AdrianT
Seedling
1320 x 470 x 510mm high tank, made of 10mm Optiwhite glass. Sump (around 70 litres) below (also from Optiwhite as pure luck – paid the same price), with the “Bean Animal” overflow box and piping design.
ADA Powersand M.
ADA Aquasoil.
Flourite Dark.
SICCE Syncra 2.5 pump.
SICCE Scuba 300 Watt heater.
Do!Aqua Violet glass outflow VP3.
Jebao WP-10 wave maker.
Twinstar Nano.
5kg CO2 bottle with solenoid/needle valve/bubble counter and DIY inline reactor. (But I have another system which I am installing now from CO2 Art, the regulator that is)
Lighting under DIY hood with Alanod reflector, and 1 x dual 54 Watt electronic high efficiency ballast, and 1 x single 54 Watt of the same type of ballast, powering the three 54 Watt T5 tubes >> 1 x Grolux, and 2 x Radium 8800K. Also one IP67 rated LED strip of blue LED's for occassional night viewing, which I've rarely used.
The tank and sump I had made but everything else I did myself. It took just under 6 months to build. Could have taken perhaps half the time. The steel stand takes all the weight, and the "cabinet" is just a three sided unit which can be removed so that the sump can be removed. The wood is blackwood, everything solid.
The tank was dry started, if memory serves me it was about 4 weeks. My aim is mostly Dutch style. I may remove those rocks entirely later. I'm not phased - as long as it's chilled for me. I'm no aquascaper at all, nor do I plan to be. I just enjoy the beauty of an aquarium in my home
Although this is not my first aquarium, it is my first proper planted tank. Much to learn still!!! The tank has been running 3 months or so now. And growing well. Not without it's issues of course, but going alright. Enjoy the pics.
I've got cardinal tetras, harlequin rasboras, a dwarf bristlenose pleco, galaxy rasboras and several bronze corydoras'.
Electrics a mess in the pics. Must still sort that out!
ADA Powersand M.
ADA Aquasoil.
Flourite Dark.
SICCE Syncra 2.5 pump.
SICCE Scuba 300 Watt heater.
Do!Aqua Violet glass outflow VP3.
Jebao WP-10 wave maker.
Twinstar Nano.
5kg CO2 bottle with solenoid/needle valve/bubble counter and DIY inline reactor. (But I have another system which I am installing now from CO2 Art, the regulator that is)
Lighting under DIY hood with Alanod reflector, and 1 x dual 54 Watt electronic high efficiency ballast, and 1 x single 54 Watt of the same type of ballast, powering the three 54 Watt T5 tubes >> 1 x Grolux, and 2 x Radium 8800K. Also one IP67 rated LED strip of blue LED's for occassional night viewing, which I've rarely used.
The tank and sump I had made but everything else I did myself. It took just under 6 months to build. Could have taken perhaps half the time. The steel stand takes all the weight, and the "cabinet" is just a three sided unit which can be removed so that the sump can be removed. The wood is blackwood, everything solid.
The tank was dry started, if memory serves me it was about 4 weeks. My aim is mostly Dutch style. I may remove those rocks entirely later. I'm not phased - as long as it's chilled for me. I'm no aquascaper at all, nor do I plan to be. I just enjoy the beauty of an aquarium in my home
Although this is not my first aquarium, it is my first proper planted tank. Much to learn still!!! The tank has been running 3 months or so now. And growing well. Not without it's issues of course, but going alright. Enjoy the pics.
I've got cardinal tetras, harlequin rasboras, a dwarf bristlenose pleco, galaxy rasboras and several bronze corydoras'.
Electrics a mess in the pics. Must still sort that out!
But a peroxide treatment I learnt from another forum absolutely hammered it away. It frustrated me for ages!
