Some piccies of the 40g so far:)

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:32 pm

Got the black sand delivered today :D So spent a while washing it:( Will start filling it tomorrow.
So this is the setup -
40g tank
Aquaone Aquis 1200 external filter (4 gallon capacity)
4 x T5 compact tubes

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by **liz2** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:53 pm

wow that looks super..even I wouldnt mind living in there! being nosy whats the fish book to the left bottom of the photo? confused

by **Netty** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:02 pm

LOL...it's one of the Marine books he has for sale.

I actually think the tank looks great as it is....why put fish in confused

:lol!:

by **mellychops** on Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:17 pm

Ohhhh looking great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **lilacamy931** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:30 am

Looking good Van! Delicious xx

by **tropical girl** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:08 am

looks great you have the same background as me on my 5ft
loving the black substrate,
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by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:39 am

tropical girl wrote:looks great you have the same background as me on my 5ft

I thought I'd try it as i intend to use some big bits of bog wood. I dont usually use shop bought backgrounds, but this one caught my eye:)

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:57 pm

All filled, heater on, filter on, air curtain on :D :D

The external started first time too :D

by **tropical girl** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:14 pm

[img:a9db][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.][/img]not wanting to hijack your thread van
but thought i`d show you my tank with the same background
hopefully you can see it

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:37 pm

Very nice :D Cant see mine at the moment LOL

by **kizno1** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:47 pm

looks really good so far thumbup

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:03 pm

Cheers :D

Now, I've been debating which way to cycle the filter Question

I cant clone from our other filters as they are too small LOL I dont want to do fish in Evil or Very Mad

So that leaves Ammonia or additive Question

In the past i have used Stability to good effect :D So I'm going to give it another go. I have added the initial dose and will do water stat tests later. I will add the required amount for the next 7 days and publish the water stat test results daily. Sort of like a public test if you like :D

by **kizno1** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:05 pm

you can still clone from smaller tanks but just dont add loads of fish at once just add as much that is in the tank it was from and add a few fish every couple of weeks Smile

by **lilacamy931** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:16 pm

Please do Van when I used Stability it only partially worked, had most of the cycle but the very last stretched obtained with fish in cycle (unfortunately due to timing) would be great to hear how yours goes, it also is probably the best option, best of luck!

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:32 pm

Kizno - Its the tanks i take the media from that worry me Smile

Amy - I have tried it on a filter crash/spike and it didn't work. But using it from day one it did. Cycled my marine tank in about 5 days :shock:

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:25 pm

Ok, here's the first results after adding the Stability about 5 hours ago. Nothing too surprising at this point:)

First dose was 38ml

Ammonia = 0
NitrIte = 0
NitrAte = 0 (surprising as normally have 5-10 out of tap)

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:48 pm

Update -
2nd Stability dose added at 5pm

Test results -

Ammonia = 0
NitrIte = 0
NitrAte = 0 (again surprising?)

The Ph tonight tested -

Api test kit = 7.6
Nutrafin test kit = 6.0 - 6.5 Somewhere in between, but deffo not the same colour as yesterday.

by **lilacamy931** on Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:13 am

Hopefully by day 4 you will start to see something, fingers crossed!

by **crystal** on Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:42 am

Oooh the tank is looking great, i also have the same background on my boys tank, my husband has it on his 4ft but the other side of it, the one with all the different plants. Can't wait to see it finished with fish in there!!

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:09 pm

Took some samples of water to the lfs today to get them to test the ph.

Results -

Api = 7.6 (same as i was getting with my api)
Nutrafin narrow range test = 7.4

With my broad range Nutrafin test i was getting 6, so dont use them:)

At least now when i add some bogwood, the ph should come down to a reasonable level.

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