LancsRick
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- 18 Apr 2012
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Some of you will have seen that I'm looking to sell off my Fluval Edge (23l) due to the access restrictions that come with the tank structure. That said, it has at least made me appreciate the importance of the tank aesthetics as well as the aquascaping part of things - my Rio 180 and Trigon 190 are anything but subtle in their deisgn (although they're good looking tanks), and I'd quite like to make a truly elegant nano setup.
Criteria I've set myself:
- Circa 30litres - I found my 14l P@H nano really quite small, but equally I don't want a massive tank upstairs since I have real paranoia about tanks of water upstairs!
- Lid is required - Due to the resident furball, I can't have an open top tank
- Custom built stand - I've got plenty of woodworking facilities, so I'll make a custom cabinet from the usual pine framework and MDF cladding
- Primarily Cherry Red habitat
- Transparent colourless pipework
So considering the above, I'm going to put the cabinet to one side for the time being, since I can design and make that myself from raw materials, once I know what the rest of the setup will be.
Money IS an object here, so I'm not going to splash out daft cash on an ADA offering or similar, I honestly don't see the point.
Initial thoughts of a shopping list:
- Fluval Ebi tank
- Acrylic pipework in line with the bending tutorials on UKAPS forums
- External filter
I'm not entirely sure on what external to go for at this end of the scale, all of my filter knowledge is really around bigger tanks than this.The other consideration is that I don't want a heater in the tank, so I'm probably going to need to pick something that I could fit an ETH200 to the pipework.
So, a long opening post, what do people think?
Criteria I've set myself:
- Circa 30litres - I found my 14l P@H nano really quite small, but equally I don't want a massive tank upstairs since I have real paranoia about tanks of water upstairs!
- Lid is required - Due to the resident furball, I can't have an open top tank
- Custom built stand - I've got plenty of woodworking facilities, so I'll make a custom cabinet from the usual pine framework and MDF cladding
- Primarily Cherry Red habitat
- Transparent colourless pipework
So considering the above, I'm going to put the cabinet to one side for the time being, since I can design and make that myself from raw materials, once I know what the rest of the setup will be.
Money IS an object here, so I'm not going to splash out daft cash on an ADA offering or similar, I honestly don't see the point.
Initial thoughts of a shopping list:
- Fluval Ebi tank
- Acrylic pipework in line with the bending tutorials on UKAPS forums
- External filter
I'm not entirely sure on what external to go for at this end of the scale, all of my filter knowledge is really around bigger tanks than this.The other consideration is that I don't want a heater in the tank, so I'm probably going to need to pick something that I could fit an ETH200 to the pipework.
So, a long opening post, what do people think?