I'm going for an Amazonian River Bank setup here....The supplies will be here within a few days, and it will be setup as soon as the Manzanita sold by PC1 shows up :icon_bigg
I got a heck of a deal on the tank...Picked it up in NYC for $100, and it came with a 2x24w T5HO Nova Extreme Fixture and flourite black sand. Although I've recently decided against using the Nova fixture (I decided to stay low light) it was a deal I couldn't pass up! Plus I could always turn it into a high tech tank later...
Here's the specs of the tank....
Tank
-ADA 60-P
-3D Rock Background
Lighting
- Marineland Double Bright LED Fixture
~12 LED's total, 600 Lumens
~Beautiful Shimmer effect
~Built in Moonlights
Filtration
-RENA XP2
Stand
-Wood
-Open Style
-Custom LED Accent Lighting
Substrate
-Leslie's Brand Pool Filter Sand
Driftwood
-Manzanita from PC1 here in the Swap and Shop section
Plants, if any, and fauna are still up in the air at the moment, but the specs will be updated when I decide what I want...I don't have any real pics yet as I'm still waiting for supplies and don't want to give away too much, so this will have to hold you over until then :icon_smil
Haha, thanks guys...it looks like the filter will be here tomorrow, and everything else will arrive on Saturday. Then I just have to wait for the driftwood to show up. Last time it took about 10 days, so I expect it to be here about Thursday of next week, then maybe I can show you the actual results lol....
Well it wouldn't be any fun if everybody had one :biggrin: Besides I want it to be a surprise. Let me get mine first and then I'll tell you! (Maybe lol)
For some reason, I was thinking the background was made of foam. Apparently after checking, its not....I'm not sure how much depth it has, but if it has even a small amount, I'll definitely be making caves! I'd say I'd make a small tunnel system, but then I would NEVER NEVER NEVER be able to get all the fish out if needed lol....so if possible, I'll stick to caves....
This just got more exciting lol, caves = awesome!
EDIT: It appears to be flat on the back....I could still make caves by placing the background farther from the back of the tank, but I don't think I will since I'm already tight on tank depth (only 12" of depth)
Those new rice fish look cool. Oryzias woworae. Wouldn't a biotope limit you to the fish to the region you're representing though? Or are you just going biotope in looks and water parameters?
Yeah, I'm trying to go biotope in the fish too, I'm pretty sure pencilfish and the otos are from the amazon. I was saying I like the pearl gouramis but they wont fit since theyre from the asian region :icon_conf
Full launch is now completely dependent on when I receive my driftwood. I finally received all the other supplies today. Background has been installed, sand is in, light is good to go, filter is setup and ready for water. Just have to go to Home Depot tomorrow for a final few pieces, and then wait for the driftwood. Spent all day setting everything up and getting the aquarium perfectly level, which is especially important with rimless aquariums since you see the water line everywhere and at all times.
After I get the driftwood setup, I may add a few plants depending on how it looks. Probably just a limited few anubias and some duckweed.
This is a fine, nerdy point, but from my ****** experience with Spanish the word costa generally refers to an ocean coast and might sound funny in reference to a river shore.
I might be wrong though. Maybe somewhere they do use that word like that.
I remember the word orilla as pretty standard meaning for "riverbank".
Damn, but Costa sounds so much cooler! I guess orilla is okay too...maybe I'll leave it for now, unless somebody knows for sure. That's what I get for being white and using google translate lol....
If you want the best translation you should see if you can get some input from a native Spanish speaker.
Of course, almost all of the length of the river is in Brazil--maybe the headwaters are in Colombia or Peru??--where they speak Portugese. I can't help at all with Portugese.
Nope, I plan to use the water from my 40B to fill the tank, and some of the filter media to jump-start it. I wanted the tank empty for the driftwood to make placement easier.
And I shouldn't have to worry about the sinking period :icon_mrgr
Teaser video to come by mid-day tomorrow. It will reveal the overall design, stand, accent lighting, etc, but the tank will not be filled in the video and there will be no driftwood yet. Just the sand and background in the tank...
i think this tank may have been the one used ADA tank i've seen sold around ny area so far... haha i was so tempted to get it, good thing you beat me to it.
looking forward to your setup!
Haha yeah definitely, that's why I jumped at the chance. Buying ADA tanks isn't the expensive/hard part, its the shipping that kills you! Figured this was my chance lol...thanks though, the video should be done soon....
That's a clean install. I like the light setup and the background. How thick is that 3d background?
Only way to get your tank even cleaner is lily pipes.
No wonder the video took so long..you were doing some post production editing.
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