Introducing myself & my 90 gal Tetra tank

[Tetranerd]

Stems will be phased out as echinodorus grow up but serve a purpose now. Will be adding a bit more light to the right. Am dosing with a small dose of excel daily & comprehensive every other day. Looking at getting dry ferts & mixing my own after some research here.

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[jarvitron]

If its anything like my Aquatop CF400 then it's leaking at one of the screw down hose collars on the intake line. I had to really reef on mine to get it sealed.

[Tetranerd]

Thanks! I'll look there first.

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[Tetranerd]

Today's tank - moved the tree a little to the left to get it out if dead center, rearranged the anubias & hygrophilia diformis to bunch them together more effectively, trimmed off a few dead or moss covered branches. Starting to approach my vision for the tank thanks to what I'm learning here!
FTS
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Tank left front
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Tank right front
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My anubias

Dosing with Seachem Comprehensive & Excel daily. Will be switching to PPS dosing with dry ferts & Metricide 14 when the Seachem supplies are depleted to lower cost. Any suggestions regarding aquascape, lighting, etc gratefully appreciated. Will probably be doing a floater RAOK soon!

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[Tetranerd]

Full tank


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[Tetranerd]

Tank left front
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Tank right front


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[Tetranerd]

Grr - not letting me add more than 1 picture per post. Tank left front


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[Tetranerd]

An even better FTS


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[WestHaven]

The tank looks great. I'm also originally from Michigan (moved to Connecticut last year).

[Tetranerd]

Originally Posted by WestHaven

The tank looks great. I'm also originally from Michigan (moved to Connecticut last year).

Thanks! I hear Connecticut is beautiful. Closest I've been is MD. Happy New Year!

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[Meganne]

beautiful tank...and for a case of beer! what a deal!
can I suggest you repost a picture of the first day along side of how wonderful it looks today
could be just the tags are out but somehow it looks different! hehehe

WELL DONE!

[Tetranerd]

Thanks, Meganne. As requested - day 1
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[Tetranerd]

Day 1


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[Tetranerd]

Day 1 was all plastic, now is all live plants. It just keeps getting better, the more I learn here. Thank you all!

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[RickRS]

Originally Posted by Tetranerd

... CFS500 is working great except getting air in from somewhere, which makes it a little noisier than silent. Suggestions, helpful hints or ideas are all greatly appreciated!

Sort of the bible for CFS500 is CWO4Gunner's review and modification thread. I read a bit of it and toward the end there's a suggestion to put the filter on a timer for a periodic shutdown to allow air that accumulates from cavitation to escape. See page 25, post #248. Maybe that's got something to do with your issue?