hiya folks just joined so thought i better put a tank thresd up :smile:
Will try and start from the top then ..lol
decided to upgrade from my red sea max back in feb 2009, so after a wee trip up to my LFS and a few long chats i came away with a Betta 1000
after struggling upstairs ( thanks Phil n Cliff) my living room looked like this oh:
Painted the back of the tank with Royal blue tile paint ( it did exactly what it said on the tin lol)
and set to work an the cabinet
my sump looked like this - no good for the miracle mud system i had in mind ( here is Archie my cat checking it out )
in the mean time i filled the tank to just under the weir with salt water and put my new sand in ( pacific black) and my new live rock
yip also started to play about with the acrylic rod n live rock n drill ..... woo hoo ... boy did this make a mess :lol: - ended up with one side kinda done
Next........ set about making a frame for my Aquarays out of egg crate and 25mm pipe with some 25mm 90 degree bends and some cable ties ( all very technical... not !.. lol...
sump ended up like this
added a deltec phos reactor and a UV
Left this all to do its thing for 3 weeks ..................
Then came the transfer...........
Will try and start from the top then ..lol
decided to upgrade from my red sea max back in feb 2009, so after a wee trip up to my LFS and a few long chats i came away with a Betta 1000
after struggling upstairs ( thanks Phil n Cliff) my living room looked like this oh:
Painted the back of the tank with Royal blue tile paint ( it did exactly what it said on the tin lol)
and set to work an the cabinet
my sump looked like this - no good for the miracle mud system i had in mind ( here is Archie my cat checking it out )
in the mean time i filled the tank to just under the weir with salt water and put my new sand in ( pacific black) and my new live rock
yip also started to play about with the acrylic rod n live rock n drill ..... woo hoo ... boy did this make a mess :lol: - ended up with one side kinda done
Next........ set about making a frame for my Aquarays out of egg crate and 25mm pipe with some 25mm 90 degree bends and some cable ties ( all very technical... not !.. lol...
sump ended up like this
added a deltec phos reactor and a UV
Left this all to do its thing for 3 weeks ..................
Then came the transfer...........