Ray
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Hello, I'm back into fishkeeping after 20 years and its all got so much more exciting since I was a kid... I've been running a little 25L pilot planted guppy tank for the last two months dosing Easy-Life ferts weekly and liquid carbon daily. Everything is growing nicely, my wife approves of my rediscovered hobby and so its time time upgrade! In the old days I could only grow Java moss and duckweed so this is a pleasant suprise.
A 90cm tank would fit the gap we have but here my dilemma starts. I could get a 90 x 30 x45H and have a nice 120L or at the other extreme get 90 x 45 x60H for 240L. I'll post a piccy of my inspiration, I think a 240L like this could be really impressive if not too much work:
I have 5 minutes/day plus an hour or so/week for maintenance. So I have these 3 questions:
- for a 60cm deep tank will normal flourescents do or do I need hugely more intensity and maybe even metal halide to get through?
- how do you change 60 or even 120 Litres of water without it being a real chore? What do people do these days - wheel a small barrel up to the tank and dechloinate and heat to correct temp overnight?
- Open tops look lovely but are they really practical with fish jumping and evaporation. How does everyone stop this? If I cut a sheet of Acrylic to cover my Aquarium will I keep the open top look but stop things escaping?
Thanks all for your advice.
Ray
A 90cm tank would fit the gap we have but here my dilemma starts. I could get a 90 x 30 x45H and have a nice 120L or at the other extreme get 90 x 45 x60H for 240L. I'll post a piccy of my inspiration, I think a 240L like this could be really impressive if not too much work:
I have 5 minutes/day plus an hour or so/week for maintenance. So I have these 3 questions:
- for a 60cm deep tank will normal flourescents do or do I need hugely more intensity and maybe even metal halide to get through?
- how do you change 60 or even 120 Litres of water without it being a real chore? What do people do these days - wheel a small barrel up to the tank and dechloinate and heat to correct temp overnight?
- Open tops look lovely but are they really practical with fish jumping and evaporation. How does everyone stop this? If I cut a sheet of Acrylic to cover my Aquarium will I keep the open top look but stop things escaping?
Thanks all for your advice.
Ray