Tank - Full Summary

After posted about this back in August, I have finally had a chance to update the progress on my system. Unfortunately, I didn't get take many build pictures since I was too busy building. I am happy to have both the breeding set up and display tanks back up and running. Below are some pictures and some descriptions of the both of the systems.

In wall display tank (245G)

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Session 1 results:


So far I’m liking the Ceramics a lot. Far easier to scape to to get the wanted shape without having to stack rocks. Also the combination of them with Dry LR is not as weird as I thought it would be. Must admit that if I knew I would ...

Time for Sand and Rock Scape.
The most important part of a tank setup IMHO and one I hate the most usually.
Was Lucky to have Pierre and Youssef assisting with Scape, Made it a fun process.
Session 1 :
Started with some plans outside the tank.
Having the largest island made of ceramics made things very easy (on the left side that is!!!)

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Started with the electricalboard and power outlets. Had to go back to initial pictures to locate where plumbing and vent tubing passes in the wall as it's close to where I had to drill. Marked those with Masking tape on the wall so I don't drill even close.
Installed a wood pannel on the wall which will make it easier to fix things instead of drilling in the wall each time as well as act as a sound absorber as I'm struggling with Echo inside the cabinets when I tried the vortech...
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Just did a water change and thought I would snap some pics. Sorry for hazy water... didn't have much time and only correction I used was "I'm feeling lucky" on Picasa.

Goal all this time was to make and keep a KISS tank... and thankfully my tank has really become bullet proof to either my stupidity and/or lack of attention.

Equipment:

- 4 X 24w HO T5's (2 X Aquablue Specials and 2 X Blue Plus)
- AC 110 (HOB Sump)
- Tunze 9002 (In HOB Sump) ...