The slow 112G jungle tank build ...

[brennae]

Wow! This is one big project!

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[Caliban07]

Nice tanks. What is the substrate/setup?


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[Harry Muscle]

Nice tanks. What is the substrate/setup?


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Thanks. BTW, are you wondering about the setup for the old tank that is pictured at the beginning of this thread or the planned setup for the new tank?

Thanks,
Harry

 

[sinibotia]

Wow, that's an amazing project! Any stocking plans?

 

[Caliban07]

Thanks. BTW, are you wondering about the setup for the old tank that is pictured at the beginning of this thread or the planned setup for the new tank?

Thanks,
Harry

Both


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[Harry Muscle]

Both


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The original tank, which I no longer have, had Flourite as the substrate along with a thin layer of leonardite on the bottom. I'm planning on doing the same for this tank, just will use the Dark variety of Flourite instead of the Red I used on the old tank.

I'll save the general setup of the old tank and especially the new one for another post since I can go into great detail on that.

Thanks
Harry

 

[Harry Muscle]

Wow, that's an amazing project! Any stocking plans?

I've started compiling a list of plants and fish that interest me. There a few species of fish and shrimp I'm definitely going to have. Dario Dario, rummy noise tetra and/or cardinal tetra, pure bred elders, betta. These are some of my favorite from previous tanks. Here's the full list of what I've been considering:

Dario Dario
Snakeskin Orchid Endlers
Runny Nose Tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
Mustard Gas Betta (pair)
Threadfin Rainbowfish
Gertrude Rainbowfish
Fork Tail Rainbowfish
Furcata Rainbowfish
Blue Diamond or Blue Dream Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)
Okeefenokee Pygmy Sunfish
Gardneri panchax kilifish
Yaoshania Pachychilus
Betta Imbellis
Hatchet fish
Lyretail Killifish
Malawa shrimp
Sunkist shrimp
Microdevario kubotai

Since I'll be keeping shrimp most of the fish on my list are generally OK with adult shrimp.

As for plants, I haven't really narrowed the list down yet. It's going to be a low tech non CO2 setup like the 55G I had. Here's the full list:

Crypt Flamingo
Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini'
White anubia
Plagionium
Echinodorus reni
Vallisneria contortionist
Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Ghost
Lobelia cardinalis "small form"
Micranthemum umbrosum 'Monte Carlo'
Echinodorus tropica carpet
Red Java Fern
Micranthemum Umbrosum 'Monte Carlo'
Aponogeton crispus 'Red'
Aeschynomene fluitans
Hygro Pinnatifida
Aponogeton longiplumulosus (purple flower)
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Anubias stardust
Anubias pinto

That's some of the more interesting plants ... I'll probably also have lots of more common plants ... it's a big tank.

Thanks,
Harry

 

[brennae]

My only concern is mixing the killis. We're you just planning on males or you aren't concerned with hybrids?

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[Harry Muscle]

My only concern is mixing the killis. We're you just planning on males or you aren't concerned with hybrids?

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Killies can be quite iffy with shrimp so chances are I'll end up not getting them. If I do decide to go for them I'll have to do more research. Never had killies before.

Thanks,
Harry

 

[brennae]

Killies can be quite iffy with shrimp so chances are I'll end up not getting them. If I do decide to go for them I'll have to do more research. Never had killies before.

Thanks,
Harry

Ok. I understand. I keep them and if you have questions I may be able to help you out.

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[Harry Muscle]

I went to Miracles on Wednesday cause the tank and stand was finally ready and I wanted to check them out before they get delivered ... unfortunately things didn't go so well.

The wrong color background was applied to the back of the tank. Apparently they will have to take the trim of the tank to fix that (the background goes under the trim).

Also there were a handful of issues with the stand. I asked for a bunch of modifications to the standard design. Most of them were done, but they forgot to double up the front supports like I asked. Also it looks like the stand got damaged when it was moved from where their carpenter works to their main warehouse.

Nathan (factory manager and super nice guy) assures me that they'll make everything right, but I still haven't heard back from Derek, the company owner who's call it actually is.

I'm a bit disappointed with Miracles at this point in time. A wooden stand is definitely fixable, but having to take the trim of the tank makes me worry that the silicone might get damaged during the process and cause a leak for me down the road.

An another note, the stand definitely looks nice:

Here's pictures of a big scratch right on the top front trim and one of the corners that got crushed, most likely when they moved the stand:

Thanks,
Harry

 

[tiger terror]

Bummer man...hopefully they'll see the need in customer satisfaction&make things right for you..
Great looking stand,I also recognize your concern with the silicone failing on account of being disturbed..

sit in silence...

 

[brennae]

That's too bad. They really should know better about transporting things. Great color choice

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[Harry Muscle]

Finally got over my cold ... took long enough. I've been working on the electrical in the fish room this week. Here's the main panel which will house 6 switched outlets, two always on outlets, low voltage connections for the Apex unit to communicate with hardware in the living room, and a few other odds and ends:

And here's the wiring diagram for this:

I'm also still waiting on Miracles ... not really ready for the tank yet, but still wish I had it already

Thanks,
Harry

 

[Harry Muscle]

Since not much exciting has been happening lately, I thought I'd share some background info and extra details on this whole build by posting my plethora of notes.

This is my equipment list. A bunch of things have been crossed out as the list progressed.

Next are my plumbing related notes:

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[Harry Muscle]

...

Fish room notes:

I've got lots more notes, but I'll save those for another post.

Thanks,
Harry

 

[brennae]

I can't wait to see this to completion
With all the automation and attention to detail this is going to be a top notch set up!

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[ImACoolguy]

I don't think I've ever seen so many notes even for a tank 10x this size.

Going to be awesome!


Caleb

 

[Harry Muscle]

More notes ...

Various light calculations when I was trying to figure out what kind of lighting to go with for this tank:

Various heater calculations:

Calculations for when I was contemplating a DIY stand for the tank:

Thanks,
Harry

 

[Harry Muscle]

Another round of notes ... for those really interested in all that went on behind the scenes to make this happen ... slowly.

Electrical notes:

Light research:

Glass Holes order:

Miracles Aquarium notes:

More notes related to Miracles Aquarium are next ...