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Old December 11th, 2007  
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My Custom 6G FW Tank

This will show the progress of my custom 6G FW corner aquarium I am building. Attached is my final design.


Mini canister filter: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=33120&catid=3

18W Dual Light: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...2&pcatid=11382

25W Heater: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=23378&catid=3
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Old December 11th, 2007  
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Canister filter ordered from DFS 12/10.

Will be ordering my heater off ebay on 12/11.
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Old December 11th, 2007  
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looks nice, what do you think you will keep in there?
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Old December 11th, 2007  
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I'm thinking 3 cherry barbs, 1 male and 2 females. Someone mentioned some dwarf puffers. Still thinking cherry barbs being I have (4) at home in my 39G FW tank. My ultimate plan is to try and get my (4) at home to breed and then take the fry and put them in this tank. This way I have fish from birth in it.
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Old December 11th, 2007  
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mini-canister filter should be delivered Friday. From FedEx.com: Estimated delivery Dec 14, 2007. Will post pictures when it comes in.

Heater ordered via ebay on 12/11.

On Edit: Was able to get a brand new 50W Marineland heater for $18.98 shipped. Still 8-1/4" long (same size as the 25W heater), so I will just have a little extra heater than needed.

Last edited by MudHog; December 11th, 2007 at 03:27 PM.
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Old December 14th, 2007  
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Canister filter came in and is a very nice little device (thanks neverendingninja for the referral). Can't wait to put it in service to see how well it performs.
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Old January 9th, 2008  
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Ok guys,

I stumbled onto a speed bump in my little project. My guy who I talked with to cut my glass closed his shop down. When I first talked to him, he told me that at the end of the year he was moving to his home and out of his shop. That if I wouldn't be ordering the glass until after the end of the year to call him back and get his home number. Well, the week before New Years I try calling and no answer. He must have moved all his stuff prior as I can't get ahold of him. I've tried a few more places and the cheapest I've found if $60. My other guy only wanted $25 and included bringing it back to him to polish the corners.

So now I'm thinking of just getting a simple rectangle 10G glass tank. I've seen the dimensions of them and they are only 12" deep, which won't take up much of my reference desk space. I can still use my mini-canister and heater that I bought for the custom corner pentagon tank. I would need to find a tank with hood and light. Worst case, find bare tank and buy a hood and light for it. I feel the fish will have way more swimming room in a 10G tank than the custom 6G. It's almost twice as long at 21" long compared to only 12" for the custom tank.

Then I seen that Marineland has a 12 gal GLASS Eclipse system on their website. This has interested me as all the other systems have been acrylic and I'm not fond of acrylic. If I go this route, then I lose out on my mini-canister that was bought. I will still need to use my heater though, so no lose there. I'm also having trouble finding any online dealers that have the glass version Eclipse, I'm thinking it's that newly released.


On another note, how would yall stock a 10G tank? I surely want cherry barbs, but what else to go along with them?
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Old February 8th, 2008  
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Well guys, this little project has been put on hold. I've decided to use a standard 10G aquarium for my office. This gives me a little bit more length for swimming room. Check my other post on why I've decided to go with a 10G.
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