My 180g south american tank- setup thread

[Anubisscott]

Wow!, its really coming along.

 

[K.Galvin]

Looks great with that amount of sand, how do you find filter socks? I was thinking of putting one in my sump, how often do you think they should be cleaned?

 

[honda237]

Thanks guys.
I can't remember the exact name of the place, but i will look once I'm on my computer. I clean them when they almost overflow.

 

[JK47]

All the upright are 2x4s but there are 16 of them going vertically up. So leave the sand how it is?

ABSOLUTLY! The sand looks wonderful IMO. Is that the sunsun canister that looks like an FX5? That's cool. You'll have to let us know how well it works.

 

[honda237]

Thanks, yep I left the sand how it was. Pretty close, its a odyssea that copies the fx5: it looks pretty good so far, but it will be up and running tonight. I need to level the tank out then its going to be water tested.

 

[honda237]

It's running, no leaks. What do you think?

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

jealous

 

[K.Galvin]

Looking Good, looking forward to more pics

 

[busterbrown]

lookin good man. cant wait to see it stocked

 

[honda237]

jealous

lookin good man. cant wait to see it stocked

Looking Good, looking forward to more pics

Thanks guys, well bad news, it started to leak in 2 spots, one spot on the hose, which should be fixed today, the other is the lid on the canister filter, its leaking from the actual lid. So i am going to have to email the company and get a new lid.
all 3 of the knobs in the picture were leaking, the first knob was actually leaking from a little crack in the lid.