Ferryman's 3ft construction

I thought it best to move my slow progressing tank out of the new members section to here where the project will Slowly mature
progress so far

then came the idea for a quarantine tank, so washed out an old 60 liter, and now i have 2 tanks up and running wiht no fishies, and a stagnant trickle of money to support the hobby

 

Specs are as follows,
180 liter tank, 900(l)x500(b)x450(h)
1x Penn-Plax Cascade 200 (std filter media inserts)
1x AquaClear Mini (2x sponges, 1x Ammonium Absorber, 1x Purigen insert)
1x Hydor Theo 200Watt heater
1x Chosen 300l/h powerhead (circulation)
1x makeshift desklamp&camping lamp light setup (daylight saver CFL and Solaris Dayglo tungsten)
3x Vallis plants
2x Elodea plants
buncha rocks and a mopani root

Qt tank
50 liter tank, 610(l)x300(b)x300(h)
1x Corner Filter (not awesome, but its what i had with me)
1x Regent 9500 airpump on filter
1x Generic 100Watt heater
1x Spectra ballast 20Watt
1x Sylvania Growlux T8

Previous thread on tank progress can be seen from here
(http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showpost.php?p=14094&postcount=1)

 

Where did you get the LED strip from?

 

The current status of my disembodied cube of water

i built the LED strip myself, i have a thread in the DIY section

(http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?p=15284#post15284)

 

+1

 

see above link

 

Whoops, didn't see that. Thanx man

 

Setup looks great so far due

 

thanks, its just going slowly, i cant afford a testing kit either, so i dunno what my levels are, is there an alternative way to "know" when a tank has cycled?

 

When your fish stop dying

Seriously though, it GENERALLY takes around 6 weeks and sometimes longer....best bet is a test kit or take a sample of your water to your LFS as they often test for free

 

I'll take some in testing vials i have to Moolis (finally gonna use them for what they were meant to do ), he's my closest LFS, wonder if he'll test for free... but i'll rather give the tank a few more weeks before i just go wasting his time.

I bought some java moss today, i have a piece of DRIFTwood, that refuses to sink under any curcumstances, so i lay some java moss on it. at least now it'll be a floaty piece of carpeted driftwood...

 

Hi Ferryman,

Where did you buy the moss? I am also in the market for some..

Thanks

Dieter

 

IF you want it to sink just tie a rock underneath it with gut and make a hole in you gravel to hide the stone/rock....
it worked for me...

Please let me know were you got the moss, I am also looking for some to cover some drift wood.

 

Me too !
Come on dont hide your "private" suppliers from us.:blink1:

 

lol, Animal Kingdom in Atterbury. at R20 a fistfull, they have a little clump floating in one of the tanks

Owwww. you got me... there, have at it you vultures

 

I thank you...... :beer:

 

Thanks for revealing.. Hope theres still some left when I get there.. :wondering:

 

LOL Phoned Willem and booked it.I spend so much money there it is probably drawing interest.

 

tell them the guy who stalks the halls there almost weekly sent you... maybe next time i'll get a special or something

maybe i should introduce myself to the staff there so they have a name to go by... lol