sonaps

Great work Gilles! Your electronics look very clean and well organized. Good luck moving into your new home.

 

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rjfurbank

Wow! Fantastic tank--that's an incredible amount of work. Thanks for sharing all of this.

felixm

Good luck on the move. I had to move a 30gal. about 2 years ago and didn't have half of the stuff you do.

Art_Giacosa

Gille,

Sorry for the late reply to this awesome post.

I often said that when freshwater aquarists do the same uber-DIY projects that saltwater aquarists do, our little hobby would have come of age and hit the big time. You've made me realize the planted aquarium hobby has come of age. Thanks, man.

You are now my DIY hero. Good luck and keep posting.

Jeff.:P:.

Wow, amazing build, you've basically built a "reef system" for plants. You should look into reef tanks I think you would fit right in.

jackh

dam son keep up the good work

Gilles

Well thank you guys for all the good words. Although i also have disasters in my tank.

It all started when i moved. The tank survived all without any scratches and so on, but it has been 3 weeks and i still haven't done my new plumbing due to a total lack of time. I filled the tank with 100% new water (and new gravel) and did NOT have any startup problems luckily.

My fish where in a bucket, and i thought they would survive, i had even put a heater and an airstone in it. But i've lost a lot of fish that week.

15 cory sterbai (14 survived)
15 Carnegiella Strigata Strigata (1 survived)
40 Paracheirodon axelrodi (2 survived)
20 Otocinclus Affinis (all survived)
30 Caridina japonica (all survived)
15 Xiphophorus helleri (all survived)

So i had a massive ammount of 135 fish in a bucket of 10 liters.. (again, i feel very ashamed).

The plants where in a styrofoam box used to transport fish in. I kept them moist, but someone added 1 liter of water, turning all my beatiful plants to jucky juicy stuff.

So.. now i am 2 weeks later. My new sump has arrived, my lightning is back on (50% of the lights = on). I've orderd for 100$ of new plants, some nice ones to! This week i have to plumb my sump, install the new Red Dragon pump (rated at 4500l/hour and only 45 watts!) and redo my return lines.

Oh yeah, the bottom heater has left the building. Soon i'll post some updates.

 

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