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We are in tauranga

My tank decided to give up empty itself on the lounge floor and alas I have been told I cannot replace it. Managed to save all the fish and re home all but the adult pleco, it has been around for about ten years so would like it to go to a safe home. Currently the guys and girls at Carine landscaping in tauranga have him in their big tank. If anyone is interested or could give him a new home please respond. He is quite big, around 30cm. Cheers

Been a busy few weeks away and having family looking after tank 😬 come back to a bit of an algae bloom. Almost back to normal. Glosso growing like crazy.... needed second trim. Finally added fish 13 neons and 10 Otto’s. Need to spend a bit of time at home to re adjust ferts😅...... maybe next month Trimed the tops out of the AR as well, they had grown out of the water. Glosso pearling really well. Good to have fish finally Now to sort the water clarity 🙂

First hair cut, replanted all the off cuts, water parameters looking good.

3 x 25% water changes and algae bloom under control 😅 so far this is a lot easier in a big tank. Also changed dosing to macro and micro every other day. Increased bubble count to 3 per second New inhabitants are some red twisting worms...... if there were fish would be good food A lot of pearling and pretty happy at the growth. Added some filter media from my other tank to speed up the cylcling, will start to measure water parameters next week. Think I will trim the glosso this weekend..... closer to adding fish 🐠

Week 3 - everything went smooth with family looking after tank. Had trouble for 2 days with co2 whilst away.... some how gas got turned off lol. Then had friends looking after. Algae bloom 😬 50% water change, up co2 ferts same. Once onset control going to start cycling with food

Week one - 50% water change added epsom salts. Increased dosing to daily. Small sign of white algae. Good colour on the AR roseafoila.......So far so good. Going away this week so someone else is looking after 😬

Thanks all 🙂, Tank is 1000mm long, 400 deep and 500 high.

Its been a while, but finally had the chance to redo my 200L fish tank and have converted it to a high tech set up. Moved all my other fish into another 200L that has been hanging in the garage. Plan is to have a Iwagumi style with 40-50 Neon tetras and 10 Oto's. Substrate - 5 kg JBL planting substrate 21 kg seachem fluorite black sand, random black rocks Plants - Glossostigma Elatinoides, Dwarf hair grass and 3x Alternanthere Reineckii - roseafoila Filter- Aqua One 1200 Lighting - one 49w Aquq one plant glo Co2- 2 bubbles per second Ferts - NPK 20ml and seachem flourish 5 ml starting every 2 days As per I get to excited to get going so after work I started, got it filled up and planted by about 2am. Lost a bit of contour in the process but I am happy with the result. Will post up dates as it progresses and the troubles on the way to hopefully what I want :-)

Gas pro in 129 newton street mt maunganui converted/ tested my old fire extinguisher and filled it for about $130. Also cheapest place to get soda stream refills $6. Valray regulator and solenoid have been using for 18 months and is excellent no problems with it. Also got all tubing, non return and bubble counter from him

Well that filled in the blanks , that looks great, can't wait to see what your changes look like. There are not too many fluvel edge tanks on here so your post caught my eye. The main piece of advise would be to keep in mind trimming access, but I'm sure your already all over that. I only had the halogens with mine but I could never get plants to grow or keep it clear, so changed to those 7 LEDs. If you do go to co2 go with the soda stream option, one bottle will last 3 odd months on this tank. Also I haven't had a casualty yet, co2 on and off with the lights and there is no issues with ph. Adds another dimension to the tank with all the pearling and growth rate is huge. Getting the balance right was a challenge tho. Good luck

Looks great. I had trouble with ambulia taking off and constant having to trim, great to keep algae at bay tho, I removed it after a while. Also my fern has grown.... Large leaves across tank, seems to not mind a trim. How long have you had it up and running? I changed the lighting on mine http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=60275 Also has co2 tho

Thanks, not quite up to your standards yet !drool: I got the lights from c m lighting in Christchurch, about $14 each and the bases from a local electrical place. Cool light (white light) not warm light (yellow)

Thanks, up until 4 months ago I was a complete plant novice apart from some java fern everything you need to know right here

I replaced the existing 2 halogens with MR11 12SMD LED bulbs, 120 degree beam about 6000k. They fit straight in. I also cut up the base and added 5 more of the led bulbs as below. This tank was hard work and was about to be retired before i got the design etc from the net. Old Top & Base Cut up ready to be joined Joined Lights added New lid