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Couldn't have put it better myself! Life is a never ending cycle of sacrifice, the more you sacrifice, the more you grow. Chuffed you enjoyed the journey as much as I did!

Thanks! I hear its full of alcoholics! Been meaning to visit ever since I heard 🤣

Hello everyone! Hope youve had a great Jubilee weekend, and your tanks are humming nicely. Ive got a bit of sad, and final news. Despite my various thoughts on what to do with the Beast going forwards, fate would not have it. I was offered an exceptionally good job on the island of Jersey...

Thanks Tim As Im typing this, Im looking at the empty tank and my motivation to do anything with it is fleeing me. Might be a while before my motivation comes back, Ive quite a few other priorities at the moment which are 3 kids (including one special needs) and going self employed. Perhaps...

Id suggest you asked this question in the lighting section of the forum, but yeah 1 of them lights might do just fine. Mine are 50w, and I wish I went with warm white (they are cool white)

Fish all gone today, tank is sitting empty Managed to find these tiger lotus bulbs ranging fron small to medium sized. A few dosen, need to go ASAP. Anyone fancies for £20 delivered?

In case it needs to be said. I appreciate everyone who drops in and leaves a note like this. Its all well and good seeing the number of people who have seen this thread, but getting such quick "thank you's" make it real for me. 🙏❤ Thank you J Bonham!

Good shout. However, I just looked up all the requirements and it feels like work! 🤣 Might have to stick to plants, maybe with some dart frogs if I can be bothered feeding then!

You tank keepers are so biased towards having water!!!:rolleyes: Might have to make a nice grassy place at the foot of that river, so I can have a lie down mid maintenance haha

Good shout and thanks dude! Youve been one of those guys supporting me all along the journey. Big hugs for you man!

Hi All Ive decided to evolve the Beast into a new incarnation, not sure what it will be exactly. A bit more detail in the video! Thank you to all that have supported me throught the years of setting and running this amazing project with their advice and kind word! Amazing!

Much appreciated Marius! Glad you enjoyed the read. Fil

Looking good. Love those pipes!

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In an effort to reduce the pesky BBA, I've been experimenting with H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) I think its a good time to share the progress so far. Just to mention for those of you unfamiliar with H2O2 use, its a very powerful oxidising agent, which basically means it can melt away living...

It's been glorious XD

That moment your massive swords are overgrowing your massive tank :eek::eek:

Congrats! You have just joined a government watch list. Welcome! Im on the same list, since buying 10kg of the stuff with "fish tank" as reason for purchase :lol:

Love the look of those lominie lights, for that open top shimmer effect...

Ok, the fish have been devouring my fissidens! A tad expensive and poorly nutritious food so I though I need to do something about it. Here is the solution!

Mine are mounted on a grid of 2020 aluminium profiles suspended off the ceiling. Not sure what Id use if mounting on the tank.

Hi @pariahrob As @dw1305 mentioned, I've 9 x 50w floods above my 2000L, very similar to the ones you linked. They are aprox 70cm from the substrate. They can be fantastic value for money, although I couple of things I wish I did different. Firstly, colour temperature of mine are "cool white"...

Some big changes coming. A video is in the making. Here is a teaser 🤣

Always willing to experiment xD

Hi Paulo, I use it as a simple but reliable timer. I know that some of the others have it linked to their lights on/off time so that it always follows +/- a few hours. Fil

Bonus fact. I build the PLC with so much extra capacity, its now controlling my 2 other plant setups. The climber is regular pothos (believe it or not!) on Beast water! This will have soil, and a small lemon tree growing in it soon!

Decided I am fed up of crawling under the tank to unplug the 2 pumps in order to create a back syphon to drain the weekly 50%. Then having to crawl back under just to plug them in once fresh water is in. I remembered why I never connected them to my PLC in the first place, and that's because if...

I've been running 9 of those 50W floodlights (cool white). They can grow plants just fine. My ludwigia glandulosa turns almost purple when it gets closer to the source. Still wish I went with warmer white, I've gone off the clinical look of the cool whites!

Junior approves!

Im surprised you needed a confirmation! haha We skipped the lotion. You know, for the fish's sake :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

The staycation continues. This time, we catch a guppy!

