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Seedling
A few weeks back my local pet store had a sale not wanting to buy any thing in particular but just to have a sticky beak i went along . Anyway to cut the story short they had a Aquaone Eurostyle 120 bay tank with built in lighting + cabinet + 1500 lph canister + 300wt heater reduced from $1400 to $759 with a further reduction of 20% total cost $597 for that night only . After a quick word with her in doors (love her) the old credit card took a battering and I now own 1200x480x600 aquarium package and the old aqua one 980 is being replaced in the office
Now the one condition that the tank swap was agreed to was that it had to be done in a week end so that come monday the office would be a office and not a tank demolition yard. So with the help of my oldest son we made a start early saturday morning. By Sunday after noon it was just about in and finished (apart from all the fun bits like getting the aquascaping right and stocking with fish)
late saturday afternoon substrate in and filling by this time the old tank had been cleaned Thanks to the lad and put in the garage ready to be sold on Ebay
the above photos were taken on saturday afternoon after the 980 had been decomitioned and the new set up was in place The light fitting in the picture is not the one that came with the tanks I've dispensed with that and refitted the existing unit I used with the 980
I decided to use the existing canister filter from the 980 (1500 lph)as it was plenty big enough and allready matured and i used the original substrate lightly washed with tank water and a fresh layer of fine gravel on top. I was suprised how clear the water was when I refilled it. The 980 had a heap of plants in it
and as I had no spare tanks to put them in they are roughly put into the new set up untill I can catch my breath and decide
how I like the new set up to look
Considering it was a rush job I quite like the hardscape with the twisted broken roots the aponogetons at the back and the blyxa mid ground ,the stems are a bit hows yer father at the moment and need a bit more planning out but thats the fun part of aquascaping
Will up date post when the tank matures a bit .I'm just hoping that I dont have the initial algae problems as bad as I did with the original 980
Tank specs
1200x480x580
1kg co2 tank with aquamedics reg operating at 3bps
DIY defuser .a modified 600lph in tank filter which breaks up the co2 into a very fine mist
DIY substrate covered with 5cm of 3mm gravel
Suspended 8 39 wt tube T5 floresent fitting
1500 lph canister filter with built in uv lamp
Now the one condition that the tank swap was agreed to was that it had to be done in a week end so that come monday the office would be a office and not a tank demolition yard. So with the help of my oldest son we made a start early saturday morning. By Sunday after noon it was just about in and finished (apart from all the fun bits like getting the aquascaping right and stocking with fish)
the above photos were taken on saturday afternoon after the 980 had been decomitioned and the new set up was in place The light fitting in the picture is not the one that came with the tanks I've dispensed with that and refitted the existing unit I used with the 980
I decided to use the existing canister filter from the 980 (1500 lph)as it was plenty big enough and allready matured and i used the original substrate lightly washed with tank water and a fresh layer of fine gravel on top. I was suprised how clear the water was when I refilled it. The 980 had a heap of plants in it
and as I had no spare tanks to put them in they are roughly put into the new set up untill I can catch my breath and decide
how I like the new set up to look
Considering it was a rush job I quite like the hardscape with the twisted broken roots the aponogetons at the back and the blyxa mid ground ,the stems are a bit hows yer father at the moment and need a bit more planning out but thats the fun part of aquascaping
Will up date post when the tank matures a bit .I'm just hoping that I dont have the initial algae problems as bad as I did with the original 980
Tank specs
1200x480x580
1kg co2 tank with aquamedics reg operating at 3bps
DIY defuser .a modified 600lph in tank filter which breaks up the co2 into a very fine mist
DIY substrate covered with 5cm of 3mm gravel
Suspended 8 39 wt tube T5 floresent fitting
1500 lph canister filter with built in uv lamp