My 120 tall journal

thebrandon

thebrandon

I like fish
Jan 29, 2009
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I thought I would move all focus for my 120 over here since it has grown to be more than just a DIY foam background project now. Here is the link to how my background progressed.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239592


Current stock:
10 Bristlenose plecos
25 neons
4 silver hatchets
4-5 otos
2 nerites
well established colony of cherry shrimp

Current filtration:
Fluval 305
Cascade 300 HOB
Large sponger filter powered by powerhead 402


Future stock:
4 bristlenose plecos
? neons
? hatchets
? otos
2 nerites
cherry shrimp
Slowly trucking along!

My plan is to move everything from my planted 50 gallon tank into this. I ordered an FX5 which is here. I have 80lbs of eco complete waiting to be dumped into the tank. Not sure if I will use it all though. I also have a black stand coming in the mail that I got for a good deal. Should be here by the 18th or 20th I hope. For lighting I just have a shop light with 2 of the GE plant and aquarium bulbs. We will see how it works out.

Here is what the tank looks like, and what is going on with it for now.

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It is kind of hard to tell what is going on in this one but, I have some manzanita wood that is currently soaking in the tank, along with a cascade 1000 running to help keep the water flowing. Stagnant water is never a good thing.
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Some spare eggcrate I had. Temporary "top" until I get around to cutting my acrylic pieces to size.
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FX5
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Eco complete
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Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
 
Thank you :) I should have everything up and running before 2011! lol
 
amazonadam said:
Looks great! With that size aquarium, why not make the hatchet stock up to 10-15?
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Thank you amazon :) I do plan on upping the number of hatchets. To what I'm not sure. I want the tank to have a comfortable amount of fish for each school without looking too crowded.

shewolfgeo said:
it's going to look great.
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Thank you shewolf :) How is your tank coming along?

Ozymandias said:
looks good and sounds like a plan though hope you have more than one bag of eco-complete lol
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Thank you! And yes I have 80 lbs total of eco complete lol, I just didn't want to take pictures of all the bags lol.
 
Mine is doing great, holding together... I have moved the rosy barbs into it, I think it's been a week now, and thinking about moving the rainbow cichlids to it soon. I need to post an update on the thread, thanks for asking.
 
Sounds awesome!

Here is a picture of the stand I am going to be getting. When ever this comes in the tank will be moved inside, and the fish to their new home!


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I've also been thinking about some cheap media I could use in the FX5 and so far I have decided on pot scrubbers and lava rock. I have a bunch of lava rock laying around and several pot scrubbers I can use. So it's virtually free :)
 
What fun....I love "build" threads!!!!

Sounds like it will b wonderful!!!! :)
 
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