Cordifolius bouncing back

Nice size and shape tank youve got there! Drop me a line if youre struggling with anything, chances are Ive been there! Fil

Please please join my crazy club @Kogre !!! Its a lonely place at the moment 🤣 Btw, when I have a ton of trimming to do, I just get in, squat in the middle with my mask and breathing tube and get hacking. No joke 🤣

Thats hilariously disgusting! Wont be long before any word will have some gross connection somewhere, and no speach at all will be allowed 🤣😂🤣

Thats hilarious @Zeus. YT at its best!

Anyone else notice when your tank is out of balance, the fish arent as happy? Ive noticed my bronze cories stop breeding when my plants arent happy! Otherwise Ive cory eggs everywhere. Confirmation bias? Fil

Too kind Tim! But imagine if someone with actual scaping skills had a go at it!!!

Thought Id give an update to how its going after I fixed my ferts and started dosing glut. Let me know what you think! All feedback appreciated!

Made a vid update. Enjoy Fil

Nice to see you're having a good go, and dealing with issues as they come. It's been an ebb and flow for me too. The lows make the highs feel nicer! I'm coming out of a low at the moment, where I carelessly added too much epsom salts (for the first time). Decided to dump a 20L drum full of...

Hey Sanj, Before I moved into this house, I made EXTENSIVE renovations. One of upgrades I installed was a whole house ventilation system with heat recovery (all DIY). The Beast is open top, and gives us absolutely no condensation issues at all, as I designed the ventilation system to exchange...

Thanks for the offer Dean, Ill keep it in mind. I probably could do a triangle piece, others have given me plenty of ideas. However, with life being the way it is these days, its just easier to keep the strap on, and wait until a time when I will have more headspace to tackle this! Fil

@dean have a look at this post back on page 36 Cannot blame you for missing it! The journal is now a proper challenge to get through ha!

Thanks Sanj, It's fixed temporarily with a ratchet strap that goes around the whole thing. Unsightly, but less risky, quicker and cheaper than trying other things. No idea what I will do long term, maybe convert to paludarium! Even with these issues, I have absolutely no regrets. As Rick...

Thank you so much! Its very nice to hear from someone local, I hope we do meet. Looking forward PS shrimplyjones is a top lad!

You know I saw those, marketed for your bath and thought that could be coarse table salt! Just didnt trust it. You reckon worth a punt? Fil

Stocked up on fertiliser over christmas. I get most macros from INOXIA, and got a call from them asking such questions as "umm what you need this for?" and "bit excessive for a fish tank?!". After my explaiantions around tank size and EI dosing, they agreed to release the order, but Im...

Defo doable, and cost effective. my flood lights are indeed 50w each. just to give you an idea, ive 9 of them over a tank area of 1700mm x 1700mm, at a height of 70cm from the substrate. I remembered getting baffled by par/lumens etc, ended up finding a document which had actual par of those...

At first I thought s**t he is right... But then I remembered, random elf name generator is a thing 🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

As I was roasting a feast for xmas, just about spotted this busy pair lying and fertilising. Merry xmas you lovely people. It might be just a hobby for you, but dont forget youre making a home for numerous little critters!!!

No idea about PAR values, but my 9x50w LED floods make my 2000L pearl beautifully!

This would be a perfect shrimp tank. Good luck!

LOVE IT +1 on mechanical ventilation with heat exchange, DIYed my own and cannot believe how good it makes the house feel. Never living without one again. Suffice to say tank evaporation/humidity has never been an issue around the Beast

good luck with the move! nothing more stressfull. You just need to get a bigger tank in your new place! xD

Got to be wigglers, but then vanished. Had a couple of pairs lay eggs since but nothing survives. Meanwhile, the guppies are multiplying happily!

Some eye candy That is all xD

🤣😂 I know the feeling. That was me when designing/building the 2000l beast. Stand looks solid! Following with interest

More breeding going on! There are at least 2 pairs of angels at it, sometimes at the same time.

Never though of it that way but very true! I cant always see the blue shortfin betta as he does his rounds. I got a red lizard whiptail plec at the same time as the golden bristlenose. The lizard is equally elusive, so much so that Ive not managed to snap a picture at all yet.

