daniel19831123
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I've just relocated to Singapore and my hand was itching to get back into the planted tank business already. This transition has been hectic and so far nothing but trying to settle down into my previous routine seemed to be met with challenges, one after another. anyway, cut the story short, I managed to pay off the bill, get a place to stay and now afford a nice little fish tank for my living room.
After a long wait, my tank finally arrived. The first impression of the seller was good. Jolly looking guy around my age who is keen to share his passion for planted tank with me. The tank was setup in it's rightful place in my living room and everything was checked to make it's in good working order.
The item purchase so far was as follow
1. ADA mimic tank 90x45x45.
2. ADA mimic stand
3. Overtank luminaire 2ft with 150W MH + 2x 24W T5 Solite Type 3 + hanging kit.
4. Stainless Steel pipe bent to mimic ADA style again.
5. Aqua Concept Soil 3 x 9L bag
6. 3L Co2 alloy bottle with Co2 tubing
7. 1/4 HP Hailea Chiller
Firstly the ADA mimic tank stand. Quite a decent quality but could be better. But judging at the price I pay, I really cannot ask for more. Comes with what I called a "anti door slamming device" as I like to call it and also a stainless steel hinge.
Then the tank came and sat right on top of it. considering that they were both made by 2 different company, I was very worried that it wouldn't sit right on top of each other with some excess lying around the edge. But this hasn't happened. So everything so good so far.
The tank is sitting on an ANS mat but to my dismay, it is not cut to fit the tank stand properly. Luckily it was only the excess that i need to trim off.
After the seller guy left, i take a good chance to inspect the tank. To my dismay, there are other stuff that really has not been done to the standard I was expecting. I went for the tank dimension above at a higher price thinking that it was custom made, the quality should be good but the tank that was made abroad in china was much more delicately done and the finishing touch was immaculate. Unfortunately, they didn't have the dimension that I was looking for...
Leftover silicone
Glasses not aligned correctly.
The full view of the panel that is slanted.
Anyway, no time for disappointment and upset. so I sent the pic to the seller and inform him about this and all he does was reassure me that it will hold the water in it... Well too late to change anything now. I did save quite a bit by not getting a full ADA setup. I guessed I've only got myself to blame.
Anyway, so I went out to collect my ADA Stainless Steel (SS) light stand customised to my requirement. The pipe vendor was very affirmative in his email saying that this will be an easy job so I had my hope high that it will be made perfect to my instruction.
My original thought of what the stand will look like. I even label the measurement for him thinking that having a 3 dimension picture should save me the talking and drawing and the detail information about how the stand should look like. And this is what I got.
The end cap at the top
The bend at the top
The lower end welded
Well, I will need more stuff but I will update this post as soon as things progress.
After a long wait, my tank finally arrived. The first impression of the seller was good. Jolly looking guy around my age who is keen to share his passion for planted tank with me. The tank was setup in it's rightful place in my living room and everything was checked to make it's in good working order.
The item purchase so far was as follow
1. ADA mimic tank 90x45x45.
2. ADA mimic stand
3. Overtank luminaire 2ft with 150W MH + 2x 24W T5 Solite Type 3 + hanging kit.
4. Stainless Steel pipe bent to mimic ADA style again.
5. Aqua Concept Soil 3 x 9L bag
6. 3L Co2 alloy bottle with Co2 tubing
7. 1/4 HP Hailea Chiller
Firstly the ADA mimic tank stand. Quite a decent quality but could be better. But judging at the price I pay, I really cannot ask for more. Comes with what I called a "anti door slamming device" as I like to call it and also a stainless steel hinge.
Then the tank came and sat right on top of it. considering that they were both made by 2 different company, I was very worried that it wouldn't sit right on top of each other with some excess lying around the edge. But this hasn't happened. So everything so good so far.
The tank is sitting on an ANS mat but to my dismay, it is not cut to fit the tank stand properly. Luckily it was only the excess that i need to trim off.
After the seller guy left, i take a good chance to inspect the tank. To my dismay, there are other stuff that really has not been done to the standard I was expecting. I went for the tank dimension above at a higher price thinking that it was custom made, the quality should be good but the tank that was made abroad in china was much more delicately done and the finishing touch was immaculate. Unfortunately, they didn't have the dimension that I was looking for...
Leftover silicone
Glasses not aligned correctly.
The full view of the panel that is slanted.
Anyway, no time for disappointment and upset. so I sent the pic to the seller and inform him about this and all he does was reassure me that it will hold the water in it... Well too late to change anything now. I did save quite a bit by not getting a full ADA setup. I guessed I've only got myself to blame.
Anyway, so I went out to collect my ADA Stainless Steel (SS) light stand customised to my requirement. The pipe vendor was very affirmative in his email saying that this will be an easy job so I had my hope high that it will be made perfect to my instruction.
My original thought of what the stand will look like. I even label the measurement for him thinking that having a 3 dimension picture should save me the talking and drawing and the detail information about how the stand should look like. And this is what I got.
The end cap at the top
The bend at the top
The lower end welded
Well, I will need more stuff but I will update this post as soon as things progress.
