My 180g south american tank- setup thread

[LaiistCRD]

^ What he said, air bubbles stuck to the glass!

 

[baseballman1321]

same here

 

[honda237]

What did you do about that annoying residue from the play sand from filling it up? I am trying to figure it out so i can not take down the 40B to clean it. Will it eventually erode into the water?

Those are just air bubbles, not sand.

hindsight 20/20 you should have cleaned the sand before adding it to the tank (assuming you didn't since you have that problem)

But looking forward: Don't take your tank down on account of it, put a sponge over your filter intake if you can (to keep the finer floating sand particles out) and do your regular water changes. Higher volume & faster schedule will get the crap out quicker, but I'd say don't overdo it depending on what else is in your tank etc etc.

In summation...it'll go away with regular water changes


and OP: nice tank!! I like that driftwood piece. If it were mine I'd probably turn it over so that the thick stump & that one small piece curving upwards would be what it rests on and all the roots were sticking up. Looks killer though.

I never rinsed my sand, i get the pre-rinsed play sand in a bag, then poor it in, then add water. I've never had a problem.

Thanks, i am in the process of changing things up.

Those look like bubbles to me from just being filled up, not sand. I get those after WC's too.

exactly, you are correct justin.

Some new photos, i'm changing things up a little and my amazon swords are going through a melting process because they didn't like the move to much. I'm probably not done with it yet, so more updates will come.

 

[AOmonsta]

Great looking fish.

 

[JK47]

GL with your swords. They are going to look awesome. I am tracking down a few large ones are well..

 

[honda237]

Great looking fish.

Thanks

GL with your swords. They are going to look awesome. I am tracking down a few large ones are well..

Thanks, they starting to grow back, i read some where that a lot of swords don't like to move so they melt and then re grow. Have you looked on plantedtank.net?

 

[Rawrzer]

how heavy are you planting it?

 

[honda237]

how heavy are you planting it?

Not heavy at all. I have a few more plants im growing that I'm going to add.

 

[insanity0x1]

great looking fish! also like the re-arrange as well, looking great so far. wanting the driftwood though :\, keep us posted!

 

[honda237]

great looking fish! also like the re-arrange as well, looking great so far. wanting the driftwood though :\, keep us posted!

thanks, i spent about $80 on the stump, but it was well worth it.