Brianemone
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yeah prop sand will grow the plants without a problem but i would prefer something more earthy looking.
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I will highly recommend the Jebo 819's.
They do an awesome job (we have 2 running an 8ft tank and crystal clear water!) and all up we use 5 in this house.
Not sure on the Aquaone sorry, never tried them.
I have heard a lot of good things about the Jebo's, I think it might be worth the extra to get something that will be trouble free.
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No worries brian, sounds awesome aye! I cant wait to see pix as you go throu the process.
Have you an idea of substrate etc also?
I wanted a nice dark substrate to contraSt the green plants but i am very put off by the price of most purpose made aquarium substrates and things like Aquasoil Amazonia are not even available here, so I will probably end up doing the daltons aquatic for the base then propagation sand over that unless i can find something more along the lines of what i want.
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I have the choice of two cannister filters for my new tank, one is the Aqua One CF1200 and the other is the Jebo 819. Both seem to have a similair capacity but the cheapest that i have found the Jebo is 175$ (wetpets) while the Aqua one is only 139$ (petplanet)
Opinions??
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sound like you have it sussed... what CO2 system are you using?
Not sure on the brand of the setup but I got it off Plantman who is selling off some of his stuff. It has a regulator, needle valve and solenoid, Im getting my CO2 bottle sometime in the next week or two (2kg) i still havent decided on a Co2 diffuser yet but i am considering getting one made by a guy I know that makes neon signs.
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on a serious note- I wouldn't run a sump on a planted tank, I have got sumps on fw tanks, but I wouldn't have one on a planted tank because of the loss of CO2... what plants are you thinking of?
Still need to do a bit of investigating in regards to most of the plants, Im not going for a Biotope or anything to any plant choices will be purely for aesthetics. I love Riccia and mosses, and dont like cabomba and most stem plants. I think forground of either Riccia or Dwarf Sag, and on the drift wood some nice moss and maybe some nests of Anubis nana (spelling??)
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Fair enough. Sumps can be made to not deplete co2
But it is easier to canister it.What other equipment? Pres co2? lighting? Heating? Plants? fish?
Sorry im being nosy, but this tank is gunna be sick!!!!!
Im going to have to call shenanagans on the teeny bopper lingo on this thread.
But yeah i know you can reduce the amount of co2 lost from a sump but its still negating the desired effect. Also the possiblity of me making a perfectly quite overflow is next to none. I want a silent gracefull pic. As for equiptment see above post.
Thanks for the kind words Mystic and David
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Why not just use the overflow and have a sump?!?!?! Would give even more volume!!
Nice sized tank BTW!
What have you got planned for equipment?
In freshwater tanks i prefer cannister filters, heck i'd have cannisters on marine tanks if they acheived what is needed. Plus i will be using CO2 so the sump would be counter productive. Plus the overflow took up a fair chunk of realestate that I would prefer to use for plants/fish.
So far for equiptment im planning on 4 4foot T5's and two cannister filter (jebo 819's) Pressurised co2 system and UV
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My tank that I originally had built for my reef tank that was never fully established was sitting in my garage gathering dust and cobwebs.
I've had the urge to startup a planted tank for some now and since we have made some progress with the renovations of our new house I thought that it would be a good time to start getting stuff together for when the lounge is finished. The tank measures 120cm long x 70cm wide x 60cm high. The front and sides are Diamante glass (starphire equivilant)
Here is a Pic of the tank, all dirty and lonely sitting on its back
I moved it inside last night and gave it a quick clean, took a bit of elbow grease to cut out the old overflow and get it prep'd for a test fill which will happen as soon as i plug the overflow hole in the base. I'll put some pics of the clean up tonight
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Nice pics Blue, what camera is it?
Oh and great stuff with the breeding as well
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You have been reading overseas sites huh? They are the AGA or ADA ones arent they? They are quite cool looking
Yeah, definatly a step above the standard return hose and outlet in the looks department
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Tank is progressing well,
Added plants two weeks ago. added 6 rummy noises, 10 ottos, 8 dwarf cories, 8 aldolfie cories,
Today added co2, with Tunze controller, connect up the under cable heating.
Added a 24w uv steriliser.
Hopefully in a few weeks will add a 150w metal halide and remove the 4 t5s.
will get some photos up soon.
Looking foward to seeing the progress, hopefully I can pick up some tips.
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Has anyone seen these for sale in NZ?
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you need to link to a web address (ie not directly off your computer)
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what about Hemianthus callitrichoides
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Wet it then poke at it with something sharp. If its too soft, don't use it. I put a small piece of wood in my tank that was rotting and it made a dreadful mess of the tank.
Its great looking wood though, so I hope its ok.
Cheers
Jude
Yip, I remember you talking about that about a year ago. At the same time that was happening to you i was helping someone with a tank that had a strange algae problem and only after completly stripping the tank did i find the wood they put in was decaying.
I thought I should get the wood into some water to start the sinking process so the peices are now in the paddling pool out the back with bricks on them.
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Here is the first peice, its thinner and seems to be a harder wood.
A close up of the same wood
This is another peice, a bit chunkier, and seems to be a little less dense
closer
and closer again
I havent decided on the final design of the tank so i still dont know which peice i prefer in terms of the look i want but if one is more suitible then i will err on the side ofcaution and use that peice, currently #1 looks to be the peice more suited to tank life
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Ive taken a few pictures of some of the wood, there are clearly two different types, i'll post up the pics as soon as i find my usb cable that my son has hidden
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While i cant say im all that keen on having the tannins leached into the water (as i want some nice crystal clear water) Im more concerned that the wood might be a softer type of wood that might break down in the tank and make a bit of a mess, obviously its easy enough to take it out but if its rotting on the inside it might not be the first thing i think of.
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It's really complicated and drawn out process to tell if the wood is suitable to put in a tank.
Step 1: Look at driftwood.
Step 2: Identify if driftwood is driftwood or not.
Step 3: If driftwood is wood, identify if it's clean or not.
Step 4: If dirty, clean it.
Step 5: Put in tank.
Yip, cheers for that Ira, I was a bit worried i might miss an important step.
The wood has been sitting out sit for some time and so it is pretty silver, I need to get an old barrel to see what it does in water.
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I've got a few peices of driftwoody stuff lying around that the previous owner left behind when they moved out (along with a multitude of other rubbish)
I assume not all woods are created equally so I just wanted to see if there is any way of telling what type of wood it is and wether it will be suitible to put in my soon to be setup planted tank.
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where is everyone getting their heating pads from??
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some really nice planted tank. Brianemone...is that your tank? looks amazing.
No niether of those are mine, just posting some nice tanks that i've found while searching for some inspiration.
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http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/Poe835/100Gallon/Nov112006/front.jpg Heres another nice one but the pic is largish
My 4 foot planted tank (progress thread)
in Freshwater
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Its still sand though, I want a soil look to the bottom of the tank, dark brown rich topsoil.