Helper FishyMandy Posted September 23, 2016 Helper Share Posted September 23, 2016 So some of you may remember my disaster in setting up a bedroom tank at the beginning of the year...(If not it ended up with the front glass popping off, and my bedroom completely flooded) Anyway, I've finally been able to set up another tank. I had it built at one of my favourite fish shops, they didn't have the size I wanted in stock so they custom built it for me!It's 5ft x 45cm x 45cm so is around 80 gallons/300 litres I bought a 2700LPH Canister filter for it, the same style as the two I run on my main tank so I put two trays of media from my main tank into it to give the cycle a headstart. Now I will be testing regular and changing the water when needed until it's fully cycled. I'm still waiting for my background to arrive and hoping to be able to order a light this week. I was going to go bare bottom for easy of maintenance...but ended up going sand. I bought the play sand I've used in the past, super cheap so it's not a big waste of money if I decide down the road I don't want it Here is the tank when it first arrived Here it is now Currently, Jasmine and Kolo are in it. Which means my main tank is finally not overstocked. I'll be adding two more fish. One my mum is going to pick out and one I will pick out. Not sure when I'll be getting them but they will go through QT of course, and I'll make sure the tank is fully cycled before adding them I had the airstone further back but the filter intake was sucking up the bubbles so had to move it forward. The filter intake also is at an angle at the moment because it's too tall for the tank. I might see if I can cut it shorter. I chose the 45cm height so I don't need a stepladder to clean it like I do with my main, taller tank. I'll update with photos as I progress on the tank! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hidr Posted September 23, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 23, 2016 Very pretty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mjfromga Posted September 23, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 23, 2016 Nice. Can't wait to see progress. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member TikiLola Posted September 23, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 23, 2016 Love it so far! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Distaff Posted September 23, 2016 Regular Member Share Posted September 23, 2016 Nice proportions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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