Hope your stand and tank holds while you're sleeping underneath it! 
Just kidding, sure it'll be sweet. Looks great!
Just kidding, sure it'll be sweet. Looks great!
New Tank and Sump Build
- Thread starter Avi
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Surprisingly its very quiet, the fx5 doesnt make a sound, have it on a rubber sheet to stop vibrations making it to the floor, the powerheads in the tanks are very quiet, only issue is an occasional garrgle from the overflow but i am going to build a durso or something of the sort soon
Im sure it wont fall, the back is supported by 8 M16 ancor bolts!!, 5 on main tank and 3 on sump, thats enough to keep someone getting a safe out of a wall with a sledgehammer... so alson as the floor holds im good (joists run permendicular to bottom support beam so LOTS of support there)
Baught 2L of Seachem Matrix and some foam sheets for filter
Should have filter up and running tonight, some cycle in there and i should have fish by next week
Also got £20kg more lava rock will show pics tonight
Firstly to all FX5 users, this is a little trick i picked up a couple years ago... Budget foam from Maidenhead Aquatics, I buy "Set 3", £11.99
You get a nice big sheet of coarse, medium and 2 x fine (different sizes and combos available)
After cutting them up soz didnt take pics during, you get 3 x rechanges for your filter thats easy a years worth, £1 a month haha
Got a good deal on lava rock today so stocked up, may have baught to much, but in malawis theres never too many caves, will aquascape later but just dumped in looks pretty cool as it is
£30 for the additions of rocks (thats almost all of it lol)
Have taken the old arcadia apart and pulled out its guts, will fit it into a lid tomorrow
You get a nice big sheet of coarse, medium and 2 x fine (different sizes and combos available)
After cutting them up soz didnt take pics during, you get 3 x rechanges for your filter thats easy a years worth, £1 a month haha
Got a good deal on lava rock today so stocked up, may have baught to much, but in malawis theres never too many caves, will aquascape later but just dumped in looks pretty cool as it is
£30 for the additions of rocks (thats almost all of it lol)
Have taken the old arcadia apart and pulled out its guts, will fit it into a lid tomorrow
OK BEFORE looking at the pics... Aquascaping is NOT done... this is just how they came from bucket to tank in the shape i was looking for.... will re arange later (but still looks pretty nice)
With middle board off... its held on with magnets for easy quick release
No camera flash used
Work still to de done:
Finish Lights with leds and sand edges smooth
Re mount Speakers
Aquascape
Hide Wires for powehead on main tank
Add aquaclear module and new powerhead on left side (already have 1 on right)
And ovcourse
Buy some Fish!! Atm going with 4 Yellow labs (1 male 3 female) and 4 Demasonis (again 1 male 3 female)
What do you think?
With middle board off... its held on with magnets for easy quick release
No camera flash used
Work still to de done:
Finish Lights with leds and sand edges smooth
Re mount Speakers
Aquascape
Hide Wires for powehead on main tank
Add aquaclear module and new powerhead on left side (already have 1 on right)
And ovcourse
Buy some Fish!! Atm going with 4 Yellow labs (1 male 3 female) and 4 Demasonis (again 1 male 3 female)
What do you think?
I GOT SOME FISHEYSSSSSSSSS
Labs are a bit timid to start with
But... the demasonis... haha couldnt be more active
Labs are a bit timid to start with
But... the demasonis... haha couldnt be more active
