alnitak
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Hello !
After many months building a DIY cabinet for the tank, I am ready to start
Cabinet was built with 19 mm waterproof MDF. The height is 1 m.
I spent a lot of time to seal and coat the MDF. One layer of polyurethane sealant, two layers of polyester primer, then one coat of polyurethane low gloss white lacker. All the products used are professional solvant based coatings, that are currently used by industrial bathroom cabinet producers. They were applied by air spray gun in a cabin.
Some pictures of the building process:
I added a frost-effect film on the back of the tank.
Next steps: drill a hole in the ground to the basement, and build a setup with a RO unit, a buffer tank (about 60L) and a pump. This to avoid carrying jerricans for water changing / evaporation. If you have any advice on the type of pump strong enough to push the water on 4m height, I would appreciate a lot (I don't really care about the flowrate, could be even low).
Technical data:
tank 90x45x45 optiwhite
lighting: Chihiros wrbg2 90 with shades
filtration: oase Biomaster 850 thermo (already setup and running since one month in an other tank), filled with nylon mesh and aquario neo media soft.
water: will be a mixture 75 RO/25 tap
CO2: CO2 art elite pro with inline diffuser, with 2 kg tank.
Soil: crushed lava, ada power sand advance M, topica soil. This for the background. For the foreground I will be using only decorative sand.
The layout of the tank will be nature aquarium style, with dragon stone and river wood, fully planted. But this will be a next chapter of the journal
After many months building a DIY cabinet for the tank, I am ready to start
Cabinet was built with 19 mm waterproof MDF. The height is 1 m.
I spent a lot of time to seal and coat the MDF. One layer of polyurethane sealant, two layers of polyester primer, then one coat of polyurethane low gloss white lacker. All the products used are professional solvant based coatings, that are currently used by industrial bathroom cabinet producers. They were applied by air spray gun in a cabin.
Some pictures of the building process:
I added a frost-effect film on the back of the tank.
Next steps: drill a hole in the ground to the basement, and build a setup with a RO unit, a buffer tank (about 60L) and a pump. This to avoid carrying jerricans for water changing / evaporation. If you have any advice on the type of pump strong enough to push the water on 4m height, I would appreciate a lot (I don't really care about the flowrate, could be even low).
Technical data:
tank 90x45x45 optiwhite
lighting: Chihiros wrbg2 90 with shades
filtration: oase Biomaster 850 thermo (already setup and running since one month in an other tank), filled with nylon mesh and aquario neo media soft.
water: will be a mixture 75 RO/25 tap
CO2: CO2 art elite pro with inline diffuser, with 2 kg tank.
Soil: crushed lava, ada power sand advance M, topica soil. This for the background. For the foreground I will be using only decorative sand.
The layout of the tank will be nature aquarium style, with dragon stone and river wood, fully planted. But this will be a next chapter of the journal
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