Jmowbray's Hi Tech. 72 Bowfront

[jmowbray]

Tank:
- 72 Bow front

Stand:
- DIY pine, stained w/ light oak and farnish.

Lighting:
- 48" T5HO Quad Deluxe 216W (4x 54W), 6700K lamps w/ built in bluemoon leds
> 2 lamps from 9:00am - 6:00pm
> 2 lamps (noon burst) from 12:00am - 2:30pm

Filter:
- Sunsun (not sure of the model at this time)

CO2:
- Aquariumplants.com Electronic Regulator
- 10 lb tank
- Milwaukee SMS122 pH controller

Heater:
- Hydor 300W Inline

Landscape:
- Flourite - 3 x 20lb Bags (3 inches in back-> 1.5 inches in front)

Flora:
- Jave Moss
-- Limnophila aromatica
- Java fern
- hygro difformis variegated
- Red Rotala macrandra
- Alternanthera reineckii 'roseafolia'
- Pogostemon erectum
- Echinodorus Angustifolia
- Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
- Cabomba caroliiniana
- Hygrophila corymbosa 'angustifolia'
- Hydrotriche Hottoniflora
- Amazon sword
- Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig'
- Echinodorus tenellus
- Riccia fluitans
- Utricularia gibba

Special thanks to the following people for selling me their plants: Blackwidow, bgz, TheCryptKeeper, Alan_j_t, Joraan, jinsei888, and mle.

Fauna:
- pond snail(s)
- 3 Otos.
- 8 Emerald Corys
- 50 Green Neon Tetras

[jmowbray]

Filtration System-







Equipment in Pictures (left to right)
- White household sediment filter (inline CO2 reactor)
- Black canister w/ cord (Jebo UV sterilizer)
- Black canister far right (300W Hydor Inline heater)
- White and blue canister (Sunsun Canister filter)
(Need to still hook up the CO2 system, it just got in yesterday)


Tank+Stand-

[RWaters]

Cool - an aquarium with jungle animals on parade! (). Will you be putting a background on the tank? You shoudl also consider raising up that power strip in case of water leaks/drips. Nice job on the stand, by the way. Can't wait to see where you go with this.

[jmowbray]

Yep that's an older picture. I have half of the moss wall on the tank done. It looks like I might have to wait a while to get some more moss though, so it's only going to be 3/4 done for a little while.

[lauraleellbp]

You're clicking on the wrong link on photobucket; to insert your pics into the thread, use the link on the bottom that has the [img] tags on either side.

You need to update your pics, I want to see it planted! I love bowfront tanks.

[CL]

That's a very nice DIY stand. Bowfront stands are especially difficult

[jmowbray]

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

You need to update your pics, I want to see it planted! I love bowfront tanks.

Ya I know. I will get some soon. I'm still getting plants from sales on the S&S and I just hooked up my pressurized CO2 system yesterday. I get some new pics. in a couple of days when they really start taking off.

On a side note...How do you modify the thread title?

[lauraleellbp]

Originally Posted by jmowbray

On a side note...How do you modify the thread title?

Go to the first post and click "edit"
Then click "go advanced"

[jmowbray]

That only changes the post heading not the thread.

[CL]

Originally Posted by jmowbray

That only changes the post heading not the thread.

You can change the thread title that way too.

[jmowbray]

This is my new piece of Driftwood/sunken wood that my brother and I brought up from the bottom of the lake this past weekend. I has been washed and treated. The plants are not planted just weighted down. Sorry for the cloudy pics. the fluorite got stirred up. I will take some better ones tonight. I'm going to need help with plant placement as soon as I get better pics. All the plants you see are thanks to cryptkeeper. He defiantly out did himself. Thanks again.

[jmowbray]

The left 1/4 of the back wall also needs to have a section of moss for it. Once the other 3/4 fill in I will be triming placing some more there. there is also java fern and anubias that are currently floating in the tank that will be tied to the wood.

[jmowbray]

No one wants to see my new Driftwood?

[BayBoy1205]

+1 on the driftwood.

[jmowbray]

Thanks at least some one seen it. It took a long time to obtain. Diving in a dense underwater forest is very hard let alone trying to get such a big piece of DW to the surface.