teacherthomas

Hope the stand is coming along. I have started mine. Just need more space to assemble and paint. Joys of living in Asia, no room anywhere!!!!

manini

Looking good!

ranmasatome

Any further pictures Melbourne?

Melbourne

Haeun, Thanks - here are the rough 30C stand dimensions 11.25" wide x 36" long (2x both sides), 12.25"x12" (2x top/bottom), 12"x36" (door), there are two back braces which fit inside the stand that are about 12"x10.5". And a bottom plate that I added for additional stability on carpet, roughly 15"x14". I used the same 3/4" MDF as the 60P stand. I mounted the Hydor inline heater, a power strip, the metal halide ballast and timer inside the stand. The Eheim sits on the bottom of the stand it is packed with media - the flow was a problem when it was new but now its fine.

TeacherThomas, Thanks - please post up when you are done. At the rate I'm going you will be done before me
Manini, Ranmasatome - Thanks, here are two pictures I took today. Not much to report, the Cherry shrimp like their new home. Still need to finish the door and sand / 2nd coat the 60-P stand. Hopefully that should be done in a week or two.

Tank pics:



Due for a trimming soon

ranmasatome

Oh wow... the HC seems to be doing really well..and nice use of plants with small leaf-age... the growth seems to be spectacular. Its turning out really good dewd!

teacherthomas

Actually I am falling behind. Just finished putting the stand together and filling the screw holes and joints. I will be sanding it down today and the applying the oil stain to the inside and outside then painting it in a few days. Hope to be finished by the end of the week, but who knows.

Soil is waiting, filter, wood, CO2 and such. Still need to buy lights as I have a 48cm fixture with two 15 watt lights in it left over from an older tank but that will be no where enough light for a 60X40X45cm(high) tank.

Then again I don't have the tank yet either!! haha. I decided to wait on odering it until I had the stand finished as I don't have room to have a tank lying around on a floor especially with two young kids in the house, I am sure it would get broken, or atleast scratched! Once I get the first coat of paint on it I will order the tank. (was told it would take about 10 days as it will be 10cm glass)

Thomas

Melbourne

ranmasatome - thanks. I like how this little cube is turning out - fairly low maintenance and it seems to be doing well.

Thomas - Looking forward to seeing your tank setup. I haven't done anything since I posted my last update except for the weekly water changes. I totally understand not wanting a new tank around where kids can get hurt on it. Hopefully I'll find time in a next week or two to make some progress

teacherthomas

Well mine is coming along. It is amazing how much time it takes when you have no place to work and kids running around the house. http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...less-tank.html I will hopefully finish most of it by the weekend and hang the door.

Melbourne

teacherthomas, your stand looks great. You are going to finish before me for sure

Tank Update: Received my Amano shrimp today from Wilma and they look great. They seem to cruise around the tank in a small pack of 3-4 scaring away any feeding Cherry shrimp. I tried to snap a photo of the group cruising around. Other than the shrimp addition I haven't done anything on the stand or done the trimming yet. I currently have at least 20 cherry shrimp in this tank, maybe more I see them everywhere and babies as well. And I just added in 6 Amano shrimp - not sure if I'm overstocked yet but I do weekly water changes and I have a Eheim Pro 2224 filter which is fairly large for a tank this size. Do you think my tank could handle/support a small Corydoras panda without frequent feeding? No other fish planned just shrimp for now.

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Amano's


Front looking a bit unkempt


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