Floyd R Turbo
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For any of you who enjoy my 135 FOWLR thread
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/tank-journal-135-fowlr-124418.html
I've got another one for ya! Same customer has an empty 225g w/ dual overflows and acrylic sump. Here's what it looks like
He had about 2 dozen really good looking Discus in the tank, a relative of his maintained it, and moved away, then there was a flood in our area and the water quality tanked, and he started losing them one by one until they were all gone. It was very sad to see. So now the tank is empty, I'm the artist with the aquatic brush, and it's my bare canvas.
I started this thread about egg crate under the substrate and decided it was time to start this journal, and this project soon
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...trate-anyone-tried-it-124865.html#post1062845
So to continue the conversation in that thread, I'll start off with my response to the last post:
you going to be in charge of maintaining the tank?
I sure hope so, the last batch of discus he had were all killed off one by one.
you could just use chop sticks when water changing to mix it up
Funny, since it's a Chinese restaurant!! The only problem I see happening with the PFS is algae growing on the top and detritus building up between water changes. The previous setup for the discus was no substrate, but he has a 5g bucket full of clear glass beads (about 1/2" diatmeter) that look pretty cool, and he wants to use them again. I thought, why not put the beads on top of the PFS for a cool effect, maybe make some piles here and there. Cichlids would have fun moving those around.
The Algae might not be much of a problem, since it's not going to be a planted tank (at least not long term - I have a ton of Asian Marshweed and I am going to put in when I fire it up) so I do plan on using carbon or zeolite in the sump to keep that under control, or maybe I'll just let it grow and get a bristlenose pleco. But will any pleco have a problem trying to clean algae off of fine sand?
MTS hide for the most part during the day and come out when the lights are off
Hmmmm...might be able to sell that idea to him.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/tank-journal-135-fowlr-124418.html
I've got another one for ya! Same customer has an empty 225g w/ dual overflows and acrylic sump. Here's what it looks like
He had about 2 dozen really good looking Discus in the tank, a relative of his maintained it, and moved away, then there was a flood in our area and the water quality tanked, and he started losing them one by one until they were all gone. It was very sad to see. So now the tank is empty, I'm the artist with the aquatic brush, and it's my bare canvas.
I started this thread about egg crate under the substrate and decided it was time to start this journal, and this project soon
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...trate-anyone-tried-it-124865.html#post1062845
So to continue the conversation in that thread, I'll start off with my response to the last post:
you going to be in charge of maintaining the tank?
I sure hope so, the last batch of discus he had were all killed off one by one.
you could just use chop sticks when water changing to mix it up
Funny, since it's a Chinese restaurant!! The only problem I see happening with the PFS is algae growing on the top and detritus building up between water changes. The previous setup for the discus was no substrate, but he has a 5g bucket full of clear glass beads (about 1/2" diatmeter) that look pretty cool, and he wants to use them again. I thought, why not put the beads on top of the PFS for a cool effect, maybe make some piles here and there. Cichlids would have fun moving those around.
The Algae might not be much of a problem, since it's not going to be a planted tank (at least not long term - I have a ton of Asian Marshweed and I am going to put in when I fire it up) so I do plan on using carbon or zeolite in the sump to keep that under control, or maybe I'll just let it grow and get a bristlenose pleco. But will any pleco have a problem trying to clean algae off of fine sand?
MTS hide for the most part during the day and come out when the lights are off
Hmmmm...might be able to sell that idea to him.