I might need to do.....
Long story short Larry the Lido has had to have a new heater due to the one that came with it sticking on or ignoring temperature settings, new lighting as the T8's that it came with it just wont cut it (upgraded it to Juwel T5 (HO???) with reflectors). These two things combined have pushed the tank over it's new value
Anyways, keep calm and party on is my motto so off I went on a merry adventure of bank torture and general glee
Here an image of the tank after the journey...
The fish look happy though... not. (Sorry fish, I promise your lives will become much nicer!)
After the dust settled the tank looked like this:
Looks ok for a normal persons tank, I know people who would be very happy with this but hey I'm not normal I want an amano AquaScaping Champion tank or something hehe!
So now we get the refit
Heres what I ordered for delivery today and it all turned up with only *ONE* minor problem which I think is an awesome testament to how solid kit is these days and how good the retailers are.
TMC GroBeam 500 LED Lighting Strip screwed through the top of the tank.
Love this light. It's pretty bright to the eye but not too bright when traversing water.
Larry the Lido also got a T5 refit with a set of Juwel 24W T5's along with reflectors, Nature and Daylight set. On the bottom a couple of bags of eco-complete along with the orginal gravel giving a nice dept and a D&D (Aquarium Solutions?) CO2.
Now the when putting the CO2 set together I've got a bit of a problem (as mentioned above). It seems the regulator has two thread sizes but the bottle and the pressure gague share the same size threading. This was bought new from AquaEssential so I'm pretty sure these guys will sort me out with this either by advising me politely I'm doing something dumb or rectify any issues.
I also bought some Tropica Nutrition+ and Flourish Excel so I think I'm ok without CO2 in the mean time. Is that right everyone?
In the meantime here is the tank with new substrate and lighting before putting the fish and shrimps back in.
Thanks for looking at my tank and as a newbie look forward to learning loads from you guys
Hope you enjoyed my first proper post,
Si