So Its finally happening :lol:

Its going to be 1metre x 50 x 60high

Filter: Aqua one cf1200 and a 600lph Internal

Lights: 4x 36W t8 fluros

Substrate: Daltons aquatic mix and either River sand or Fine Fine gravel

Going to have Heaps of wood and leaf and twig litter, A few rocks and Swords growing right across the back.

Main Fish will be Cardinal Tetras, Corys, Pencil and Hatchetfish, a pair of apistos, and clown plecos.

Now the pictures.

All in pieces still :lol:

Filter

Wood

Tank

Stand

A piece of wood will go accros these Beams for the Axy tank

Will have pics up in a couple days of the tank setup :lol:

you don't need the internal too if you are running the CF1200 unless you want to stock it really heavily of course.

The internal is mainly to cycle the tank faster and provide more flow on the driftwood so it doesnt get covered in algae.

finally. :lol:

Good job so far too.

I was going to do this with my new 630L, but lucky I didn't or there would have been 6 months of updates on how thick the layer of dust in the bottom is. Its now half full of water, hopefully doing plumbing this weekend...

Looks good though, cant wait to see it full of fish!

So, im hopefully picking up the Wood for the bottom of the stand and moving the axolotls tomorrow, so should be setup by friday.

Question about the PH though,

How low could the PH be that will keep the Clown Panaque and possibly Albino BN happy?

I want to keep it low for the Cardinals, Hatchets and Pencilfish.

My BN seem to be ok at low pH's as long as you change it slowly. Mine live in about 5.8 and are totally fine.

They Breeding?

Nah, I've gotta get the pH up to about 6.4 for them to start. They're growing healthily though.

Its Filling up now (about Time!!! :lol: )

I got 2 large pieces of Wood in there along with Some rocks.

Very cloudy/murky atm though

Should clear up in the next few days though.

Heres the picture of the setup atm (including Axolotl Tank )

The waters still very green/murky/cloudy.

Have put a small 400lph filter in there, and has cleared up a littlebit, I think tomorow i will change 50L and seee what happens, I want to have the first fish in by Saturday :-?

Which brings me to the question, What fish first?

The fish that have to go in there are,

1 Apisto Borelli

8 Corys

11 pencilfish

6 2cm Dwarf flags

5 cardinals

Or i could use some Bettas, and plattys to start the cycle.

Also, i have a 2 foot tank, with 2 600lph internals that i was going to use to start the cycle, but the 2foot has Cyano algae, Would it transfer into the new tank?

Any answers will be appreciated

Dixon is the axie only a baby?

Caper

nice man

i note the MTS off to the left of the two tanks featured

Dixon is the axie only a baby?

Caper

No, she(bob) is about20cm and about 6-7 years old, she never really grew(probably beacuse i was about 10 when i got it and had no idea how to look after them)

nice man

i note the MTS off to the left of the two tanks featured

:lol: And theres still 4 more tropical tanks around the house :roll:

Also i just found one of the main filter connectors in the dog basket all chewed up, also the intake, so cant setup straight away.

Filters setup, but still very cloudy

what colour cloudy?

whoa! the tank is tanking you ages to set up!

hurry hurry! we all want to see the end result :bounce:

Car posts removed at Dixons request as was so far off topic. - Mod Billaney

So, the water isnt cloudy now, but what has settled has landed on the wood :evil:

And it looks like some parts of the Substrate has been moved and the aquatic mix is slightly showing.

What can i do to remove the stuff on the wood? :-?

I use a credit card or similar when cleaning the glass on my tank. If I notice any substrate/sand ect on my wood I use the credit card and "wave" it near by, so that the water current blow's it off?! (If you get what I mean??!!)

Seem's to work ok

Its not sand on the wood, i think its stiff from the aquatic mix.

Ok, so i finally got all the lights on, 4 x 4foot T8s = 36x4 = 144W of lighting.

But,,,,,,Stuff is still sticking to everything!

I have no idea what it is, but its stuck to everything,

Plants, Wood, stones, glass etc.

Any ideas on what it is?

There are now, 2 platy, 5 baby corys and 4 neons in there too

post a pic of it.

this is the longest ive ever heard of a tank taking to set up :lol: :lol:

lol

Its been about a year and a half :lol:

But without a job its very hard :evil:

And have had a few leaks etc in the tanks i planned to setup before i fianlly got this one. :evil:

Dont get the camera back till tonight, But will try post pics then.