Well I gone and done it... - Dallas Ft Worth Aquatic Plant Club DFWAPC

JAXON777 · 12-08-2008, 02:50 PM

As a few of you know I already have 2 5 foot tanks (100 gallon) in my poker room. Well right before Thanksgiving I found a craigslist 150 gallon for $200 bucks. I went and checked it out and now its in my garage

... So I will be setting up my 3rd big tank in as many years. I am excited and think it will be a low light tank with very few plants (crypts, My giant sword, etc...) My angels will be going in this tank along with the other shrimp munchers from my high tech tank.

Anyways pics will be coming once I get'r setup.

JAX

CrownMan · 12-08-2008, 08:09 PM

Congratulations. I will be happy to donate a few low light plants to the effort so let me know.

Looking forward to the pics.

supersmirky · 12-09-2008, 05:50 AM

Way to go on the find! = )

JAXON777 · 12-09-2008, 08:07 AM

Yea thats why I grabbed it the price was to good. I have been looking and everything has been in the 500+ range so this was perfect!!! Hoping to get started this weekend if everything comes in.

Cocobid · 12-09-2008, 10:03 AM

Wonderful Jackson
You mentioned when we were at your home you needed to separate the Angels. Can't wait for a build journal.
At the Christmas party Michael & Shane were using sand blasting material for substrate and it looked great and was very cheap. The Husband & I really liked the looks of it. Comes in different sizes.
Karen

Found this on Michaels thread

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Originally Posted by MacFan

I get it from:
http://www.clemtex.com/

It's $13 for 100lbs... I used 200lbs in my 150g and 100lbs in my 72g... sure beats the cost of the alternatives!

They have a glass bead substrate that seems interesting too, but the size they carry seems too small, so I'd have to special order some in the larger sizes. It might be too slippery for plants, but might be cool for an artsy tank of some sort.

speakerguy · 12-11-2008, 09:41 AM

I also really liked the black beauty blasting sand. I am using 3M Colorquartz and if I had to do it over again I would use the black beauty. The 3M stuff was really hard to wash totally clean.

niko · 12-11-2008, 03:04 PM

Black Beauty is a misterious material. If you google a bit you will find that its content is not the same from batch to batch. But what's more exciting is that it's a waste product in the mining industry. It comes from a variety of mines. Could it be radioactive? It could I guess, although I certanly hope that's a long shot. Could it have other weird ingredients that are harmful to fish and humans? It could.

But even if one overlooks the unknowns one thing that Black Beauty has is pieces with sharp edges. Not good for catfish.

--Nikolay

JAXON777 · 12-11-2008, 05:43 PM

Yea Niko I did some research and your right some people have had no problems some have had nothing but problems. Dont know what I am gonna do just yet.

speakerguy · 12-12-2008, 10:23 AM

What were the problems people had? Black Beauty claims to be chemically inert.

Cliff Mayes · 12-12-2008, 11:07 AM

niko: It is interesting that the NET sez that the black sandblasting sand is different from batch to batch. Maybe I have been lucky. I have bought about three bags over the last twenty years and it has been fine, even for the paleatus Cories. I do not buy much but the last time was about two years ago and I mixed it with some Eco Complete for a seventy five with Platies, Swords , Flags, Emperors, Paleatus and Bristle Noses.

I originally heard that it was full of Iron but not whether the iron was available. I always buy the large grain 'cause it seems small anyways.