New Build

After throwing in a new piece of glass I did the mandatory silicon 24hr set then threw 120kg of H2O in an let it sit overnight. We don't have any leaks so we good to go.

 

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Looking good


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Okay Drunk Adrian needs to go to bed and stop posting pics on the internet....
I'll update tomorrow

 

The colander is back!
The idea is to sift organic potting soil through a colander to get the big chunks of bark out. It doesn't work.

 

The "Bowl" is actually a plastic plant pot that will become a cave for those shy nocturnal fish. I cut a doorway and then siliconed some air tubing around the door so the fish don't scrape against the sharp edge.

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I threw it all in the tank and capped it with rinsed pool filter sand. This soil looks like a nitrogen nightmare, I'm going to cycle the tank for a month before I even consider adding fish.

 

I re-arranged the rocks 100 times and then my wife got involved and then my OCD told me to just stop...

 

Looking good .. you realize that stuff will flatten out when you add water and fish ? Capping potting soil that has not be mineralized and not sure what this is going to do to water quality .... OCD might be the least of your problems ;-)

Like the cave idea ...

Later Ferdie

 

BTW the link https://www.aquaticplantcentral.com...-mineralized-soil-substrate-aaron-talbot.html is 10 years in history ... that should give you plenty of beer time.

Later Ferdie

 

Thanks Ferdie you taught me something new. I'm saving that link, this might be a disaster.

 

Shot - I learn stuff in this hobby everyday... sometimes the best learning is re-learning ..

Later Ferdie

 

Agreed, first hand experience teaches you a lot more than all the videos on youtube...

 

Got some cheap plants and pulled a few out of another tank.

 

So while we're in the topic of learning from one's mistakes I'm about to make another one with some chinese weed:

 

@Adrian Gatter Looks super awesome. You've done a really good job on this one. All the best with the plants.

 

Looking good. Good luck with the chinese weed. As I understand it is not a true aquatic plant but will sprout in a tank. How long they will last is to be seen

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Thank you guys, you're all very kind.

 

Planted, cling-filmed & lights on. (Yes, I rearranged the rocks again!)