It started with a somewhat comical-looking drive with a 6 foot plain pine stand (from Thang at Gosnells Aquariums) on the roof-racks on my little pulsar. I spent the next couple of days staining and varnishing and such. Now it's a light jarrah stain, and looking much nicer than boring old pine.
I picked up a 72" 8x39W T5HO light from Aquotix; great service and best use of PCS discount yet!
Since I recently got into Discus, I've moved the pressurised CO2 (also from Aquotix back when I got it) off of their tank to make them happier.
I then picked up a used Eheim 2217 from Mik in Forrestdale on saturday afternoon, the great part being that it's already cycled, and a reliable unit. It sat on the danio breeding tank until the 6 footer was set up.
The Tank we picked up on sunday, got it home and filled it up :-)
Now here's the sad part: I now know that I have to move house in 3-5 months. Major plan change, but things will work out for the best. I've decided to use the tank during these months to grow the huge amounts of plants required. According to rough calculations, it'll take about 2.7 square metres of HC (thanks to Kimbo for giving me some, you're a legend!) to cover what I want, as well as a few other plants. Of course, none of these are cheap, so it works out in my favour to grow as much as I can myself...
Setup details:
Tank: 72 x 14 x 18
Stand: Stained Pine
Lights: 72" 8x39W T5HO
Filter: Eheim 2217
CO2: 3.5kg Bottle
Current Fauna: 4 very very little SAE (extremely scared of massive algae bloom)
Current Flora: HC, Water Sprite (nitrate suckers)
Substrate: 1" Laterite (got a source lined up), then need some nice soil and have some black diamond sand coming from overseas.
Here are some photos:
- Tank On Stand
- Pitiful number of plants until I get paid :-)
- CO2 and Eheim
- Donated HC
The Plan (I'll draw a picture and upload it later) is to set it up in one hit if possible, once eough plants are grown.
Planned fauna are:
- Trigonostigma Espei (Espei Rasbora - kind of hard to find it seems)
- Crossocheilus Langei
- And maybe some Glass, Cherry or CR Shrimp
Planned flora are:
- Hemianthus Callitrichoides
- Glossostigma Elatinoides
- Eleocharis Acicularis
- and Blyxa Japonica
If you're not sure what the Iwugami style is, here are some examples:
More to come! It'll be interesting to see how fast I can get the plants growing...
If anyone has any tips or has something similar I can have a squiz at locally, I'd love to hear about it :-)
