56G~Mountain SCAPE~GOLD RAMS JUST BREED!!!!

Lorenmws · 10-02-2008, 09:02 PM

Pics don't work

Loren

MikeP_123 · 10-02-2008, 09:14 PM

Still?

CL · 10-02-2008, 09:31 PM

They work now.
Looks like a cool plan. The play sand and the black substrate will probably mix though. The black stuff is just sms which is really light. Works wonders for the plants though

MikeP_123 · 10-02-2008, 10:40 PM

I also have some black play sand. Do you think it would alright to top of the AQ.com Substrate to make it darker? I know eventually the sand will probably fall through the substrate but that wont be for a while. The AQ substrate is pretty fine.

forddna · 10-03-2008, 01:58 PM

Mike, what are the dimensions of your tank?

MikeP_123 · 10-03-2008, 08:05 PM

forddna - Its a 30x25x18

MikeP_123 · 10-03-2008, 08:29 PM

Todays goal will be to move the tank to the other side of the room, wash the substrate, and begin to set up my hard scape. Pic updates later tonight

MikeP_123 · 10-04-2008, 11:03 PM

Update! Progress Was Actually Made!!!

Anyway, I started by outlining how I wanted the substrate using washable marker on the tank bottom. Rubs right off and worked out great. Then I washed the substrate. It was real murky at first and never ran perfectly clean but was a lot better. It stayed fairly clear as long as I did not stir it up. I would say as a rule of thumb for rinsing your substrate, when the fragments and dust clouds in the water settles down after 1 minute then its clean enough.

Started to build the slope and then used tin foil on the guided marker lines. Poured in more of the black stuff.

BTW it turns nice and dark when wet!.

Played with the elevation a little till I got it right. Then poured the white sand. Got about 1/3-1/4 of the substrate left so I might hook up my 10G after I get this bad boy pumping.

I also had a few spare pieces of DW so i Stuck em in their. A few places I liked em but i thought that this final placement wasn't to shabby. If you have any ideas on the DW just let me know.

Just realized I had no pics of it finished so ill take and post em in the next 10 mins.

Still need to clean out my filter and stuff before the water goes in.

Comment and critique please,

MikeP_123 · 10-04-2008, 11:11 PM

More pix as promised

frozenbarb · 10-04-2008, 11:12 PM

I like the looks of this and the big slope/cave idea.

I can't want to see this full up and planted.

MikeP_123 · 10-04-2008, 11:14 PM

I can wait either! Gotta wait till monday before I can get to the light store to pick up a ballast that will work. The one I got at home Depot just doesn't cut it.

Does anyone know what color oak the standard oak tank trim is?

MikeP_123 · 10-05-2008, 04:58 PM

putting in the water as we speak. Looking a little cloudy but nothing a good 24hrs of filtering cant help.

Characins · 10-05-2008, 06:12 PM

Wow, very creative!

I can't wait to see what that looks like in a couple months!

MikeP_123 · 10-05-2008, 11:19 PM

well its full now all I need before I start putting in the plants is a ballast.

forddna · 10-05-2008, 11:42 PM

Cool. I just bought the same tank. I'll be starting a build thread soon. Do you know what fish you are going to keep?

10-02-2008, 09:02 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lorenmws Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 175	Pics don't work Loren __________________ Eheim Pimp #315 (2213) My Tank Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/2635134...7606914889208/

10-02-2008, 09:14 PM	#17 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	Still? __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

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CL Senioritis Patient #22F-6 (View User Tanks) PTrader: (55/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KY Posts: 7,704	They work now. Looks like a cool plan. The play sand and the black substrate will probably mix though. The black stuff is just sms which is really light. Works wonders for the plants though __________________ Pimp→ GLA #1 - Victor #49 - Filstar #158 - Eheim #298 GLA 48 Rimless Manzy Tank \| 7.2 Rimless CBS/ Snowball Shrimp Cube \| 5.5 Rimless CRS/ Cherry Shrimp Tank

10-02-2008, 10:40 PM	#19 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	I also have some black play sand. Do you think it would alright to top of the AQ.com Substrate to make it darker? I know eventually the sand will probably fall through the substrate but that wont be for a while. The AQ substrate is pretty fine. __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-03-2008, 01:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
forddna Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (31/100%) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Zephyrhills, FL Posts: 1,671	Mike, what are the dimensions of your tank? __________________ ~Amanda~ 54g AGA Corner Bowfront Planted 220g Mixed Reef

10-03-2008, 08:05 PM	#21 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	forddna - Its a 30x25x18 __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-03-2008, 08:29 PM	#22 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	Todays goal will be to move the tank to the other side of the room, wash the substrate, and begin to set up my hard scape. Pic updates later tonight __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-04-2008, 11:03 PM	#23 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	Update! Progress Was Actually Made!!! Anyway, I started by outlining how I wanted the substrate using washable marker on the tank bottom. Rubs right off and worked out great. Then I washed the substrate. It was real murky at first and never ran perfectly clean but was a lot better. It stayed fairly clear as long as I did not stir it up. I would say as a rule of thumb for rinsing your substrate, when the fragments and dust clouds in the water settles down after 1 minute then its clean enough. Started to build the slope and then used tin foil on the guided marker lines. Poured in more of the black stuff. BTW it turns nice and dark when wet!. Played with the elevation a little till I got it right. Then poured the white sand. Got about 1/3-1/4 of the substrate left so I might hook up my 10G after I get this bad boy pumping. I also had a few spare pieces of DW so i Stuck em in their. A few places I liked em but i thought that this final placement wasn't to shabby. If you have any ideas on the DW just let me know. Just realized I had no pics of it finished so ill take and post em in the next 10 mins. Still need to clean out my filter and stuff before the water goes in. Comment and critique please, __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-04-2008, 11:11 PM	#24 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	More pix as promised __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-04-2008, 11:12 PM	#25 (permalink)
frozenbarb Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (50/100%) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA NY Posts: 2,294	I like the looks of this and the big slope/cave idea. I can't want to see this full up and planted.

10-04-2008, 11:14 PM	#26 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	I can wait either! Gotta wait till monday before I can get to the light store to pick up a ballast that will work. The one I got at home Depot just doesn't cut it. Does anyone know what color oak the standard oak tank trim is? __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-05-2008, 04:58 PM	#27 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	putting in the water as we speak. Looking a little cloudy but nothing a good 24hrs of filtering cant help. __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-05-2008, 06:12 PM	#28 (permalink)
Characins Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 617	Wow, very creative! I can't wait to see what that looks like in a couple months!

10-05-2008, 11:19 PM	#29 (permalink)
MikeP_123 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 307	well its full now all I need before I start putting in the plants is a ballast. __________________ My 56 Gallon Journal~ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...and-scape.html

10-05-2008, 11:42 PM	#30 (permalink)
forddna Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (31/100%) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Zephyrhills, FL Posts: 1,671	Cool. I just bought the same tank. I'll be starting a build thread soon. Do you know what fish you are going to keep? __________________ ~Amanda~ 54g AGA Corner Bowfront Planted 220g Mixed Reef

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