chunkylover817

Welp ppl, i finallygot my stand, my uncle built it so i couldnt rush him, as much as i was becoming impatient.... anyways, what do ya think of it??? I really love the color he chose for it( i couldnt make up my mind on what color )

this baby weights ALOT!... i felt so strawny when i lifted this

Thorald

That's a really nice stand. Really clean and minimal, just the way I like it I'm jealous! Nice color also, I think it will look great because it won't distract attention from the tank. Now, get it filled

Tex Gal

What a great uncle!!! The stand looks great!!!

How are the rest of the plans going? Got a plants list? What kinda fish?

chunkylover817

Thx, i know im lovin my uncle right now!

Basically right now im waiting on the co2 cylinder and the canopy, which my uncle is also going to built, the canopy is going to look just like the stand, same color and doors, except its going to have 3 doors, laying horizontally and opening up. Will post more pics when i get them!

For livestock i was thinking of, transferring all my current fish( decided not to toss them in the backyard to dry out!LOL jk) anyways i was going to add maybe around 100 more rummynose, with a smaller school of at least 10 cardinals, probably some more peruvian scalares and definitely interested in green tefe discus..... and as time goes on, mebbe some roselines

For plants list, im still deciding on whether to go stems or rhyzome....either bright red stems or all green plants like anubias, bolbitis, moss, and some valls nana...or maybe another type of aquascape that catches my eyes

chunkylover817

lol thx!

now get it filled??!! heheh easier said then done!

Tex Gal

We'll be right here waiting to see it all come together!

jocky

ARGHH you make me so jealous.

LOL good luck with the tank, will be here to see the end of it.

chunkylover817

Okay, having a little bit of trouble on my tank, ive been testing the pipes for any leaks and cant seem to get rid of them all together. First the outlet and inlet hoses were leaking, fixed that, then my pumps started leaking, havent fixed this( the pumps arent broken, the hoses they are connected to just cant handle the pressure b/c i put in the pipes that have knobs built into them for controllng water flow) big mistake.... and i just cant afford to get these leaks on the wood.... any clues on how to fix this??? btw, i put those knobbed pipes b/c the pumps were wayyyy too strong for the tank( even just one created chaos) if i had put fish in it, they would been thrown around like rag dolls!

Sooo.... do i try and fix this???? I was thinking of just selling the sump and pumps and using that money and a bit of my pocket money to buy a canister filter... should i just do this???

heres one i was interested in buying right now:

https://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...fm?pcatid=3602

now i know this filter isnt enough by itself for my tank, so i was planning on getting another some time in the future( mebbe next year)

any help is greatly appreciated ahhh.... i dont want tommorrow to be day 4 of fixing leaks....X(

taz81

what in the world could be too strong for a 300 gallon tank?! Wowzers. Anyways, have you tried using different exhaust pipes, different shaped pipes should better control the flow. I know just my little pump for my little 29g can change DRASTICALLY from almost no movement, to throwing even my river fish across the tank.

chunkylover817

well each pump does around 1200gph! so, yea, way to strong...ive decided to go with a fluval fx5