Orinoco 40gal Build

[alex07]

Sand blasted? Not boiled?

Yes, you can boil it in a dishwasher or bathtub. If not just wrap several plant weights to anchor the wood

 

[User]

What does sandblasting do to the wood?

 

[alex07]

What does sandblasting do to the wood?

To remove the bark

 

[User]

Ah makes sense. Didnt think about that. Ok I will look into manzanita wood.

 

[alex07]

Ah makes sense. Didnt think about that. Ok I will look into manzanita wood.

This is what the wood looks like

 

[User]

Nice I like the root one! that would go well on my right side standing up

 

[alex07]

Nice I like the root one! that would go well on my right side standing up

Thanks, i also used java moss and attached them to the wood as you can see in the pic and i only have light on the left side. Hopefully tomorrow i can add the frogbit as my floating plant

 

[User]

yea i like how its dimmed like that. Still got to research my plants

 

[alex07]

yea i like how its dimmed like that. Still got to research my plants

Only plants i used other than java moss is the corkscrew & jungle vals

 

[User]

Long time for an update for this tank...

well I am somewhat set on my stocking for this tank:

15x Rummynose Tetra
10x Green Neon Tetra
1x Green Phantom Pleco

I may have something else. Maybe a GBR but I am unsure as of yet. This is going to be a very slow build due to my coral tank taking all my money/time.