Putting together a 180gallon Tropheus Tank.
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,, one ?? what type of paint did you use flat,satin or gloss for the back of the tank
Thanks for the Compliments!
I used Flat Black on the Back and Side as will be using the same for the Stand. Some of it is already on there....
Here is the Front piece added on. The holes a filled and drying... Waiting for trim and Paint... Oh, and Doors!
I used Flat Black on the Back and Side as will be using the same for the Stand. Some of it is already on there....
Here is the Front piece added on. The holes a filled and drying... Waiting for trim and Paint... Oh, and Doors!
nes999;4788941; said:
Nah, that's the way that I wanted it... I want it to seem like it's Very deep right there. Plus I have the Access Panel for the AQ 70 Powerhead. It's the top rock in the very corner.
Where Tropheus come from in Lake Tanganyika, there are not to many plants. Just a TON of Large Rocks. They look Different than these do though... The Lake Rocks are more Bolder like...
mike_sema;4789146; said:
I thought about Some live plants, but I don't want to have to worry abuot those as well. The Trophs are enough to worry about, health wise, trust me.
Remember, for a natural looking aquascape, there's not really going to be balance in the placement of the Rocks.... Things just fall whereever they can... JMO Though..
Considering painting the inside of the the stand with a waterproof paint. It will keep any accidental spills from becoming problems over time. I did it in the stand for my 375, and also ran a nice bead of kitchen/bath silicone in the corners. I can hold a little over 8g of spillage in the bottom of my stand (well, closer to 2.5g of standing water after sump displacement is accounted for), but I thought that was a neat way to keep my spills contained.
I love the entire set up but i would have gone with a crushed coral or crushed oyster shell.Excellent work.
Clay;4789673; said:
This is a Good Idea that I was considering.. Although I don't have a Back panel of wood on the stand. I probably do have anough to at least make some type of Small wall that will come up past the Bottom tray quite a few inches. Wat type of paint do you recommend Clay?
MsMassPoly;4789711; said:
Thanks for the compliments! I chose to go with Aragonite being that it has a Ton of Room for BB, Will Adjust the PH in the Tank higher than the Tap, Will not allow algea build up on and it aids in light reflection which helps to display Tropheus colors! Tropheus Do Not do well with Darker color Substrate. They end up looking like dark little torpedos swimming through the water!
Plus in the tropheus Natural Habitat in lake Tanganyika, the substrate is Sand and this was the Closes to sand that I "wanted" to go. I know that they've never seen their Home waters, but I was aiming for as close to their natural habitat as possible. There is a "Sugar Grain" version of the Aragonite that I used but I didn't want it that small....As far as CC or SS.... I've had and still have Both. They both get Algea Growth on them, the SS more so than the CC. But the tank that these Little Tropoheus Came from was a 60gal Breeder that had SS in it made by "CaribSea" and was cllaed "SeaFloor: Aruba Puka" and I didn't like it. There's about 60lbs or so of it al from that tank sitting in a bag of water right now. I replaced the 60gal Breeder's SS with the same "CaribSea: Aragonite" As it looks Much better than the Sea Shells! At least in my opinion as I had all three of these Types of Substrate, all from CaribSea....
Garlover;4789749; said:
Thanks a lot! I think that at this point I'm going to leave the Tops Glass and no canopy. I may change my mind though in the future. I like being able to see down through to tops. Call me silly. I've never owned a tank with a canopy so I don't really know what I missing. So,
I didn't plan on one.. Who Knows though... I may get board and take on the task... I really do like the look and savings of the LED lights on the market so I could either save my Funds for those or build a canopy with a nice setup of them... We'll see!So I have a Question for everyone....
Taking into account that I'm aiming for the Tropheus Natural Habitat with this tank and there is not much plants other than the Growth of green algea on things and that's what the main diet of the Tropheus is....
A.) Should I Throw a coupple of live Plants in this tank OR Not?
B.) If so what kind?
Okay, Update....
I got the Stand painted and I'm going to get some trim in the morning... I thinkthat I have the doors figured out as to the style that I want them....
I got the Stand painted and I'm going to get some trim in the morning... I thinkthat I have the doors figured out as to the style that I want them....
