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[ghettofarmulous]

Just an update since my first vid
Anubias and java fern

[kylealastairlove]

looking very nice

[ghettofarmulous]

looking very nice

Thanks. 8 bronze corys so the sand gets shuffled. It's cool when they swim towards the surface and leave a trail of sand from their gills

[SchottayB]

Looks good .

What tank / light unit is it you're using?

[ghettofarmulous]

Looks good .

What tank / light unit is it you're using?

Thanks!
Tanks is 70L 24L x 15W x 12H. Fluval 2o5 and FLuval edge HOB filter.
Its a unit from pond solutions. 2 x 24 w T5HO. one 10000 and one pink bulb. Have all the Co2 bits but dont think i need it with anubias

Edited by ghettofarmulous, 15 June 2012 - 08:28 PM.

[Jay1983]

have that light unit on my 70L really good quality and by the way tank looks great, are you going to add anymore plants?

A bit of advice at such high lighting your plants are going to most likely need food and either some liquid carbon or CO2 or they may struggle.

Jay

[RossC]

Loving all the anubias

[ghettofarmulous]

have that light unit on my 70L really good quality and by the way tank looks great, are you going to add anymore plants?

A bit of advice at such high lighting your plants are going to most likely need food and either some liquid carbon or CO2 or they may struggle.

Jay

yeah man im delighted with the unit, when i ordered it i expected it to be big and chunky but im impressed with it.
At the moment im building a stand because its set on a coffee table and looks terrible. I have the frame just need to put boards on the sides and top. Ill also raise the light unit up a bit because i think the anubias cant handle all the light even though my photo period is about 2 hours per day.

I have the all the parts to set up pressurised C02 but iv been told that the anubias doesnt need/wont use C02 to effect, is this true?.

As regard to plants im going to add red ludwig? and iv ordered red root floater off another user named frothhelmet so that should help reduce the lighting.
At the moment im dosing some crap ferts called love fish. it has iron and macros so it aint too bad.
Ill post more pictures tomorrow when im finished my night shift. The rubber bands are gone and iv done a good clean up on the glass.

Loving all the anubias

yeah dude:)

[hensonc4098]

With higher lighting and no CO2, you're more likely to get algae on the anubias because it's such a slow grower, but once you get some floating plants in, they'll grow nicely under that light and dull it down a bit

Looks nice though

[Jay1983]

Look forward to seeing the pics mate, adding more plants should help combat algae and floating plants will certainly dim the light a bit... just keep an eye out for algae or plants struggling.

[ghettofarmulous]

#40## night shifts getting in the way of tank gazing!!

Anyway thanks to frothhelmet iv got some lovely red root floater now. Fecking dlighted!

With higher lighting and no CO2, you're more likely to get algae on the anubias because it's such a slow grower, but once you get some floating plants in, they'll grow nicely under that light and dull it down a bit

Looks nice though

Cheers dude, Me thinks ill still go ahead with the C02 for stability.

Look forward to seeing the pics mate, adding more plants should help combat algae and floating plants will certainly dim the light a bit... just keep an eye out for algae or plants struggling.

iv noticed alot of brown algae on the leaves but iv reduced the photoperiod and its helped alot!

[Jay1983]

Any updates on this tank mate!!?

[ghettofarmulous]

Yeah dude, Not much has changed since my last post. I added Red root floater which i got from user frothhelmet. Looks nice and is starting to sprout new leaves every day. For the last two weeks iv been battling white spot. I lost two corys and a guppy but i think iv knocked it on the head. Im nearly finished a stand build as the tank is sitting on a coffee table and looks crap atm.
When i get the power head i think i can get rid of my HOB filter although i like using it for my fluval edge which i keep for a quarantine tank after that white spot trouble. what a pain.

here are some pics so far..

The new stand


Tank on the coffee table. All the crap underneath takes away from the look

[RossC]

Looks very nice and cleanly designed

[ghettofarmulous]

Looks very nice and cleanly designed

cheers man, i tried to keep it basic but cutting MDF is hard without proper saws. The homebase near me doesnt do board cutting so i was using a hand saw and chairs to make all the cuts then sanding and planing to get straight edges. pain in the bum but a few manly days were had with a pencil behind the ear and lots of hmmmm's and tsk tsk's.

good times

edit: just had a look at your jungle scape. sweet tank

Edited by ghettofarmulous, 07 July 2012 - 02:09 PM.

[RossC]

Looks very nice and cleanly designed

cheers man, i tried to keep it basic but cutting MDF is hard without proper saws. The homebase near me doesnt do board cutting so i was using a hand saw and chairs to make all the cuts then sanding and planing to get straight edges. pain in the bum but a few manly days were had with a pencil behind the ear and lots of hmmmm's and tsk tsk's.

good times

edit: just had a look at your jungle scape. sweet tank

LOL I know how you feel, pencil behind the ear is the equivalent to a degree in carpentry haha
and thanks very much

[Jay1983]

see what you mean about the table... will look brilliant on that stand (nice job by the way!!).

[ghettofarmulous]

see what you mean about the table... will look brilliant on that stand (nice job by the way!!).

Cheers man

Iv just finished painting the stand and iv put doors on and all. Made a rookie mistake by painting with the doors on. will now have to spend a bit of time scraping the paint off the brazz hinges but now i know for next time, and there will be a next time if i have my way:)

One question, I have access to rubber gasket, should i put this underneath the tank or will the MDF suffice?

[Alm0stAwesome]

I always admire folks who make these stands, looks fab! Much better than the ones you often get from the actual tank manufacturers

[ghettofarmulous]

Finally finished the stand!!!! spent all last night moving and cleaning stuff. When i originally set the tank up on the coffee table i put it facing the wrong way around and there was a big scratch on the glass annoying me the past 6 months. Its the right way round now with perfect optiwhite glass:)

Added a nano power head and plumbed in new pipework and added glass intake and out take for filter. Thing is the plastic hoses going into the pvc pipes seem to kink unless it is not straight so for now they are at angles:) but will fix that soon.

Tried to set up my Fe C02 system but found a load of leaks in the regulator so going to buy a new reg instead of trying to fix the one i have. The threads are stripped from previouse use as its a mig welders Reg.

Also added a Bristlenos to my stocking

Stock: 6 bronze corys
3 neon tetras
1 Guppy
1 bristlenose pleco

Lots of anubias nana
Needle java fern
Red root floater

Going to go EI dosing when i get ferts soon. Also recieved an atomic diffuser from Ebay but C02 delayed as explained:(
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