Fluval Chi RCS tank

megamax42 · 03-03-2012, 05:17 PM

Finally got around to taking some pictures of the Chi

Started with 7 rcs and now there's about 11 with 2 females berried again.
2x9w compact fluorescents, 10,000k and a 6500k.
Zoomed 501 for filtration.

megamax42 · 03-03-2012, 10:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgO24OyFTx4

skindy · 03-04-2012, 06:03 AM

Nice tank! I especially love your driftwood! Which Chi do you have?

megamax42 · 03-04-2012, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by skindy

Nice tank! I especially love your driftwood! Which Chi do you have?

Thanks! Its the 5 gallon, with almost none of the original equipment in place lol.

jamesyu · 03-05-2012, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by megamax42

Thanks! Its the 5 gallon, with almost none of the original equipment in place lol.

I was planning to do something like that, just keep the tank and stand and toss the filter, etc.

actually I still might =) and put in a betta and some floaters

megamax42 · 04-03-2012, 01:25 AM

Some updates, along with a couple pics of the 40 gallon.

Mablisboa · 04-11-2012, 06:15 PM

Really nice tanks... Whats the name of that little plant growing on top of the rock? I love them...

megamax42 · 04-11-2012, 08:03 PM

Thanks! Dwarf baby tears I believe. A week or two ago I was making my rare trip to petco to buy frozen food (can't beat 120 piece frozen foods for $11) and noticed them covering this lava rock in one of their tanks. Usually I would never buy plants from Petco however it looked like a very healthy, well kept tank and I had never seen this plant in any other lfs. I got someone to help me and told him which one I wanted, however he couldn't find the price tag anywhere. Since I was buying the frozen food he ended up giving it to me for free so I was a happy camper

Mablisboa · 04-11-2012, 10:11 PM

Can't beat that huh!!! Lol... They are so cute tho!! I wonder if they'd grow good in a low light tank... :/

GMYukonon24s · 04-11-2012, 11:17 PM

Beautiful pictures

megamax42 · 04-12-2012, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Mablisboa

Can't beat that huh!!! Lol... They are so cute tho!! I wonder if they'd grow good in a low light tank... :/

Hmm, not sure, the usual care guides for them say high light, however a day after I put them in they were already growing faster than anything else in the tank.

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Originally Posted by GMYukonon24s

Beautiful pictures

Thanks!

GMYukonon24s · 04-13-2012, 03:22 PM

Your welcome I just like the plants in the background. I have some like that in my tall tank.

megamax42 · 04-21-2012, 07:02 PM

I ended up taking out the four leafed clovers (Marsilea quadrifolia) because they were almost at a complete standstill as far as new growth goes and wouldn't stay planted.

megamax42 · 09-11-2012, 04:58 AM

Ballast went out on the shrimp tank light the other week, instead of fixing it though I think I'm gonna test the waters of diy led's with a small fw build, a little practice for the jbj 24 cube. A little expensive for such a small tank, but the plan is to eventually add an arduino and diy auto-dosing system, nerd out with it, so a modular system was the goal.

Got most of my supplies today

megamax42 · 09-12-2012, 03:28 PM

Called up a computer store yesterday and asked if they had any trash/scrap heatsinks laying around. They were very cool and let me poke through their box of oddballs and take these two for free. Initially I was looking for both the LED and the driver, however since CPU heatsinks are so small I decided to build a heatsink for the LEDs. As for the driver I'll probably use the heatsink on the left, because the driver fits the copper surface area perfectly.

03-03-2012, 05:17 PM	#1
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	Fluval Chi RCS tank Finally got around to taking some pictures of the Chi Started with 7 rcs and now there's about 11 with 2 females berried again. 2x9w compact fluorescents, 10,000k and a 6500k. Zoomed 501 for filtration.

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03-03-2012, 10:04 PM	#2
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgO24OyFTx4

03-04-2012, 06:03 AM	#3
skindy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 143	Nice tank! I especially love your driftwood! Which Chi do you have?

04-03-2012, 01:25 AM	#6
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	Some updates, along with a couple pics of the 40 gallon.

04-11-2012, 06:15 PM	#7
Mablisboa Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 30	Really nice tanks... Whats the name of that little plant growing on top of the rock? I love them...

04-11-2012, 08:03 PM	#8
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	Thanks! Dwarf baby tears I believe. A week or two ago I was making my rare trip to petco to buy frozen food (can't beat 120 piece frozen foods for $11) and noticed them covering this lava rock in one of their tanks. Usually I would never buy plants from Petco however it looked like a very healthy, well kept tank and I had never seen this plant in any other lfs. I got someone to help me and told him which one I wanted, however he couldn't find the price tag anywhere. Since I was buying the frozen food he ended up giving it to me for free so I was a happy camper

04-11-2012, 10:11 PM	#9
Mablisboa Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 30	Can't beat that huh!!! Lol... They are so cute tho!! I wonder if they'd grow good in a low light tank... :/

04-11-2012, 11:17 PM	#10
GMYukonon24s Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 2,797	Beautiful pictures

04-13-2012, 03:22 PM	#12
GMYukonon24s Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 2,797	Your welcome I just like the plants in the background. I have some like that in my tall tank.

04-21-2012, 07:02 PM	#13
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	I ended up taking out the four leafed clovers (Marsilea quadrifolia) because they were almost at a complete standstill as far as new growth goes and wouldn't stay planted.

09-11-2012, 04:58 AM	#14
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	Ballast went out on the shrimp tank light the other week, instead of fixing it though I think I'm gonna test the waters of diy led's with a small fw build, a little practice for the jbj 24 cube. A little expensive for such a small tank, but the plan is to eventually add an arduino and diy auto-dosing system, nerd out with it, so a modular system was the goal. Got most of my supplies today

09-12-2012, 03:28 PM	#15
megamax42 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 85	Called up a computer store yesterday and asked if they had any trash/scrap heatsinks laying around. They were very cool and let me poke through their box of oddballs and take these two for free. Initially I was looking for both the LED and the driver, however since CPU heatsinks are so small I decided to build a heatsink for the LEDs. As for the driver I'll probably use the heatsink on the left, because the driver fits the copper surface area perfectly.