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I'd like to join the club! Unfortunately UPS delivered mine in more than one piece..

Thankfully Marinedepot already has a replacement shipped, I'll be really sad if this one doesn't survive.

 

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What a bummer. Hope the other one made it for you! Welcome to the club!

Thanks, the replacement arrived intact on Friday around one, by seven I had finished the layout and planting!

Man, UPS. They sure know how to break things right?

I wasn't very surprised, you should have seen the driver when I asked to have him watch while I opened the second tank.. "Ughh.. once you open it up it's yours, UPS poilicy."

That's quite a feat if it's packed like mine was. Never seen so much bubble wrap!

Both tanks were incredibly well packaged, tons of bubble wrap and peanuts. I think they must have dropped it on it's end from high up. Yours looks amazing by the way!

I'll post some photos of mine in a couple days once things settle a little and the water isn't cloudy.

 

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Took some pics, 5 days in.

Viewable from both sides, this side is coming up the stairs into my apartment

 

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Please tell us about the rocks you have in there! Wonderful!

It's 13lbs of petrified wood that I bought from an aquarium shop, I made sure to grab all the small pieces they had to compliment the larger central rocks.

 

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13 days in

I used AnotherHobby's tip of turning off the filter for a while to allow for cleaner full tank shots and had some nice pearling. Here's a quick video of the rainbows playing in it.

 

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Thanks for the heads up.

 

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what's the price at your local stores? it's $10/ lbs for petrified wood at my lfs

$6/lb was the regular price but I got it during a 50% off sale, so about $40.

 

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Hey guys, I'm moving at the end of the month and I want to buy a stand. I really like this one but I can't seem to find it on the IKEA website

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?p=4359233&highlight=ikea#post4359233

Can anyone recommend something I can use from IKEA? Thanks!

edit: Actually, I think I found it or something similar but only in one color
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39906332/

Are people using the shelf unit?

 

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Thanks so much talontsiawd! As you say, it is odd that they don't give color options when looking at these units online. I'll check them out in the store this weekend.

 

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Great to see all the new member's tanks! The 12 long is my favorite tank ever. I converted mine to low tech recently, here's a video with some shrimp feeding action.

http://youtu.be/k3RqEgGzWVY

 

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Thanks for your reply on the lily pipes. My hose is 5/8" with a 16mm inner diameter which is why I'm having a hard time finding the right pipes. The Viv are too small from what I saw so far.
The Do!Aqua pipes are 10 or 13mm.
Also I don't want the intake pipe to be more than around 7" on the inside of the tank.

Check out the Cascade Glass Nano Inlet Pipe 17mm from
http://www.aquariumplantfood.co.uk/glassware/cascade-glassware/inlet-pipes.html

That's where I got mine.