jagz
Member
Hi all im fairly new to this forum so i thought i would start a journal, i used to keep discus a then i sold up and converted my tank to a reef tank which i regret so much but hey im back to the fresh water now
Ok, so i have decided to go back to discus but this time for my tank i have in the house i have decided to do a high tech planted tank for my discus, the equiptment i will be using is as follows
Tank - Juwel rio 400
Filter - Fluval Fx5
Lights - Triple 80w T5s
Co2 - 2 kg Fire extinguisher with aquamedic regulator and solanoid (not to sure on the bubbles per second yet)
Substrate - Akadama Bonsai Soil
ok this is the tank which i had set up for marine and i was using a sump but im fed up of topping this up so i have took out the weir and covered hole in the base so now im just sticking to the external on this tank, so these first picture are from when i converted the stand to house the sump and i have decided to keep the stand as it is as i prefer it this way so here is a little description of what and how i done it
1st of all i had took the stand apart leaving the base and the 2 outside pieces in place i then removed the inner sides of the cupboards and moved them to the rear of the base as shown
the next step for me was to arrange the power sockets and i didnt want extension lead every where so i got my brother who is a sparky to come round and wire me up 6 double plug sockets and then link them to my mains we mounted these onto a peice of plywood and placed it in the center of the stand
we then added the top of the stand and cut out a space for the waste pipe from the main tank
next we had to put the sump into place because the stand would need strenthening but i wouldnt be able to get the sump in after i had done this so it had to go in first
now the strenthening was done using 2x2 timber i knocked togeter a frame like thing that would lock into the ply wood that the plugs was on then it was all screwed in place
now the tank wasnt going to move i now added the front which was the peice that oridnally was the rear center section when the stand was factory built this is a perfect fit for the space inbetween the 2 doors i wanted to be able to remove this for maintenance so i used magnet catches on the rear of it and used the 2x2 for the other part of the catch and it has worked out quite well
and that was it other than putting the doors on
the stand is exactly the same now as in these above picture but without the sump,
i will add tomorrow the photos bringing this upto where i am now , im hoping to keep this thread active so we can all see progress of my planted tank
jagz
Ok, so i have decided to go back to discus but this time for my tank i have in the house i have decided to do a high tech planted tank for my discus, the equiptment i will be using is as follows
Tank - Juwel rio 400
Filter - Fluval Fx5
Lights - Triple 80w T5s
Co2 - 2 kg Fire extinguisher with aquamedic regulator and solanoid (not to sure on the bubbles per second yet)
Substrate - Akadama Bonsai Soil
ok this is the tank which i had set up for marine and i was using a sump but im fed up of topping this up so i have took out the weir and covered hole in the base so now im just sticking to the external on this tank, so these first picture are from when i converted the stand to house the sump and i have decided to keep the stand as it is as i prefer it this way so here is a little description of what and how i done it
1st of all i had took the stand apart leaving the base and the 2 outside pieces in place i then removed the inner sides of the cupboards and moved them to the rear of the base as shown
the next step for me was to arrange the power sockets and i didnt want extension lead every where so i got my brother who is a sparky to come round and wire me up 6 double plug sockets and then link them to my mains we mounted these onto a peice of plywood and placed it in the center of the stand
we then added the top of the stand and cut out a space for the waste pipe from the main tank
next we had to put the sump into place because the stand would need strenthening but i wouldnt be able to get the sump in after i had done this so it had to go in first
now the strenthening was done using 2x2 timber i knocked togeter a frame like thing that would lock into the ply wood that the plugs was on then it was all screwed in place
now the tank wasnt going to move i now added the front which was the peice that oridnally was the rear center section when the stand was factory built this is a perfect fit for the space inbetween the 2 doors i wanted to be able to remove this for maintenance so i used magnet catches on the rear of it and used the 2x2 for the other part of the catch and it has worked out quite well
and that was it other than putting the doors on
the stand is exactly the same now as in these above picture but without the sump,
i will add tomorrow the photos bringing this upto where i am now , im hoping to keep this thread active so we can all see progress of my planted tank
jagz