6 Month Progress of my 110 gallon

[kimo]

"Some Updates:

Well, I have spent this evening cutting back and throwing away a lot of really nice plants. The anubias were so large I had to throw most of them away."

Will happily pay shipping for some of your "throw-aways"....

Kimo - with a 150g in desperate need of some new plants...

[rracechase]

thats like the Taj Mahal of fish tanks. pretty impressive!!

ill take some of your throw aways as well! that is if you have any left.

[30searay]

Well, I have begun to make some changes to my 110 that I have been talking about. The spiralis is gone and has really opened up the front left of the tank. What a job that was ripping that one out. I have gotten some reds that look like they will do OK with the new T5 lights. Its only been a couple weeks but I am already seeing some nice growth on the ludwigia peruensis.



You can also see the Limnophila ‘hippuroides’ and Rotalla Wallichii to the left. We'll see how the new reds do. I like what I see so far. I have also tried glosso again. Interestingly, someone in the tank has really taken a liking to it and eaten it down to the roots, not sure who the culprit is. So I am not sure if I will be able to grow a good foreground plant if they are well liked by someone in the tank. The HM is not spreading well (so far) and grows too tall for my liking but for now it will have to do.



If anyone knows how to catch this guy in a tank two and a half feet deep, and fully planted let me know. He is not a friendly guy but is a beautiful red tail shark.



Some other recent tank shots.





Will continue to see which additional plants do well as we progress along.

Don

[Zagz]

Tank is looking great! After having just captured several kuhli loaches in a fully planted 75 gal I can tell you, set up to catch the shark in the morning immediately after lights on. They are more sluggish and easier to catch first thing in the day. Otherwise you will end up having to tear out all the plants to catch him.

[black hills tj]

I'm really digging the new scape. Moving those c. spiralis to the opposite corner was a great idea. Really opens up the tank. Sorry the HM isn't working out for you. Since I trimmed mine back and sent it your way, the stuff in my tank isn't doing so hot. That is probably due to me being too busy to remix co2 and dose my ferts though.

[30searay]

Well, my biggest nightmare of owning a large tank has been realized this past Sunday. I have looked throughout the posts on the site and cannot find another soul to share this with but my tank sprung a leak along the base of the seal in the left hand corner. It wasn't good. Leaking fast. Required urgent attention - especially with the wife getting upset with the water pooling on the kitchen floor....it is with great disappointment that I have had to shut the tank down temporarily (completely) while I determine the cause and nature of the leak to understand if something that can be fixed. All the fish (50+) got shipped over to my sisters house, who thankfully, continues to maintain my old 55 and 29 gallon tanks in her home.

The good part is - if the tank can be fixed - I get to completely rescape and completely change the set up....we will see what AquaticTech has to say this weekend about the tank. Keep your fingers crossed.

[SpeedEuphoria]

Sorry to hear about the nightmare leak. Your tank looked very nice. I'm sure if/when its fixed it will be even better than before. Good Luck!

[new2betas]

Originally Posted by SpeedEuphoria

Sorry to hear about the nightmare leak. Your tank looked very nice. I'm sure if/when its fixed it will be even better than before. Good Luck!

I second that! Good luck! It was a beautiful tank!

[HiJaC]

Nightmare.

I had a similar worry on my 46G as there was a constant dribble of water running down one of the sides a couple of months back but it turned out to be a design fault in the tank with condensation leaking from the hood out of the side that was slightly lower. Thankfull solved by some silicon sealant.

Hope you get it all going soon enough. Time to get researching some funky new plants

Best Regards,

John

[30searay]

OK - finally some good news...my new 110H came in today. I have decided that I am changing from an All-Glass aquarium with built in over flow with sump system to a Perfecto tank with no over flow. No more faith in All Glass after that huge leak. I have also decided that I will run the new tank with the Eheim Pro III or Eheim Pro 3E. I like the Pro III as it has the built in 500 watt heater. I really want to get away from the substrate heaters I used in the old tank as the plants grew under and around them and I pulled them up when I moved plants around. Cost is a bit steep for the Eheim Pro III ($450) but it says it moves up to 450 gallons per hour and has 6 levels of media filtration. I am very unfamiliar with the canister filters but this appears to be the way to go with the new set up. So once I get the tank in place on the stand in the next couple days I will work on ordering the canister filter along with all new eco-complete and gravel and I should be ready to go!

I am curious how I will get sufficient water flow across the bottom of the tank (30 inches deep) to keep any dead spots from forming and getting algae outbreaks with this type of filter. Is anyone familiar with what the return nozels look like and can I point them towards the bottom?