my masterpiece

[wifishman]

ill redo this thread here in the am but im gunna post a couple pics of the tank being made here for yall

[sneasle]

Ya, sucks that you lost your thread... I lost mine too. Looks like you lost your account as well.

Oh well, good luck on the redo. I'm not looking forward to redoing mine.. but hopefully I'll get some responses with the same old info

Shaggy may be able to load stuff from a day or 2 ago. Atleast I hope so.

[gil_ong]

Originally Posted by JustOneMore20 Shaggy may be able to load stuff from a day or 2 ago. Atleast I hope so.

not looking like it'll happen.

[wifishman]

its all good, stuff happens, so here we go...

as you can see by the 3 pics the tank is very nicely sized.
ive decided to go to 2500tw of t-5 ho lights... thats still almost 3wpg and should be plenty. im guna order up some of the turfmaster i think thats what it was... or was it soilmaster..doh.... maybe jom20 could post that link here for me again.. thanks btw....
as far as fish stocking lists.... i keep thinking bout more swords....
so here it is
50 cardinal tetras
50 harlequin rasboras
20 penguin tetras
15 emerald green cories *change from previous*
20 hifin lyretail swords
20 neon swords
20 blood red hi fin swords *costly but awsome*
30 diamond head neon tetra
30 glow light tetras
40 true rummy nose tetras
lastly but not least i told my old wholesaler for corals what i was doing and hes got 25 blue platys for me...
i am stoked with this stocking list and can honestly say i wont be deviating from it... unless its more of a certain fish....

as far as plants go...
i am going to order this up

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...49&pcatid=2149
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...79&pcatid=2679
as well as a red plant or 5

the lumber was ordered yesterday so when i get home tommarow i can start that, hopefully it will be plummed and h2o tested by mid next week...

anyother questions please post away

[wifishman]

dbl post sry

[sneasle]

Looks good.

I love swordtails personally. I'm liking the serpae and Benous Aires tetras more and more as well.

Soilmaster you'd get from http://www.lesco.com and Turface Pro you'd need to find a distributor here: http://www.turface.com/corporate/wheretobuy.cfm?lp=gb. Both are probably about the same price and possibly color, so just see which one you can get easier.



I can't remember from the other journal, but are you going to inject co2? If you want the Dwarf Baby Tears (HC) and some of the other plants in the package to be truly healthy, you'll want some co2 for them.

[akangelfood]

Originally Posted by sneasle I'm liking the serpae and Benous Aires tetras more and more as well.

<3 Serpaes!

[wifishman]

Originally Posted by JustOneMore20 Soilmaster you'd get from http://www.lesco.com and Turface Pro you'd need to find a distributor here: http://www.turface.com/corporate/wheretobuy.cfm?lp=gb. Both are probably about the same price and possibly color, so just see which one you can get easier. I can't remember from the other journal, but are you going to inject co2? If you want the Dwarf Baby Tears (HC) and some of the other plants in the package to be truly healthy, you'll want some co2 for them.

thx for the links, as far as co2 injection goes, yes i will be... im still trying to figure out just how big of a co2 set up i will need tho... all i know is alot of co2 and i dont think a diy would be suffice

Awesome! I thought you planned on it, but had forgotten.


Nope, DIY would be insane on a tank that large. You'll have better plant growth and less algae issues with something more stable anyways (pressurized).


I think a 20lb would last you atleast a few months.....but I'm not certain. You may need something larger than that even. Maybe 2-3 20lb tanks?

[wifishman]

i was thinking bout getting 2 20lb tanks and kinda going from there..... i was hopefull that a 20 lb tank would last 4 months... but thats streching it i think....

[sneasle]

This will be nice to see how this evolves. Its an interesting size tank, should look really nice when it's done.

What are the dimensions on that tank? From the pics it really doesn't look like a 950 gallon tank. Are you sure about that?
Not trying to be an ass, I'm just genuinely curious.

[sneasle]

I believe he said it was 8ftx 4ft x 4ft.