Bought the golden long fin bristlenose about 6 months ago. Saw it about 4 times since 🤣😂 But everytime I do, I cant stop staring! Pics dont do it justice, especially under these strong lights.

Nope At this rate its more likely I will turn it into a vivarium 🤣

The Beast finally has a face!

My angels are breeding :eek::eek::eek:

Cannot argue that 🤣🤣

I like it! Right now the rathet strap is doing a good job. No idea when I will have the headspace to take a punt at fixing this. I could always reduce the water level and make it into an island paludarium.

While doing a water change today, I noticed 3 baby guppies! Hooray! Tried to take a picture and spooked one of them resulting in a high speed chase against a hungry angel, thankfully Ive been lazy with the trimming so the baby quickly disappeared in dense vegitation. Here is a pic I managed to...

Happy water change day! Got some guppies 7 days ago, ended up getting a few very small ones for free, thought they will become angelfish chow, but to my surprise, they have found a safe haven among the young cordifolius (which are out of control!). Perhaps I could end up with a nice colony...

(Over) feed time!

Spotlight time. So Ive had this whiptail plec for over a year, never fed him directly, and Ive never seen him eat anything I throw in. Great fish care, I know 🤣 Yet he is nice and fat, I guess the tank is big enough to provide whatever he needs!

Thats brilliant! I see what you mean, but this wouldnt help. The tank is already braced on the top (although in a different way), and this wouldnt stop the vertical seam on the corner from continuing to deteriorate. Fil

Crypts are growing atta control! :banghead: Any ideas how to trim a large amount with minimum effort? Fil

I was meaning to write about this guy for a while He is a proper Beast native. I never feed him anything special, never see him eat anything I throw in, and yet he is fat and beastly. Gotta love nature

For some reason I cant picture it. Any chance for a back of a napkin drawing? Also, glandulosa is doing well :D

My advice would be, focus on one at a time and enjoy the planning stage! Let us know once youre attepting the 1400, Ill follow with interest! Fil

That will be insufficient I think. I think I need something to hold the middle, thats where the two walls are bowing away from each other. Remember its acrylic we are talking! Fil

Have you got a journal going?

I think any tank flooding past 500L would result in just the same damage 🤣 My emergency flood plan is: open the back door Yes, constantly on ebay (thebeastsurplus), occasionally on here and always happy to receive requests via PM. Fil

Naaah, that would be the safe thing to do. My favourite tactic is called YOLO 🤣 But seriously, I watch the join like a hawk, its stopped deteriorating since the strap is on, this was months ago. Fil

Thanks Mel :) About the misbehaving join, the ratchet strap is back :( Not sure how I will fix it long term, for now its fine, until I find some headspace to tackle it again. Fil

That cat is a real test of your imagination for hell... Im not about to take a punt 🤣 Nor would I ask Rick to make me a stop/rewind remote for real life!

Haha R&M true level. Is right... class show

Looks great, very natural but still varied. Fissidens and bolbitis look particularily healthy. If you fancy red, pm me. Ive a ton of ludwigia sp mini super red. Fil

Hey Doug, Sorry I missed this post, how are you getting on? Would have offered some advice but it might be too late :( Fil

If you think its too little, I would dose more. You could spend ages working out the ppms, and getting a ton of advice this way or that. I easily dose 2 or 3 times what is required on EI. I've dealt with deficiencies, they are not fun. And my nitrates are still very low... :banghead: Fil

Haha, the pink gravel challenge. Classic

Nice write up & nice to hear your Mrs enjoys it too. Makes our life so much easier :D I am only slowly recognising how amazing it is to have and care for plants around the house. We are creatures evolved in the outdoors, I think we forget that sometimes. Also, Im not surprised that learning new...

Couldn't blame you for feeling like bowing out. The past few months have been stressful enough without having to deal with plant deficiencies :banghead: Glad to hear your over the hump Fil

Holy.... You got me with that first picture 🤣 Well in, thanks for the feedback! Fil

You poor soul! Takes more efford to read this journal than to build this tank. Thanks, and well done! Fil

Ive grown glandulosa in my terrarium, its very nice emersed.

I got 20 of them, they are not too evil yet, just picking on my puffers a little but they dont seem to care much. I love how they all race to the glass when I get close, checking me out for food.

Loving my blue diamond angels