Great Job ! Really like the aquascaping you did hats off!
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141x29x31 inch 360x75x80 work in progress
- Thread starter aislin
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n August i began with the renovation of the 360cm aquarium, and adjustments to the filters of the overall
system.
We were not completely satisfied with the design of the 360cm aquarium, this is because the tank was
originally intended for South American Cichlids.
So big plastering driftwood played a major role, finally I decided to stay into Malawi cichlids.
I have now changed the design here, made more rocks and overhanging rocks.
Several times, I will report on this renovation.
At the time of writing there is again water in the aquariums.
I put 2 new sand filters / fluidized bed filters together.
The original sand filter I customize and make an extra dry filter.
system.
We were not completely satisfied with the design of the 360cm aquarium, this is because the tank was
originally intended for South American Cichlids.
So big plastering driftwood played a major role, finally I decided to stay into Malawi cichlids.
I have now changed the design here, made more rocks and overhanging rocks.
Several times, I will report on this renovation.
At the time of writing there is again water in the aquariums.
I put 2 new sand filters / fluidized bed filters together.
The original sand filter I customize and make an extra dry filter.
For everything to be able to connect I initially made a mold of paper, so I could make the right shape off on a Styrofoam plate from which all other parts are glued.
For the connection of the side and rear I use polyurethane foam.
The intention is that the new parts are going to look at the existing part, which is difficult because i used another working method on the excisting parts.
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I think it will come out okay this way, if all the parts are assembled, I will puteverything, including the existing parts in several layers of tile adhesive transfer.
The new wall is mounted on the inside, I have used 12 mm plywood.
I had to take a small part of the backwall, cause i had glued the backwall against the back of the aquarium with the liquid pond liner. I've always wondered how it would sit firmly.
I now have the answer there ........ it's really solid glued to the back wall aquarium ....
Through this implementation, the water inside the aquarium.
I'm now also working on the right side of the aquarium, especially on the right
I still have a lot of cutting work, on the left here I am almost finished with it.
The overhangs on the existing rear, I make of pur foam.
Under and during the use of the foam I put Styrofoam pieces in the pur.
In these parts above the existing rear I only use styrofoam, I cut it into shape, and finish of by using a burner.
I go over the surface of the styrofoam once light with the burner.
The pieces between the back and side wall i also fill with pur, and cut it later in form.
These are rock walls I'm going to get some height difference in the soil to make.
The Styrofoam serves as a template for the pur foam slightly in shape to keep some extra weight
I used a few stones and filled bottles with water, so i didn't have to fill the entire mold with pur foam
when everything is hard i cut the final form.
this is the wall where the overflow tank is mounted against, everything is worked of with rock parts.
The past few days i started to apply the tile adhesive on the rock walls, the existing rock
parts I put back into the tile adhesive as well.
In the picture you seer the result of the first time, eventually I'm going to do it 3 times,
the third layer I add pigment to the glue.
This will be the cover of the overflow container, the gratings on the underside of the cover is fitted.
The thing I've also made of styrofoam, but weighted with tile adhesive.
Some pieces I'm going to place on the bottom are now ready, and are now here to dry.
This rock lls get to the bottom, I want to apply through this wall a little height difference.
The walls have the same color as the walls in the aquarium, they are pretty dim, I wanted it to be a bit lighter
gray, but well I think this is not such a big problem further.
It remains for me ever again difficult to determine the final color of determinable.
speechless.......I can just imagine if I had that type of space...man great build keep the updates coming.
