Joemuz
Fishaholic
I thought i would leave the journal until the water cycled so it wont be ages until more pics are added so the pics of setting the tank up where taken last week.
Hope you like it!
The setup:
Juwel rio 180 (black)
Juwel filter & heater
Juwel lighting
Day:1
The decor:
Pets at home fine gravel (natural white)
1 large peice of bogwood
1 peice of decrawood
The larger peice is the bogwood. (soaked for 3 days changed the hot water about 6 times)(From day:1-3)
Day:2
I washed the gravel and put it in the tank taking about a hour and a half. Once washed i leveled it out as best i could and then left it ready to fill the following day.
Here is a pic i took while filling the tank with the gravel (an excuse to have a bit of a rest)
Day:3
After the gravel had been layed and it had settled overnight the water was added! I filled it with a hose pipe going into the top of the filter.
Now it was time to add the wood! I spent about 30 min doing this which was a lot less than i expected! I wanted to put plants all round the back and have wood coming out into the center of the tank from the back corners. The plan didnt last as this is what i cam up with and was realy happy with it!
View from left of tank
View from right of tank
The plants: Day:4
I added 5 Nymphaea stellata bulbs a day after the water was added and they had just begin to sprout when they went in.
Java moss went in about 2 days after the tank had been running and is doing better in this tank than it was in my other.
I have ordered the some more plants of java plants so the tank looks pretty bair at the mo!
Nymphaea stellata bulbs
Day:7
I also added some java fern from the other tank as it was to tall for the tank it was in.
The java moss (pic was taken after fish where added)
The java fern (knife fish has taken a likeing to it)
I have ordered:
25 Hairgrass
25 Elodea densa
10 Vallis torta
5 Giant japanese rush
More pics will be taken when the plants arrive (in about a week)
This is the tank so far after the fish where added on day:7.
Nymphaea stellata on day:4
Same Nymphaea stellata bulb on day:7 (a lot happened in 3 days)
Whole tank shot just took now (Day:8)
Just took this one aswell from the left of the tank! Im realy pleased with this pic!!!
Hope you like my tank! Im realy happy to get a big tank (well big to me anyway!)
Cheers, Joemuz
Hope you like it!
The setup:
Juwel rio 180 (black)
Juwel filter & heater
Juwel lighting
Day:1
The decor:
Pets at home fine gravel (natural white)
1 large peice of bogwood
1 peice of decrawood
The larger peice is the bogwood. (soaked for 3 days changed the hot water about 6 times)(From day:1-3)
Day:2
I washed the gravel and put it in the tank taking about a hour and a half. Once washed i leveled it out as best i could and then left it ready to fill the following day.
Here is a pic i took while filling the tank with the gravel (an excuse to have a bit of a rest)
Day:3
After the gravel had been layed and it had settled overnight the water was added! I filled it with a hose pipe going into the top of the filter.
Now it was time to add the wood! I spent about 30 min doing this which was a lot less than i expected! I wanted to put plants all round the back and have wood coming out into the center of the tank from the back corners. The plan didnt last as this is what i cam up with and was realy happy with it!
View from left of tank
View from right of tank
The plants: Day:4
I added 5 Nymphaea stellata bulbs a day after the water was added and they had just begin to sprout when they went in.
Java moss went in about 2 days after the tank had been running and is doing better in this tank than it was in my other.
I have ordered the some more plants of java plants so the tank looks pretty bair at the mo!
Nymphaea stellata bulbs
Day:7
I also added some java fern from the other tank as it was to tall for the tank it was in.
The java moss (pic was taken after fish where added)
The java fern (knife fish has taken a likeing to it)
I have ordered:
25 Hairgrass
25 Elodea densa
10 Vallis torta
5 Giant japanese rush
More pics will be taken when the plants arrive (in about a week)
This is the tank so far after the fish where added on day:7.
Nymphaea stellata on day:4
Same Nymphaea stellata bulb on day:7 (a lot happened in 3 days)
Whole tank shot just took now (Day:8)
Just took this one aswell from the left of the tank! Im realy pleased with this pic!!!
Hope you like my tank! Im realy happy to get a big tank (well big to me anyway!)
Cheers, Joemuz
