hello everyone
Got my new big tank today, very exciting, got an amazing deal
Bought a juwel Rio 240 with loads of extras all for 150£. Tank comes with an upgraded juwel filter,(from 600 to 1000lph pump)m
A lot of fake plants, and lots of big ornaments and other goodies
3 silver catfish
1 massive type of catfish
Some other type of catfish
Red tail shark.
2 rope fish(I think that's what there called)
A bn pleco
And some other fishs
All of witch are being taken to my lfs
Hoping to trade for some wood and rocks
Way to many catfish if you ask me
Lots of extras, witch I will pic up as I need a few things identified,
Tank is in amazing condition
Right so let's get started
Things I have ordered!
Things I already have
The plants
The fish I will be adding
Future upgrades
below you will find everything I have done in a step by step fashion
Thank you all for any help and all opinions are welcome, I'll tidy the journal up as I go, so please be patient
Ghosty
Got my new big tank today, very exciting, got an amazing deal
Bought a juwel Rio 240 with loads of extras all for 150£. Tank comes with an upgraded juwel filter,(from 600 to 1000lph pump)m
A lot of fake plants, and lots of big ornaments and other goodies
3 silver catfish
1 massive type of catfish
Some other type of catfish
Red tail shark.
2 rope fish(I think that's what there called)
A bn pleco
And some other fishs
All of witch are being taken to my lfs
Hoping to trade for some wood and rocks
Way to many catfish if you ask me
Lots of extras, witch I will pic up as I need a few things identified,
Tank is in amazing condition
Right so let's get started
Things I have ordered!
- 1000lph powerhead to aid in wc and to provide better flow (delivered)
- Hagen glo t5 54w twin ballast (delivered)
- Two ge longlast bulbs (delivered)
- Job lot of plants (list below) (delivered)
Things I already have
- Westlands John innes no3
- Jbl Aqua basis
- Naturally found red clay (still needs processing)
- Natrual Dorset coloured gravel
The plants
- Valis (Leopard, spiral,twisted)
- Java fern (have not ordered yet)
- Crypt wendtii green
- Sagittaria sub
- Amazon sword
- hydrocotyle leucocephala
- pygmy chain sowed
- Hygrophila coryombosa
- Blyxa j
- red ludwigia
- Java fern narrow leaf and needle leaf
- Polygonum so a paulo
- Flaming moss
The fish I will be adding
- Platys x10
- Dwarf gouarmi x5
- Pearl gouarmi
- Another gouarmi of similar size as a pearl gouarmi
- tetra of some sort x20-30
- My bristle nose, and maybe a female friend for him
- assassin snails x3
- and three other fish, of witch I haven't decided yet
Future upgrades
- Fluval 406
- co2 system,
below you will find everything I have done in a step by step fashion
Thank you all for any help and all opinions are welcome, I'll tidy the journal up as I go, so please be patient
Ghosty
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