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12-12-2009, 12:00 PM
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Great white snark
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Longmont, Colorado
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120g build
No pictures yet. The tank isn't up, but some small progress.
I have 1 of 2 fluval 405s seeding on our 55g tank in preparation for the 120.
I just ordered 2 titanium heaters.
Today we're going to get the pfs and maybe some of the rocks for the decor.
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12-12-2009, 02:06 PM
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Aquarium Free - 2+ Years
Join Date: Jul 2009
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YAY!!! I have been looking forward to this thread, and im the first person to post in it  Cant wait for some pictures. Looks like youre going about it with some good equipment. Fluval canisters are AWESOME, and i have always heard about how good titanium heaters are. PFS is incredible substrate. What are you stocking again?
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12-12-2009, 02:08 PM
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Great white snark
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This will be the new home for our cichlids and catfish from the 55g
I'm way past excited and wish time would go by faster so I can get this tank up and going!!!
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12-12-2009, 05:18 PM
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Great white snark
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pfs is here and ready!
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12-18-2009, 06:39 PM
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Great white snark
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Heaters are here. Still waiting for Petsmart to get my stand. *Grrrrrrrrrr*
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12-25-2009, 10:33 AM
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Great white snark
Join Date: Apr 2009
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After fighting with Petsmart (they did not want to honor their deal that the stand came with the tank) and me winning (got my stand yesterday) . We now have to wait for the ice and snow in our back yard to melt so we can move the tank from upstairs to our finished basement. It's too big to take through the kitchen. Ugh!
I now have all the hardware and most of the decor. Just need the river rocks. Got some beautiful pieces of manzantia wood last weekend.
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12-25-2009, 12:53 PM
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Aquarium Advice Addict
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Pittsburgh! Home of the 6 Time Superbowl Champs!
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COol, I'll be following this build.
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01-03-2010, 06:09 PM
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Great white snark
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Some pics finally
We started set up today. This is the 120 that will house our cichlids and catfish. The 10g underneath is for breeding our own feeder guppies.
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01-03-2010, 07:31 PM
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Aquarium Free - 2+ Years
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finally!!! i like So, for substrate, is that play sand?
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01-03-2010, 07:37 PM
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Great white snark
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Thanks.
Nope, pool filter sand. 200 lbs of it. We still have 1 bag left. Guess that means another small tank?!? *lol*
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01-05-2010, 02:13 PM
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Very Nice DragonFish.. What are the dimensions on the tank?
Pool Filter sand is the best substrate!
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01-05-2010, 03:09 PM
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I know you said you were doing cichlids and catfish but what species are you looking to get?
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01-07-2010, 06:43 PM
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Great white snark
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mudfrog
Very Nice DragonFish.. What are the dimensions on the tank?
Pool Filter sand is the best substrate!
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Thanks,
It will look much better once the rock work and plants are in.
18 deep 60 long 26 tall
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01-07-2010, 06:45 PM
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Great white snark
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Longmont, Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Etunes
I know you said you were doing cichlids and catfish but what species are you looking to get?
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We're moving our guys from the 55. We have 2 JD's, 2 Firemouths, 1 jewel, 2 pictus cats, 2 featherfin cats, 1 common pleco.
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01-08-2010, 08:34 PM
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Great white snark
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Longmont, Colorado
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Ammonia is at .25. Woohooo! Starting the cycle.
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01-09-2010, 06:31 PM
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Great white snark
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Location: Longmont, Colorado
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Got a new piece of wood today, will be putting it in once it's ready. Also my cycling idea seems to be working well. Ammonia is now up to between 1.0 and 2.0 on my API liquid kit. Since I couldn't find any pure ammonia I decided on a dead fish cycle. Didn't want to use dinner (shrimp) so I went to our LFS and asked for dead feeders. Got about 20 buried in the sand. Added some NutriFin Cycle and away we go
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01-09-2010, 11:54 PM
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Aquarium Free - 2+ Years
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Cant wait to see more pics The only thing that would worry me about using dead feeders from the lfs is the risk of disease... Otherwise, thats a great idea 
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01-10-2010, 01:00 AM
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Great white snark
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Yeah I had some worries about that too but it was an "in a pinch" thing.
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01-10-2010, 01:11 AM
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Aquarium Advice Addict
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mfdrookie516
The only thing that would worry me about using dead feeders from the lfs is the risk of disease... Otherwise, thats a great idea |
Ya, i ouwld be consirned about this 2.
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01-14-2010, 10:46 PM
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Aquarium Advice Regular
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What's so great about PFS as apposed to argo?
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