Tom's Bucket O' Mud - The End

[Andy D]

Thanks for the reminder Andy. In the middle of a house move right now so lots of diy and not much Internet for the next couple of weeks but I'll try and get it fixed when I can.

Thanks Tom!

Me and many others will be very grateful!

 

[darren636]

oh no!
all the best tom, with everything. your journal is probably the most inspiring ive had the good fortune to read.

 

[BigTom]

Thanks Darren. Just reminded about those photos too - I'll sit down now and compile a list of the broken URLs and ask ImageShack if they can restore them.

 

[BigTom]

Pics fixed!

(bar one which I couldn't find)

Got me all nostalgic viewing the stuff from the first year again.

 

[Vinkenoog1977]

Thanks Tom, was great to see all the pics; what an amazing adventure this Bucket was!

 

[Samuran]

Do you have enough pics from a similar enough angle to do a "time lapse" Tom?

 

[BigTom]

I doubt it Ben. That would have required forethought! Plus there were so many re-arrangements and rescapes and big gaps between updates that it'd be pretty hectic.

 

[Samuran]

Yeah I wasnt expecting anything professional looking..... 😛

 

[Jaybles]

What an amazing journal. It's a shame it's over but I can't wait to see what you do next.

 

[DannyH]

This journal make for a great read over with a few cups of coffee Three hours later and despite it now being tomorrow I'm in aww... truly inspirational

 

[Chrispowell]

Cant wait for the new project already! Amazing

 

[Tim Harrison]

This journal make for a great read over with a few cups of coffee Three hours later and despite it now being tomorrow I'm in aww... truly inspirational

It's ingrained in aquascaping legend...

 

[roadmaster]

Was an inspiration for my soil based tank's and a great comfort while trying hard to accept my obvious complete lack of aquascaping skill's
I took great comfort in the simplicity, and very much enjoyed the many trial's and tribulation's.

 

[Zeus.]

Inspirational read, great journal

 

[Fiske]

This journal make for a great read over with a few cups of coffee Three hours later and despite it now being tomorrow I'm in aww... truly inspirational

I did that too... And then read it again. A fantastic tank. Now I need to figure out how to have something like this on wobbly wooden floors

 

[kedar301]

hi guys, new here on this forum.

I know this thread is way too old.....but ....
Have been reading this article from the beginning. It is inspirational. kudos to @BigTom. I am planning a 6x2x2 tank to re-enter the hobby and this could well be a thing to do with a large tank.

 

[kedar301]

lot of people have mentioned a word called Journal in this thread. So does that mean this whole setup is written in the form of a journal (life scientific journal) or a kind of a report? If so then how can i access it?

 

[seedoubleyou]

lot of people have mentioned a word called Journal in this thread. So does that mean this whole setup is written in the form of a journal (life scientific journal) or a kind of a report? If so then how can i access it?

This section of the Forum is called ‘journals’ it’s for people to share and document their aquariums. How you choose to do so is up to you.
In essence this whole thread is the ‘Journal’

 

[kedar301]

ok understood

 

[kedar301]

hi all,
this is what i am planning as a staring point....

180cm Long x 75cm wide x 65cm tall tank (roughly 6ft L x 2.5ft W x 2ft T) with a Bean Animal overflow system. with a tank (not a sump) underneath being 160cm Long x 60cm wide x 65cm tall (roughly 5ft L x 2ft W x 2ft T).

Now the plan for the top tank is to be like the one BigTom had started. and the tank underneath is plant free tank with rocks setup. I have noticed that BigTom had pH issues where water got hard. I am planning to make use of this phenomenon and may do bottom tank as an African Tanganyika Biotope.

if everyone suggest then i would like to start a new thread but then it will for along time only be an information gathering thread.

What i would also like suggestions on is....What woods and plants you guys think i should be using? the Top of the tank will be open with suspended lights.