ua hua's 90 gal. New pics of progress 5/8/13

[ua hua]

I have been lurking around this forum and posting here and there so I thought it was time to share my tank. So here we go.

Equipment
90 gal. Clear 4 Life aquarium
Eheim 2126
Amiracle Wet/Dry sump w/ Eshopps pf800 overflow
Mag Drive 7 w/ fractioning impeller
Hydor Koralia 550
Cornelius reg. w/ 5lb. Co2
Aquamedic 1000 co2 reactor
Milwaukee SMS 122 ph controller
Sunterra uv sterilizer
Hydor hyrokable
Hydor hydroset
Tek 4x54 t5(Geismann Aquaflora and midday, ATI blue special and purple plus
DIY led moonlight, sunrise/sunset light

Fauna
Diamond tetra(Moenkhausia pittieri)
Rummynose tetra(Hemigrammus rhodostomus)
Skunk cory(Corydorus arcuatus)
Black sail cory(Corydorus melanistius)
Roseline barbs

Flora
Anubias barteri var. nana
Anubias barteri var. nana petite
Bylxa aubertii
Bylxa aubertii 'Kimberley'
Cryptocoryne wendtii (green gecko, red, bronze, 'Mi Oya')
Eleocharis belem
Elatine triandra
Hygrophilia corymbosa
Hygrophilia angustifolia
Microsorum pteropus 'narrow leaf'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident'
Potamogeton gayi
Christmas moss
Fissidens

The marsilea minuta in the pictures has been taken out and I'm switching my foreground to Staurogyne 'porto velho' and Staurogyne 'tropica 049'. The m/m started to take over the tank and I wanted something a little more manageable.

New scape started on 8-5-2012

[Hyzer]

Looks great but I demand a closer full tank shot.

Glad to see I'm not the only one with collectoritis. Nice plant list.

[OoglyBoogly]

Originally Posted by Hyzer

Looks great but I demand a closer full tank shot.

Glad to see I'm not the only one with collectoritis. Nice plant list.

Collectoritis sure is "fun"

I really like your enclosure/stand for your tank.

[ua hua]

Originally Posted by Hyzer

Looks great but I demand a closer full tank shot.

Glad to see I'm not the only one with collectoritis. Nice plant list.

I will try to get a closer FTS later today. All the FTS I have right now are kind of crappy. I only have certain times of the day that I can take pictures or I end up with horrible reflections in the shot. The collectoritis is something that I'm working on but with so many cool plants and only one tank to put them in it is hard to avoid. Most of the plants listed were bought from Crispino Ramos in a package. I wanted to try a few different plants at once to see what ones I really like and the ones that don't work in my conditions. Here are a few more pictures from a month ago.

[AquaNorth]

Your stand and canopy are amazing is it a piece of furniture or a aquarium stand ? I also like to try a variety of plants and see what works. Good job.

[sewingalot]

That has to be the single most beautiful piece of aquarium furniture I have EVER, EVER seen. The plants are just the icing on the cake!

[wkndracer]

Beautiful

[q8vw]

Amazing tank, great work!

[ua hua]

Originally Posted by sewingalot

That has to be the single most beautiful piece of aquarium furniture I have EVER, EVER seen. The plants are just the icing on the cake!

Thank you very much. Now if I can get the inside of the tank to look as good as the stand and canopy I will be a happy guy. I looked for a long time before I found a stand that would look like a piece of furniture since it is the first thing someone sees when they walk in my front door. I was about to have a custom made stand built until I came across this one and it just happen to have the exact same finish as the rest of my furniture in my living room. I don't have the cabinet making skills like fellow TPT member northey87 has. His stand and canopy have to be one of the nicest looking I have ever seen and can't wait to see it in when it's all finished.

[sewingalot]

We actually have a lot of mission type furniture, and I just know that would look great in our living room. Let me give you my address so that you can bring it to me. It really is a fine piece of furniture, regardless if it is custom built or not. Now you have me looking up northey87. I am almost tempted to just shut the computer and go to work early so I don't get more envious.

[VadimShevchuk]

That is one beautiful stand/canopy. Must be a real pain to take off all the photographs and candles to feed your fish. looking forward to updates!

[ua hua]

Originally Posted by VadimShevchuk

That is one beautiful stand/canopy. Must be a real pain to take off all the photographs and candles to feed your fish. looking forward to updates!

There is actually 2 doors on the front part of the canopy that open up and I usually reach around the back of the canopy to feed and dose. There is just enough room to get my arm back there.However it can be a pain during weekly w/c but that is the price you have to pay if you want a canopy. The candles and pictures are my wifes doing.

[SkyGrl]

very nice

Amy

[EntoCraig]

I really love tanks like this. The natural, dense look is my fave.

[fjord]

ua hua,

Are you using any other heat source than the Hydor hyrokable with Hydor hydroset? I have, but haven't yet put into service, the hyrokable with hydroset, and a Hydor ETH for a new tank setup. I'm just wondering if perhaps I don't need the ETH? I've wondered if using both is redundant, and if it might make temperature adjustment more of a challenge, as the hydroset uses a temperature probe in the water column.

Oh, incredibly beautiful setup! My compliments!

Mike