Sneak peak - the 190g discus tank

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man Jose, just looking at that plumbing makes my head hurt. going to be an awesome setup. not sure about the backgroud tho. it looks great but I've never been a fan of rock backgrounds with discus. I'll probably change my mine once your tank is done. hurry up,lol.
 
3dees;4928634;4928634 said:
man Jose, just looking at that plumbing makes my head hurt. going to be an awesome setup. not sure about the backgroud tho. it looks great but I've never been a fan of rock backgrounds with discus. I'll probably change my mine once your tank is done. hurry up,lol.
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Thanks Danny! On the background, I intially wanted clear, but there would be no way to hide all that plumbing. And I definitely didn't want black. I'm so burnt out on black, wanted something different. Joey's AquaTerra background really made me want to try one out. I have a feeling it will work, only time will tell!
 
I'm waiting on Rainforest because I *think* I can make it wrap my overflow, and because I agree that I don't think rock is a 100% natural mix.

But nothing we do is ever going to be 100% natural. And if the aquascape with the wood and possibly plants looks great, a little bit of rock in the back would be no big deal.

For instance... this tank looks so great that you don't notice that the rock is unnatural, do you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CJiKGCryFw

And we all know Jose'll make it look right, planted or not.
 
yeah, it looks pretty good, but Joey's is *** kickin. I originally want one like that but could'nt find one and did'nt want to wait.
 
I noticed yesterday that DBN has a 36" Mangrove one now too, not wide enough for an 8 foot tank but if he's still getting the 6x3x3 that'd mean he could still have a pretty badass BG.

My tank is the same size as yours and I'm thinking that the vertical tree element of the Rainforest BG, plus some actual vertical trees, would look really cool.
 
Lookin good. Nice to see this project under way. I like the background.



jcardona1;4927653; said:
The Beananimal uses 1 as the main drain, which is fully submerged. The 2nd one (middle pipe) is 1/4" higher and works as an open channel standpipe (much like a Durso). This one is handling just a bit of spillover, whatever the full siphon can't handle.
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What does the third drain pipe do? Extra safety?
 
I don't get how the little 1/4" air line comes into play, or how it loops up and over so precisely. Is that its own product?

I also apparently don't understand this all enough to get why the third one is necessary, or why he insists that the herbie would eventually lead to a flood. I'm not sure how either of those would ever get clogged.

I'm tempted to drill my 220 and run this downstairs instead of the three canister setup I had planned. If it really is silent it'll work much more easily with the drip setup. How do people go about installing the L shaped overflow boxes? Can it be done in an impermanent way?
 
Looking real good dude. I have been thinking about drilling my 240 like this.
 
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