Hi
Edited by Peckoltia, 27 May 2018 - 11:10 AM.
Posted 27 May 2018 - 11:08 AM
Hi
Edited by Peckoltia, 27 May 2018 - 11:10 AM.
Posted 28 May 2018 - 08:07 AM
This is going to be great!
Posted 28 May 2018 - 08:23 AM
Jules - thanks mate. Been quite a long time in the making, good to start seeing some progress.
Edited by Peckoltia, 28 May 2018 - 08:42 AM.
Posted 28 May 2018 - 11:12 AM
Yes, it is wooden flooring.
This is the first time I have ever set up a tank on wooden flooring and will need to be diligent with cleaning up any spills. It is also part of the reason i went a bean animal overflow, that extra pipe for redundancy gives me at least some assurance that I am not going to flood the house.
With the wooden flooring something to consider is what kind of wood is used - laminate, engineered or hardwood? Mine are hardwood ('Black But') and varnished which gives some level of protection. Not sure if I'd set up a tank on laminate or engineered wood, as they are a lot less resilient to water damage.
Also to be considered is - how are the boards installed? This is on the ground floor of the house, and have been laid on the slab. There are generally two ways of installing on a slab either on battens or on marine ply base. Battens are exactly as it sounds battens that run under the floor boards and suspend the floorboards off the concrete. Batten installed floorboards will have a bit of a hollow sound to them like the 'old school' homes when walked on, and be 'springy/more forgiving' underfoot. My floorboards have been laid on a base of plywood so there is no void under the boards. Again, not sure I'd have a tank this size on batten installed floorboards, unless I could be certain where the battens have been laid and design my stand to have the legs resting on the battens.
So in my case, I have hardwood floors installed on plywood, which is my opinion/research is the ideal situation. I also had the stand made with 10 legs rather than 8 like my previous 8' stand. Just to try spread the load a little bit more again.
I considered running a length of metal along the floor instead of having individual legs of the stand (if that makes sense), but figured it'd just end up as a good place to have water trapped and ruin my floors. i am also considering running a bead of black silicone around each leg on the boards to avoid any water getting in.
Posted 31 May 2018 - 12:38 PM
Posted 01 June 2018 - 06:25 PM
Posted 01 June 2018 - 09:47 PM
Mike - lights are the last piece of the puzzle. Either going with the Illumagic Blaze X series or Ecotech Radion Gen 4 pro's.
Posted 18 June 2018 - 08:55 AM
Posted 20 June 2018 - 09:57 AM
Thanks for the kind words Jules - I crowed a bit early and have a leak in one of the glued joins which is a bit of a pain. Only a very slow leak, so will fix it once i empty the barrel on a water change in the next week or so.
The quarantine tank is now almost fully cycled, so may see the first fish move in this weekend or at the latest next! Which is exciting seeing as the time and money that I have spent. Be nice to actually have a fish to show for it!
Posted 20 June 2018 - 10:33 AM
Achilles Tang?
Posted 20 June 2018 - 12:40 PM
Achilles Tang is definitely on the list - the Tangs/Surgeon fish will probably be one of the last 'waves' of fish to reach the display.
I saw some Sohal Tangs at Vebas on the weekend, don't know if I have the stomach for one though, as beautiful as they are they have reputation for brutality, especially among other tangs.
First batch of fish will be nothing exciting, the bread and butter sort of stuff; clowns, cardinals, fire fish etc.
Posted 02 July 2018 - 11:27 AM
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Posted 03 July 2018 - 09:11 AM
Thanks Delapool - the effort to get this thing off the ground has been immense so far. Almost there!
Posted 03 July 2018 - 12:38 PM
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