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chrisfraser05

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Right, I'm nearing time to do my new tank so I've been shopping lol

The following I have either already bought ready or am buying in the next few days/weeks.

300lt bowfront tank
CO2 Regulator/valve/solenoid
4dKH
Lighting 2xT8 30w
Osram cool white tube
Osram sky white tube
CF 1200 canister filter
Check valves
Valve for drip aclimatisation
Thermometers
Drop checkers x 2
bubble counter
Korillas 2x 2800lt hr
Westland aquatic compost
Black flourite sand
Black Rocks
Black Stones
Egg crate
Fire extinguisher 5kg
CO2 silicone hose
black Limo tint film for back and one side
clear hose 16/22 hose
spray bar 3ft
CO2 reactor
Moon lighting
Digi timers 1 for CO2 solenoid, 1 for lights, 1 for moonlights, 2 for korillas, 1 spare
External heater
Reflectors
Branches/twigs

Think thats it...... oh and an extra net to catch all my fish to move them when the new tanks up and running lol

I am aiming for something similar to this ;)

http://www.cau-aqua.net/index.php?optio ... ey=0&hit=1


Can you guys see anything obvious I've missed???

Thanks, chris
 
Good point Tom!!!! The list kind of took its own momentum lol

here goes ;)

Tank

300lt bow front Aqua one.
Matched Stand

Lighting

1x 30w 36" T8 osram cool white
1x 30w 36" T8 sky white
Reflectors
Moon lighting (led setup off ebay)

Filter and flow

7m of 16/22 clear hose (not using all 7m at once lol)
Aqua one CF 1200
2x 2800lt hr power heads
spray bar 3ft (to be made with clear hose and 16mm barbed end piece)

CO2

Dual regulator, needle valve and solenoid from Aqua essentials (I got the last one ;) )
Silicone hosing
Check valves
Bubble counter
CO2 Reactor
4dKH with blue
2x drop checkers
Fire extinguisher 5kg

Substrate

Westland aquatic compost between 2-6" depth across tank
Black flourite sand 2x 7kg to give just over 1" cap.

Scaping

Branches/twigs
Black Rocks (large and med)
Black Stones (ranging from about 1" to about 3")
Egg crate (for resting rocks against glass)
black Limo tint film for back and one side

Extras

Digi timers 1 for CO2 solenoid, 1 for lights, 1 for moonlights, 2 for korillas, 1 spare
External heater
Valve for drip aclimatisation
2x glass Thermometers
Aqua essentials tools (sand rake, tweezers and scissors, about 12" long)

pretty sure thats the rundown of it!
 
Lighting looks rather low, but judging by the recent thread on growing anything with 2xT8 you can get away with it. What ferts are you using, if any? I've got away fine with similar light to that over a Rio 180 with similar substrate, not dosing the water column or injecting CO2. I had Lot's of fish though.

Why do you have timers for the Koralias?

Other than that, looks great to me :)

Tom
 
oh, forgot the ferts!!!

Will be dosing with dry ferts doing the EI method.

I was tempted to upgrade the lighting from the standard T8's but was shown a fair few threads where people are moving away from the higher end of lighting with good results. I will start off with the T8s but may upgrade later if I struggle to grow certain plants.

The timers are going to be used on the korillas as with the filter (1200lt hr, more likely 800ish after the external heater etc) and the korillas I will have about 22x flow. I was going to have the korrilas come on with the CO2 and go off after the lighting prob about 1 1/2 hours after the CO2 stops pumping.
Will give the fish a rest and drop down to 2 1/2 - 3 times the flow through the evening.
I might end up leaving one of them on at night, will have to see how it goes.

Hopefully when it comes to setting up I don't find anything missing, I plan to set aside a few days and a few beers to do it :)
 
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