William Fetue
Seedling
- Joined
- 22 Jan 2009
- Messages
- 2
Hello everyone
My name is William and I'm from Portugal.
I have been registered for some time in your forum but had not yet created any topic, encouraged by my friend LondonDragon I put here the step by step for my aquarium.
Is was setup at 3rd February 2009
Setup
Aquarium and furniture:
Aquarium Natural Aquário 180 x 62.5 x 62.5 cm, 703l
Cabinet Natural Aquário 180 x 90 x 62.5 cm, glossy black
Filtration:
2 x Eheim 2180 Thermo
Lighting:
2 x 150w HQI + 4 x 54w T5 + 3 x Moonlight
Technical equipment:
2kg co2 bottle with external Aquamedic 1000 on the output of the filter.
UV DeBary 15W
Gembird Silver Shield usb timer
Substrate:
Natural Aqua Soil Bottom
ADA Amazónia
Basalt gravel
White sand
Vulcanic gravel
Fauna:
Tetra cardinal x 100
SAES x 5
Macrobrachium Jelskii x 20
Flora:
Anubias Barteri Nana x 10
Anubias Barteri Var. Coffefolia x 10
Bolbitis heudelotii - 10
Juncus Repens - 10
Microsorium Pteropus Narrow x 15
Cryptocoryne Balansae x 10
Blixa Japónica x 20
Blixa Auberti x 1
Cyperus Helferi x 10
Hardscape:
160kg basalt stone
10kg de Red Moor Wood
Photos:
Aquarium and cabinet arrived in October 2008.
The lumminaire
The stack of material
Testing the aquarium and the filtration
The holes for the sump if I would want to use in a future
The two Eheim 2180 Thermo
The Aquamedic 1000 CO2 external reactor
This with the De Bary UV
The Lilly Pipes
Now the layout step by step
157kg of basalt stone
The gravel
Placing the Red Moor Wood
Ada Amazónia
White sand
Some basalt gravel
Filling it with water
The plant box
Final result
All the layout is from my friend Filipe Oliveira (FAOO)
After 24h
After 3 days
After 2 weeks
[youtube]3Y2ggYnBmao[/youtube]
After 1 month with 3 Altuns Orinoco
3 months later
The altuns where swapped out and I change the white sand for Ada Amazónia
I also planted some Utricularia graminifolia
Chears
William
My name is William and I'm from Portugal.
I have been registered for some time in your forum but had not yet created any topic, encouraged by my friend LondonDragon I put here the step by step for my aquarium.
Is was setup at 3rd February 2009
Setup
Aquarium and furniture:
Aquarium Natural Aquário 180 x 62.5 x 62.5 cm, 703l
Cabinet Natural Aquário 180 x 90 x 62.5 cm, glossy black
Filtration:
2 x Eheim 2180 Thermo
Lighting:
2 x 150w HQI + 4 x 54w T5 + 3 x Moonlight
Technical equipment:
2kg co2 bottle with external Aquamedic 1000 on the output of the filter.
UV DeBary 15W
Gembird Silver Shield usb timer
Substrate:
Natural Aqua Soil Bottom
ADA Amazónia
Basalt gravel
White sand
Vulcanic gravel
Fauna:
Tetra cardinal x 100
SAES x 5
Macrobrachium Jelskii x 20
Flora:
Anubias Barteri Nana x 10
Anubias Barteri Var. Coffefolia x 10
Bolbitis heudelotii - 10
Juncus Repens - 10
Microsorium Pteropus Narrow x 15
Cryptocoryne Balansae x 10
Blixa Japónica x 20
Blixa Auberti x 1
Cyperus Helferi x 10
Hardscape:
160kg basalt stone
10kg de Red Moor Wood
Photos:
Aquarium and cabinet arrived in October 2008.
The lumminaire
The stack of material
Testing the aquarium and the filtration
The holes for the sump if I would want to use in a future
The two Eheim 2180 Thermo
The Aquamedic 1000 CO2 external reactor
This with the De Bary UV
The Lilly Pipes
Now the layout step by step
157kg of basalt stone
The gravel
Placing the Red Moor Wood
Ada Amazónia
White sand
Some basalt gravel
Filling it with water
The plant box
Final result
All the layout is from my friend Filipe Oliveira (FAOO)
After 24h
After 3 days
After 2 weeks
[youtube]3Y2ggYnBmao[/youtube]
After 1 month with 3 Altuns Orinoco
3 months later
The altuns where swapped out and I change the white sand for Ada Amazónia
I also planted some Utricularia graminifolia
Chears
William