The rouge tank
The rouge tank
It's set up from scratch, and I'm crossing my fingers things will stabilize this time. There's never been anything but trouble in this tank...
The params are:
Tetmp 27C
GH 7
KH 6
PH 6.8
NO2 0
NO3 0
I seeded the tank so it should be cycled, but I'll wait a bit before moving fish in, as there's too much CO2 in it at present, thought I should give the plants a kick start.
I guess this would be slightly off topic, as it's a fish soup tank, and not dedicated to Zebras, but I'm going to have several og my other catfish in it
Again, the heater is not going to sit where it is now, I keep it there til I've managed to calibrate it only
The params are:
Tetmp 27C
GH 7
KH 6
PH 6.8
NO2 0
NO3 0
I seeded the tank so it should be cycled, but I'll wait a bit before moving fish in, as there's too much CO2 in it at present, thought I should give the plants a kick start.
I guess this would be slightly off topic, as it's a fish soup tank, and not dedicated to Zebras, but I'm going to have several og my other catfish in it
Again, the heater is not going to sit where it is now, I keep it there til I've managed to calibrate it only
The background is manufactured by AquaEl. I can't seem to find a homepage for this company though, but I think they're made in Poland.
My LFS (well, not so local, it's an hour and half drive from where I live) stock them. <commercial break>This store has an amazing stock of accessories and fish, better than any in Oslo, so I gladly go down there to do my shopping. </commercial break>
I choose not to use silicon as that's past the point of no return, and I don't like those it's got a net attached to each side to prevent fish from getting behind it, so it works just fine to simply let the sand and gravity hold it in place. it's also got several holes covered by net to allow the water to flow behind it. I sew a plant to this netting to cover it, and place the intake for the external filter behind it. Works great
My LFS (well, not so local, it's an hour and half drive from where I live) stock them. <commercial break>This store has an amazing stock of accessories and fish, better than any in Oslo, so I gladly go down there to do my shopping. </commercial break>
I choose not to use silicon as that's past the point of no return, and I don't like those it's got a net attached to each side to prevent fish from getting behind it, so it works just fine to simply let the sand and gravity hold it in place. it's also got several holes covered by net to allow the water to flow behind it. I sew a plant to this netting to cover it, and place the intake for the external filter behind it. Works great
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Good idea. Usually if you don't silicone them into place they are terrible for storing bit of food and debris behind it.....not so good for the fish.... but your idea is clever.McEve wrote:it's also got several holes covered by net to allow the water to flow behind it. I sew a plant to this netting to cover it, and place the intake for the external filter behind it. Works great
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I don't know about the vailability in the UK, but I would think it should be better than up here as there's a bigger market in the UK..
Anyway, here's some links:
http://www.petsparade.com/shop.asp?cat=201
http://www.aquael.com.pl/en/akwarystyka/tla.php?id=145 Think I found the homepage for Aquael after all
http://www.backtonature.se/
Or, make your own!
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_othe ... _styro.htm
I'm not so sure I would recommend back to nature, although their backgrounds are stunning, they take quite some space from your tank. in a 50 cm deep tank 15 - 25 will be taken up by the background. But for larger tanks they're great! Minimum 350 liters...
The Aquael I have build only 5 cm.
Anyway, here's some links:
http://www.petsparade.com/shop.asp?cat=201
http://www.aquael.com.pl/en/akwarystyka/tla.php?id=145 Think I found the homepage for Aquael after all
http://www.backtonature.se/
Or, make your own!
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_othe ... _styro.htm
I'm not so sure I would recommend back to nature, although their backgrounds are stunning, they take quite some space from your tank. in a 50 cm deep tank 15 - 25 will be taken up by the background. But for larger tanks they're great! Minimum 350 liters...
The Aquael I have build only 5 cm.
Last edited by McEve on Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.