Recent content by Greg5OH

the palnts and soild will hold alot of water. WC like in a traditional aquarium wont be as necessary, rather keeping the water topped off will. Topping off will replentish minerals. If you do WC like in a normal aquarium, then you have no fish waste and nitrates for the plants!!

sure like a high E or B string, G MIGHT work but depending how close the glass is, G might be too fat (depends on the overall gauge too). I ended up using a .001 and .002 feeler gauge to cut thru the glass seam. It was VERY tight in some areas, went through maybe 6 of these gauges. In the...

piano wire. very high tensile strength. wrap the ends around some wooden rod or similar.

thank you, appreciate the comments. i waitefd almost 7 years to do something olike this, and another 4 months to build it plus buying all the tools for it. always worth it to DIY! got the final piece of wood in. stone is just temporary till it water logs

yes, now that the tank is done, I need to get back to the mustang! 93 fox, getting a chevy 5.3 with a nice turbo, t56, 04 cobra irs :D regarding room size. Maybe later in 5-6 years I can have a custom acrylic tank made, 9 ft long, 20" deep, 24" tall. Would do away with those side cabinets and...

ap[preciate the compliments but the tank itself is far from museum quality! so much to do in it still here it is in the scope of the room. want to cover the top with plywqood so the light doenst bleed thru

Basicaly done. Not happy eith the black, or the brown. Think i might do the entire lower section im black . Wont look so patchy then. Wayer cleared up like crazy in last 2 days. found a lone baby discus at lfs, had to get her as a test mule. If she can recover from her slow gorth and achieve 6"...

agree 100%. should be calibrated at the factory.

yes definitly do NOT connect the seams together to achieve 48" depth. Silicone is strongest in tension, much weaker in shear. You could make this work if you placed a patch panel over the seam and did a glass perimiter brace around the tank but 1) expensive 2)it will look like crap. If anything...

Youd think a reputable company would have properly calibrated heaters. Its not a huge deal, as you learn what the true temp is vs what the dial says. But is an inconvenience no doubt. If someone had very sensitive livestock and dropped one of these in, could cause some issues if you are not...

decided to add some small beuty trim jsut under the crown molding to hide the pine backing, and also covers the gap betwene the lid and the top. and it was 10 bucks only so might as well. Tonight I will FINALLY be finished all the construction, and just stain left now. The glass top is done as...

Thank you, that is very true. The larger the fish, the more waste, especially with a pleco. What about a smaller 4-5" bushynose? Im really liking the red spotted variety of the discus, great contrast agsint a heaviuly planted tank, and I beleive they are commons domestics?

thank you guys, definilty taking alot of time. fish wise I have my common plec, and 1 cory n there currently, he will be getting some more cory friends, probably 6-8 total, 25-30 neon tetras, and about 6-8 discus hopefully, well see about pricing and availability. No one local stocks them...

didnt think of light inside the cabinetr, not really necessary as I have a pot liugth almost directly infront and above the tank which shines a lot of light into it with the doors opened up. I have decided on B as well, just need to find a nice center piece of driftwood (will offset it 2/3...

It was originally goign to be stained the brown color like the rest of the stand, but wife and i decided we dont really like the broiwn, so now i have to sand at least the clear coat off most of everyhtign and will be going ebony over it. maybe 1 coat iwll do, hoping to get a burnt/burnished...