Rebornation (56k) (pg 29, post 426.)

[SeaSerpant]

Cleaned up aquarium:




Any ideas of how i should put the plants in? (i don't have paint so i can't do anything like that.)

[lauraleellbp]

What do you mean, ideas on how to put the plants in? Like planting tips or 'scaping tips?

[Viettxboii]

More hygro clippings to come for thetank.
Anyways always happy to drop by since you live soo close to myschool.
Anyways the maxijet works great.
Good luck!

[colinthebassist]

That tank is great shape, you got a good deal Sea. Looking forward to your build.

[SeaSerpant]

Ok i got everything set up. i don't have enough substrate so the plants won't go in properly. since photobuckets bulk uploader aint working for me i will post the pictures in a bit. i think it took me 4h to get everything set up.

[Orlando]

It looks brand new!

[SeaSerpant]

I read a little sign behind the black outlining and is said it was made in December 2005!

[Gottobe]

that tank cleaned up great man. do you have any idea on what your going to be using for substrate? I'm still torn on what to use in my tank, it gets so expensive when your building a big tank.

[SeaSerpant]

Ok, first i put some painting plastic on the ground so if i splashed, it would go onto it, not the carpet.




Next i moved everything from under the 60g aquarium to my desk.




Once i did that i put towels on the ground to soak up most of the water.




I had 3 rubbermaid buckets and 2, 5g pails, to put the water from the aquarium in.




I drained all the water out into the rubbermaid buckets.




I put all the fish in one rubbermaid bucket with the decor, plants, heater, light and filter (canister).




I drained all of the 60g asides from a bit of water and the gravel for the 120g. then my dad and my brother put it on the floor.





I took all the gravel from the 60g and put it in the 120g, added some water, and put some towels on top to keep the debree from flying everywhere.




I started to fill the 120g, and then i put the heater in the aquarium and the fish in the bucket into the aquarium.





Filled it up some more and put a towel on the side to keep it from dripping.




I took everything out and put the lights and fish in and whoola the final product.





I have the problem of not enough substrate, so i can't hold the plants in properly. but i will have enough when i slowly buy the substrate and switch it over. that will cost about 250$ canadian.





This took me over 4h to complete and now i'm pooped and so are the fish.

[SeaSerpant]

Gottabe:
I think i might use ecocomplete and and black flourite mix but here in canada i can only find stuff at 27$ no lower. i will end up paying 300$ for all the substrate and i'm only 13 and i don't have a job. (asides for working for my parents at 4$ an hour)

[jelisoner]

i dont know if drsfostersmith ships to Canada but their shipping goes by cost not weight so you can get it shipped from there at a good price

[lauraleellbp]

A well-executed plan!

Can't wait to see it with some more plants and fish; just go slower this time to give your filters time to establish?

You could just use pea gravel and only put the plant substrate where the plants are... that would save you a bundle? Get a dark brown gravel and the Fluorite Dark and that would probably all look good together?

[SeaSerpant]

Wow, i should of read your post before lol.
I just bought 2 albino cories and 2 zebra danios. I think in stead of buying flourite, that the gravel i have would still grow plants if it is thicker. would it? i think it looks fine the way it is so far. for today i will post my new list of what

I have:

4 Angelfish
6 Rasboras
1 Assorted Rainbowfish
1 Glassfish
2 Gouramis
6 Zebra Danios
1 Black Kuhli Loaches
3 Otocinclus
5 Black Skirt Tetras
2 Albino Cories
3 African Dwarf Frogs

I will end up with:

04 Rams
04 Angelfish
20 Rasboras
10 Assorted Rainbowfish
10 Glassfish
02 Gouramis
10 Zebra Danios
10 Black Kuhli Loaches
16 Otocinclus
10 Black Skirt Tetras
10 Assorted Cories
03 African Dwarf Frogs

I wanted some other show kind or fish that won't end up eating my other fish. is there anything you can think of that is nice to look at? i wanted 1 or 2 bigger fish, is there anything that you can think of that will fall into this category?

When i was picking up my 4 new fish (Albino Cories and Zebra Danios) i told here what size it was and what i had for some fish and she was pretty terrified when i told her that i had 4 angelfish in it, then i explained how i had them in a previous set up and how i set up the new one. After that she asked me how old i was, i said 13, she said, "Darn it 3 more years, we should have somebody like you here."

[SeaSerpant]

Ok i have so much blue green algae (slime algae) and i need a easy way to get rid of all of it. i have algae, algae, algae, for all the algaes these are the types, Beard algae, Slime algae, Diatom algae, Hair algae. is there anything that can solve my algae problem?

[lauraleellbp]

Filter, filter, filter. Get more plants. Keep up with the PWC to keep the nutrients under control. Get the frogs into a diff tank. Reduce your photoperiod...

And that last stocking list is a massive bioload- wayyy over what I'd personally recommend? You won't be able to slack on those weekly 50% PWC!