[sqtran]

3 - 5.5 gallon tanks
2 - 20lbs bags of Eco-Complete
1 - AquaticLife 24" T5


Done:
-de-rimming 3 tanks.
-rock collecting

 

[RayT]

They look pretty sweet derimmed. Do you plan on keeping them lined up like that? I like it.

 

[sqtran]

They look pretty sweet derimmed. Do you plan on keeping them lined up like that? I like it.

This is what I have planned.

I'm deciding on whether to have three separate layouts or one layout.

 

[Geniusdudekiran]

That width worked out nicely! You must have planned it like that

 

[shrimpnmoss]

wooo....nice!

 

[sqtran]

At first, I wanted to do one tank but finding a cheap light fixture for it size was hard.
Then I thought of two tanks which I can do either 32" or 16". 32" was too long for my table and 16" is where I had trouble in the beginning.
Finally I settled with 3 tanks at 24". This gave me more choices for a light fixture.

 

[chris.rivera3]

what are the specs for the light fixture...i did something similar to this before and I got screwed b/c of my light fixture...grew nothing but algae

 

[sqtran]

what are the specs for the light fixture...i did something similar to this before and I got screwed b/c of my light fixture...grew nothing but algae

spec as in T5 HO?

I will have 2 - 14watts 6700k T5 bulbs.

 

[BradH]

I like the idea you have going on here.

 

[Jeffww]

Nice triptych Are you planning on continuing a scape through all three tanks? Or are you planning like FW, SW, FW or something else?

 

[madness]

If you managed to pull off one big scape spread across three different tanks (especially if the stocking in the three tanks was different) I think that it would look really cool.

 

[Quentin]

First time I've seen something like that. This should be pretty cool. You going to go same theme for each tank or have 3 seperate themes?

 

[sqtran]

If I can get my rock layout to "combine" then I'll go for one theme. I'll post pictures and let you guys decide if it works or not.

 

[sqtran]

Tanks on table

Substrate and rocks

I don't like that layout. Doesn't flow together. Probably need to go look for more rocks.

 

[DogFish]

i was hoping you were going there...NICE!!

Looking forward to see what your next move is.

 

[Jeffww]

You should have made one rockscape except have FW, SW, FW. That would have been neat.

 

[Baadboy11]

Very cool start, looking forward to this!

 

[jdm68]

I like your plan, but I'm bummed because I had the same idea a couple months ago, and have just not been able to start it up yet(moving)! You beat me to the punch. Good luck with the setup!

 

[lilypies]

Wow! Really like this idea :biggrin:

Looking forward to seeing it when filled!

Good Luck

 

[sqtran]

Thanks Everybody. I'm just waiting on rocks I purchased from a member to come in. Pictures of my attempts for a layout will be posted.