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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Up and running... now for the hard part..
I just spent the last hour and a half filling up my tank, and getting the filter going. It was ridiculously loud in the beggining, and it really bugged me. i played around with it and now you can barely hear a humm out of it 
anyway, i am about to finish rinsing the last couple bags of gravel and adding the deco. I was thin king maybe doind 3 inches of gravel at the bottom? also, i am going to heavily aquascape, making it look like a sunken tree, some large branches, lots of large rocks, and lots of plants. I am about to begin cycling the tank. The filter is about a foot big! it is tremendously huge, but it does 360 GPH, so i think its good enough. The filter, ahs a slot for a cartrige bag with carbon, but i havent began using it, and am likely not to use it. It has 2 large compartmens with sponges and in the inside it carries a tube with 6 bioballs
As far as stocking goes, i am going to give Angels a try. This is my stocking list so far:
2 angels ( most likely marbled)
6-7 red eyed tetras
6 cory cats
thats my list so far.
just thought i would share  
ps pics soon! | 
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| wheres the pics dude? LOL I wouldnt go more than 2 inches of subtrate..the more you go , the messier it gets and harder to keep clean..but thats just me PICS PICS ! | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawnie  wheres the pics dude? LOL I wouldnt go more than 2 inches of subtrate..the more you go , the messier it gets and harder to keep clean..but thats just me PICS PICS ! | lol!
ok so less than 3 inches?
well im working on getting the pics | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Sounds great Tony! I can't wait to see the pics Are you doing live plants in the tank? | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Awesome Tony Good luck getting everything going.
I agree a little less gravel.
Brian | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Miss MTS, at the moment, i am not going to do live plants, but i will try it in the future, in this tank
Thanks brian
well here are the pics of what it looks like now. I deffinatly want to get more plants and gravel, but its all i could afford at the moment
The second pic is of the Power head that attatches to the filter, it is HUGE! its the size of the box haha | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| its coming along awesome! Im so happy for you to be able to have a bigger tank...you worked hard for it! | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Shawnie its coming along awesome! Im so happy for you to be able to have a bigger tank...you worked hard for it! | lol if o told you how much i struggled for it, u wouldnt believe me! I had to paint a womans house to get enough $$$ for the filter. I was exposed to dangerous fumes, got headaches from the fumes, got a little happy from the fumes (if you know what i mean)
lets just say im glad to be done with that and just stare peacefully at my tank   | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| tony you are willing to work for what you want..and you do that daily...not many young folk your age are that willing and I again am very happy for you and paint fumes are not good for the brain when you go to college LOL | |
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August 8th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie tony you are willing to work for what you want..and you do that daily...not many young folk your age are that willing and I again am very happy for you and paint fumes are not good for the brain when you go to college LOL | oh i didnt tell you. I got fired from the taco restaurant! it broke so i couldnt stay, and i had to keep up with tha MTS so i have been doing jobs here and there and managed to save enough for this big fella
Bump for lucy
Last edited by Shawnie; August 8th, 2009 at 06:01 PM.
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G. oh i didnt tell you. I got fired from the taco restaurant! it broke so i couldnt stay, and i had to keep up with tha MTS so i have been doing jobs here and there and managed to save enough for this big fella
Bump for lucy |  she will see it .. | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hi Tony
Your tank is looking great!  | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawnie she will see it .. | lol ok ok.... Quote:
Originally Posted by capekate Hi Tony
Your tank is looking great! |
thanks kate!
UPDATE!!! JUST GOT AN ammonia SPIKE!! | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| Wow, Tony! Your tank is looking wonderful. The rocks look fantastic! Is that the driftwood you were cleaning the other night? | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by bolivianbaby Wow, Tony! Your tank is looking wonderful. The rocks look fantastic! Is that the driftwood you were cleaning the other night? | Thanks!
Lol yes its yesterday's DW
lol the rocks i usually go around the neighborhood and pick the rocks i like. I soak them and scrub the heck out of them and then add them to an established tank to get it established. Then i add it to the tank
lol you should have seen my 10g and the 2.5's with all the sponges, plants, rocks etc.  | |
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August 8th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Tony G. Thanks!
Lol yes its yesterday's DW
lol the rocks i usually go around the neighborhood and pick the rocks i like. I soak them and scrub the heck out of them and then add them to an established tank to get it established. Then i add it to the tank
lol you should have seen my 10g and the 2.5's with all the sponges, plants, rocks etc. | Do you have any pics? | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by bolivianbaby Do you have any pics? | lol no... it wasnt a very "pretty photo" moment lol
cant wait for tomorrow! im hoping to have some nitrites by tomorrow morning | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| That's okay. We KNOW you're going to keep pics coming to us of this tank, aren't ya | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| The tank looks great Tony! I know you worked hard for this. Enjoy it. | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by bolivianbaby That's okay. We KNOW you're going to keep pics coming to us of this tank, aren't ya | 
lol
maaaaybe
ofcourse
Ok everyone, my filter flow is really powerfull, it swishes the water at the other end to the point where its making some water drip. The out take is below.
Is there any way i could make the flow less powerful? It also has a little switch that supposedly lessens the flow. i put it to the least possible and its still too strong. Help please | |
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August 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Tony
Where the water comes out of your filter you know that little like deflector piece?
Right now you have the "lip" of it on the top, put the lip part so it is closest to the front of the tank.
This way it will aim the water flow at the back glass of your tank, that should slow down the flow.
Brian | |
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August 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by btate617 Tony
Where the water comes out of your filter you know that little like deflector piece?
Right now you have the "lip" of it on the top, put the lip part so it is closest to the front of the tank.
This way it will aim the water flow at the back glass of your tank, that should slow down the flow.
Brian |
oh thanks brian! i will move it then. I forgot to post the pic yesterday so here it is: | |
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August 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Yep just turn it so the water hits the back glass as it comes out, that will slow it down a bit.
Brian | |
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August 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| that looks fantastic. i love it. | |
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