30 gallon build
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Thought I'd go for a build thread even though it probably isn't as when I bought the tank the guy failed to mention he would be leaving me with a million hybrid cichlids! lol.
So it's a juwel 125 with stand and came with the internal filter box.
Picture 1: First day I'd received it and filled it up to save the little guys who were all in about 2inches of water.
Picture 2: A few of the hybrids.
Picture 3: Moved some of the plants around and got some columbian tetras and took some of the hybrids to my LFS or swap shop! He's a good guy.
Picture 4: I'm a poor guy so opted for the sun sun 1400 instead of the internal juwel box but so far it's running well. Has a UV light in it as well all for less than £60 new!
Picture 5: My GF and he family treated me to this sick t5ho light unit also from allpondsolutions, only £79.99 all in and it chucks out the light for my swords!
Picture 6: A couple of months in got rid of the driftwood and treated myself to some sumatra wood from aqua essentials.
Picture 7: Found some nice weeping moss to attach to try and get a mature natural feel.
Picture 8: 4 months in and all my algae has gone and the tank seems to be thriving!
Not bad for a low tech tank eh?
Equiptment:
Juwel Rio 125 tank and stand.
Sun Sun 1400 External Canister Filter
All Pond Solutions T5HO Light Unit
Juwel 200w Heater
Newave 750 - 1400 lph wave maker
Dose:
Seachem Excel Carbon one cap a day
Seachem Flourish one cap a day
So it's a juwel 125 with stand and came with the internal filter box.
Picture 1: First day I'd received it and filled it up to save the little guys who were all in about 2inches of water.
Picture 2: A few of the hybrids.
Picture 3: Moved some of the plants around and got some columbian tetras and took some of the hybrids to my LFS or swap shop! He's a good guy.
Picture 4: I'm a poor guy so opted for the sun sun 1400 instead of the internal juwel box but so far it's running well. Has a UV light in it as well all for less than £60 new!
Picture 5: My GF and he family treated me to this sick t5ho light unit also from allpondsolutions, only £79.99 all in and it chucks out the light for my swords!
Picture 6: A couple of months in got rid of the driftwood and treated myself to some sumatra wood from aqua essentials.
Picture 7: Found some nice weeping moss to attach to try and get a mature natural feel.
Picture 8: 4 months in and all my algae has gone and the tank seems to be thriving!
Not bad for a low tech tank eh?
Equiptment:
Juwel Rio 125 tank and stand.
Sun Sun 1400 External Canister Filter
All Pond Solutions T5HO Light Unit
Juwel 200w Heater
Newave 750 - 1400 lph wave maker
Dose:
Seachem Excel Carbon one cap a day
Seachem Flourish one cap a day
Samzter
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So now you've got rid of some of the hybrids , what are you going to stock it with?
Tcal01
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How is the sunsun? I am also interested in buying one. I think they go by aquatop now.
Its great mate, only been running about 4 months but quiet, good flow and loads of media room, i bought quite a big one for my 125 but you can never have enough, plus im probably a tad overstocked so its all good
Tcal01
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steg22 said:
Oh OK. IM thinking of buying one off of eBay. Its going on my 90 but it has the filter capacity for up to 175 lol. I love having more filter capacity than i need
