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George's Aquascaper 1200 Nature Aquarium

George,
how did you mount the Kessil arms to the side of the cabinet?
Did you drill all the way through the side of the cabinet and used bolts with some washers and nuts to secure it?
Or did you use screws?
 
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When this grows in the back, the flow may be an issue in those areas. Any ideas on this George?
 
Stunning tank. I really want to buy a kessil, I think they're awesome. Did you attach the kessil arms to the cabinet rather than how they're usually attached (to the glass) for aesthetic reasons ?
 
Hi George...
I go from dutch hight light to low tech tanks.. low maintenance in my 180lt tank.
Before i used Ei , but i think its not necessary those big water changes.
Can u expalain me your routines , i know that u have it for low tech tanks..
Ferts ppms and water change...
Thanks...
 
Hi George

Could you please share how you are able achieve such great surface ripple using only lily pipes?

I'm using lily pipes too, and in the same configuration to your tank, but I am unable to achieve anyway near the surface ripple you do. The best I can really do is get a nice vortex - there isn't any surface ripple.

If it helps, I've used Cal Aqua Labs Efflux and VIV lily outflow pipes.

Thank you in advance.
 
rebel said:
When this grows in the back, the flow may be an issue in those areas. Any ideas on this George?
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It seems fine so far and the stems have grown to the surface a couple of times now. I can always just fiddle with the outlets to obtain different flow patterns if needed. 🙂
 
nicpapa said:
Hi George...
I go from dutch hight light to low tech tanks.. low maintenance in my 180lt tank.
Before i used Ei , but i think its not necessary those big water changes.
Can u expalain me your routines , i know that u have it for low tech tanks..
Ferts ppms and water change...
Thanks...
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I'm doing a 50% water change every 10 days or so, sometime every 2 weeks. Depends how busy I am. 🙂

I dose 25ml Tropica Specialised per day when I'm home. Sometimes it will go a few days without ferts with no apparent problem.

I have never tested the water in any of my tanks for over 10 years so no idea on ppm values. CO2 is around 20ppm I guess. Light around 40umol PAR at the substrate.
 
Jazza_01 said:
Hi George

Could you please share how you are able achieve such great surface ripple using only lily pipes?

I'm using lily pipes too, and in the same configuration to your tank, but I am unable to achieve anyway near the surface ripple you do. The best I can really do is get a nice vortex - there isn't any surface ripple.

If it helps, I've used Cal Aqua Labs Efflux and VIV lily outflow pipes.

Thank you in advance.
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I think the design of the outlets promotes the surface movement and I have quite powerful filters (2x JBL 1501e).
 
Think I have looked at this journal while still a ukaps 'lurker' 🙂 Really enjoyed having a proper watch and read through today - 'its like downloading the whole series of 24 and watching it at once' -you can't wait for the next installment!!! Very nice tank and cabinet, epic hardscape and obviously very talented aquascaping skills 🙂 I really like the pipework - it's interesting to see a no fuss method of getting good flow without the use of spraybars in a tank with a large volume and substantial hardscape.
 
Thanks for your reply George - noted.

What lily pipes are you using? I'll give them a try.

I'm running 2 X Eheim 2217 so hopefully enough power flow wise.
 
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