75g Tank Overhaul

[phishyphil]

Secondly. I have a 2 litre bag of Tropica AquaCare+ Plant Substrate. Should I put this into the tank too? either as a layer or mixed into the soil?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Might as well use it mate, in the pic I mean have the spray bar facing towards the powerhead along the surface and then the power head will aid the flow back to the inlet mate.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Like this dude if you can see what each part is lol I'm terrible on paint.


Filter layout by ps3steveo, on Flickr

 

[phishyphil]

Like this dude if you can see what each part is lol I'm terrible on paint.


Filter layout by ps3steveo, on Flickr

so have the spray bar along the side and not the back? Will do. Cheers Pal

 

[Ps3Steveo]

And powerhead in middle of other side facing downwards.

 

[phishyphil]

And So It Begins . . . .

Started out by Draining off the 330 Litres, Some into a Large container where the fish will be house for the next day or so. Heater, filter, air pump all in here.

Bogwood, Mopani, rocks removed and scrubbed to remove any algae, BBA etc. Along with the filter pipes, heater etc.

Black Gravel Cleaned, and soil has been soaking for 3 days (in the hope of removing ammonia present in the soil, or at least a great chunk of it.

Final job of the evening, clean out the tank (which I might add was a chore to remove from the house )

Jobs for tom morrow are as follows.
Spray Paint back of the tank Satin Black for background
Cut out Some holes in the stand for pipes, CO2 tubing etc
Tank back onto the stand

Doubt I will be able to get the soil in before work but we will see.... more to follow!

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Looking forward to more updates mate.

 

[phishyphil]

Looking forward to more updates mate.

Cheers mate. Hopefully will be all done by the weekend

 

[Ps3Steveo]

I'm in the middle of a re scape at the moment, still waiting for 2 pots of plants tho grrrrrrrrrr, should be here friday so weekend will be updated journal.................hopefully.

 

[phishyphil]

I'm in the middle of a re scape at the moment, still waiting for 2 pots of plants tho grrrrrrrrrr, should be here friday so weekend will be updated journal.................hopefully.

Excellent mate.

 

[Xraymark]

Great breakdown of process with pics.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with T

Tropica Aquasoil!!!

Let me know what its like dude.

 

[phishyphil]

Was up early today to get the tank sprayed before work. Was a little awkward as it was freezing, so needed to warm the can up slightly to ensure the paint was warm enough to make a good contact.

Process
Cleaned tank glass with water/vinegar/lemon solution.
Rinsed this off with clean water and removed excess water via squeegee (or however it is spelt )
First coat was a light mist to give the paint something to stick too on the following coats
Completed 4-5 Good coats, not moving across too quickly

Here's how it turned out, a little blury but looks reall good!

Here's what I used, and always do use when I spray my tanks

Halfords Satin Black 500ml

 

[Sharpy1987]

any views from inside the tank?

 

[phishyphil]

any views from inside the tank?

Will upload later on. At work but come 6.30 the fun starts again

Got to bring the tank inside and back onto the stand