A.PROPHECY Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 haven't had an tank in maybe 5 years but decided to take the plunge again knowing the risk of mts hahaplan with this tank is for to be a low maintenance planted aquarium , with no co2 or too much intense lighting to keep costs down , luckly my favorite plants are all the low light species , java ferns anubias and what not , which dont require as much care as some other species.The tank is a custom 1000l x 600w x 700 high , two 32mm holes drilled to plumb a fx5 directly to the back of the tank as i didn't want any hoses in the tank , heres some photos of tank , diy 4x2 stand which ill make doors and trim for one day , fx5 plumbed up and driftwood arrangement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 i decided i also didnt want a heater inside the tank so ordered a inline heater from the uk , was a bit of a mission installing as its only has a 12mm inlet and outlet , and the fx5 has 25mm pipes , couldn't find the right reducer so just used a whole lot of hansen fittings to do it , looks weird and kinda ugly haha but does the job i know this must reduce flow a bit , but you dont even notice that with such a big filter on a small tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Next was filling the tank , which i had a few issues with..spider wood floated so had to tie it all down with rocks , thankfully you cant really seem them and there covered in sand as ideally i did not want any rocks in there.second issue was one of my bulkheads had a tiny leak!! i didn't want to drain the whole tank so slapped some silicon on and thankfully it stopped it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 so here it is currently , kicking myself for buying crypts as its kinda going away from the theme i wanted , so will be selling/swapping them if i can for some anubias Running two 39w t5s that seem to light it up rather well but would like to add some led's at some stage for that shimmer effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Looks good. I would be interested to know what sort of flow reduction you are getting with the bend in the bulkheads. What else do you have hooked up to the filter outlet at the filter end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Between the bend and that inline heater the flow must be reduced a fair bit but I got no way of truly measuring that , just by eye. I knew that would be the case and that's why I got an fx5 , anything smaller and I may have had a flow issueI don't even have the taps on the fx5 fully open , great filters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Looking good, did you forget your password for your old username? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hahaha Yer bro the end of aprophecy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Do you want aprophecy back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Do you want aprophecy back?if possible? here is an update ,did a rescape , still a few plants to add to fill it in more , also going to add xmas moss when i get some removed crypts and now its strictly only plants that will attach to wood and rocks , nothing in the substrate .just using one 39w 6500k t5 over the tank now as two was too much light , also dosing flourish once a weekcurrent plants are Philippine java fern narrow leaf java ferncongo fern anubias nanaanubias nana petite anubais barterianubias minama Edited January 17, 2016 by wendelbro M@. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanityChelle Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 That looks gorgeous. I'd love to steal this idea for a future Geo tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 I love how clean this looks without plants all over the substrate. Its a great shape too!Thanks for giving me ideas for my new (old) tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) new plants added , xmas moss , large clump of congo fern ,large amounts windelov java fern Edited January 22, 2016 by A.PROPHECY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) close up shot showing the mix of java fern species , congo fern and anubias Edited January 22, 2016 by A.PROPHECY Silverdollarboy2 and M@. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Man that is nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanityChelle Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 This is stunning! How is it growing so fast? Or are you just buying large amounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thanks , I've purchased a fair amount of mature plants , I'm also dosing flourish once a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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