Silver Lining - Alex's 96l

[fish.com1]

This journal's been going for some time on Ukaps so i thought it was time i showed you guys

Tank
80*30*40
96 litres, juwel rekord 96 (internal removed)

Filtration
2*Tetratec ex700 with eheim and tetra media
ebay glass lily pipes

Lighting
18w T8 juwel daylight tube
6 hours for first six weeks then rising to 8 hours

Heating
Hydor eth 200w
25c

Substrate
Oliver Knott Naturesoil normal and fine versions
tropic white sand

Fertilisers
DIY Tropica plant nutrition+ daily

C02
Most likely DIY liquid carbon

Hardscape
Seiryu Stone

Plants
Bolbitis Heudelotti
Eleocharis acicularis
Veriscularia dubyana

Maintenance
2 50% water changes every week for the first six weeks, then moving on to 1 25% water change each week

I have spent around 4 hours cleaning the tank and removing the filter etc.
I have been buying all the equipment since the start of last week, after saving for what feels like half my life
Here is the cleaned tank;

Excuse the england badge wallpaper

The two tetratecs came last thursday along with an Aqua essentials order:

Then last saturday the external heater and hikari foods came from Warehouse Aquatics:

And finally today the lily pipes came from ebay, and another Aqua Essentials order, this time naturesoil and tropic white sand

Lily pipes - inflow

Lily pipes - outflow

Naturesoil in 10l normal and 3l fine versions

Tropic white sand 9kg

I still have to order Dry powders for the fertiliser, digital scales, and the things needed for the diy liquid carbon.

Thanks for reading
Alex

 

[JenCliBee]

Nice start to the journal m8, looking forward to seeing some scaped pics

 

[Reesy1989]

Looks like you've got the makings for a great tanks, cant wait to watch it develop.

 

[bagu]

wow, all looks nice!

so well packaged ^^

 

[fish.com1]

Thanks everyone.

After two and a half hours of rock arranging yesterday, and another half hour this morning, here is my first ever Iwagumi...

This is completely different to how I had planned it, so The plants I mentioned will most likely change.

All comments and criticisms welcome, as always

Cheers
Alex

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

I really like that rock arrangement... looks great so far!

 

[fish.com1]

I really like that rock arrangement... looks great so far!

Cheers... It's gone now

Second attempt after another four hours at it this afternoon

Comments please

Cheers
Alex

 

[tom_os]

deffiently prefer the second

 

[lljdma06]

deffiently prefer the second

I do as well. How are things going with this setup?

 

[bagu]

that scape looks amazing!

 

[fish.com1]

Thanks everyone

This is the finished layout

Thanks for looking
Alex

 

[mixmaster jay]

that looks awesome mate and a good selection of hardware too this going to be special

 

[bagu]

fantastic job mate! love it

 

[matalan]

great looking scape there mate, love it

 

[fish.com1]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone, but i'm afraid, yet again I have changed it

Thanks for looking
Alex