Steve Smith
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After thinking it through I decided to abandon the 4ft tank idea and go back to my Rio 180, as I prefer the proportions and it looks a little nicer. Glass is in similar condition to the 4ft so no difference there.
Anyhow. This is still a work in progress. I think I've got the hard scape/substrate sorted and layed out. Just spent the last hour or so doing this
So far, the definates are:
Tropica plant substrate
Unipac Zambezi sand on top
large chunk of wood for hardscape
Definate plants so far are:
Eleocharis Acicularis
Eleocharis Vivipara
Blyxia Japonica
Other hardware:
Tetratec EX1200
Pressurised CO2 via 5kg FE
Rhinox 5000 - Thinking directly under filter intake
Juwel T8 lightbar (60w) with additional light unit to make up to approx 90w.
Some pics:
Tropica substrate is very dusty. Hopefully I've used enough!
Bought a glass tank edge connector from AE. Seems reasonable quality though I'm wondering if I should of paid the extra £2 or £3 for the ADA one!
Thankfully it fitted over the edge of the tank perfectly
And this is the hardscape layout I've settled on:
That's it for now. Need to get a feel for the planting, and actually buy some Anyone have any Eleocharis vivipara to spare? :?:
Anyhow. This is still a work in progress. I think I've got the hard scape/substrate sorted and layed out. Just spent the last hour or so doing this
So far, the definates are:
Tropica plant substrate
Unipac Zambezi sand on top
large chunk of wood for hardscape
Definate plants so far are:
Eleocharis Acicularis
Eleocharis Vivipara
Blyxia Japonica
Other hardware:
Tetratec EX1200
Pressurised CO2 via 5kg FE
Rhinox 5000 - Thinking directly under filter intake
Juwel T8 lightbar (60w) with additional light unit to make up to approx 90w.
Some pics:
Tropica substrate is very dusty. Hopefully I've used enough!
Bought a glass tank edge connector from AE. Seems reasonable quality though I'm wondering if I should of paid the extra £2 or £3 for the ADA one!
Thankfully it fitted over the edge of the tank perfectly
And this is the hardscape layout I've settled on:
That's it for now. Need to get a feel for the planting, and actually buy some Anyone have any Eleocharis vivipara to spare? :?: