Johns 450ltr (110 Gals) Journal

[john starkey]

Hi everyone thought i had better do this project as a journal, EQUIPMENT purchased to date, Yesterday(sun) i drove up to Wharf aquatics (£250 miles round trip) ordered a 150 x 50 x 60 tank £200, black silicone £50, SOLID WHITE OAK CABINET £750, 150 cm arcadia luminaire 4x54w t5 plant pros £239, D&D reg £60,D & D selonoid £35, Wish i had bought the eco complete from there it was £4.99 a bag cheaper than where i got mine from five bags of that would have saved £25. Anyway £100 for delivery to my home waiting time about four to five weeks.The two filters i ordered from The living seas didnt turn when promised the delivery driver reversed over them new ones should be here this Thursday (Eheim 2028s x 2) well thats all ive bought up to now i will add more later this week , Cheers John ps i now have to learn how to load up pics if you have any advice please pm me i have just registered with PHOTO BUCKET .

 

[Azaezl]

Sounds like it's gonna be great! Can't wait to see the pics

 

[Themuleous]

That sounds like a quality setup John, should be awesome. BTW why did you go for black silicone? And where did you see the cheap EC?

When do you think you'#ll have it all up and running?

Sam

 

[kewskills]

Good luck sounds impressive so far.

 

[john starkey]

That sounds like a quality setup John, should be awesome. BTW why did you go for black silicone? And where did you see the cheap EC?

When do you think you'#ll have it all up and running?

Sam

hi sam the ec was at wharf aquatics £19.95 a bag , the guy who served me used to be into planted tanks (went over to marines last year ) he said black is better in his opinion does not show the algae and does not stain either.as for up and running not sure have spent £1670 so far need a few more bits and pieces , i will need two days off work to plant and set up

 

[nry]

I'd need 2 days off work to recover from spending that much on my aquarium! Actually no, I'd need 2 days sitting down to recover from my wife telling me off for spending that much on my aquarium

 

[kewskills]

I'd need 2 days off work to recover from spending that much on my aquarium! Actually no, I'd need 2 days sitting down to recover from my wife telling me off for spending that much on my aquarium

hahahahahahaha sooooo true

 

[john starkey]

Good luck sounds impressive so far.

hi kewskills thanks for the good wishes yeh i am like a kid in asweet shop cant wait to get it up and running. regards john

 

[john starkey]

I'd need 2 days off work to recover from spending that much on my aquarium! Actually no, I'd need 2 days sitting down to recover from my wife telling me off for spending that much on my aquarium

hi nry i saved the money from match fishing winings (used to be a sponserd match angler) still do a bit but have lost interest since my youngest son died last year from cancer #### happens hey i cant wait for them to deliver in four to five weeks regards john

 

[nry]

I'm still working on persuading my wife to let me set up a 7' tank in our kitchen if we finally manage to get it completely re-done....I reckon the tank could cost more than the kitchen itself

 

[lljdma06]

If you spend that much money and plant just java moss and throw a few guppies in, I'm coming over to Worcester to smack you.

Just kidding. Looking forward to this setup. Another expensive little toy.

llj

 

[Themuleous]

hi nry i saved the money from match fishing winings (used to be a sponserd match angler) still do a bit but have lost interest since my youngest son died last year from cancer #### happens hey i cant wait for them to deliver in four to five weeks regards john

Sorry to hear that John, my misses works on a cancer ward and the stories she comes home with are heart breaking.

If you spend that much money and plant just java moss and throw a few guppies in, I'm coming over to Worcester to smack you.

If that happens, you'll have to get in line Llj, I'll be there first dishing out the slaps!

Sam

 

[Underwurlde]

£1670.

My wife would have flayed the man-flesh from my puny, insignificant frame.

Anyway, photobucket is a synch to use. Upload those photos and it will automatically provide a link for you to copy & paste into your posts.
Either copy & paste directly, to provide a link to the photo, or wrap the link in the image html designator thus:

[img ] CopyAndPasteOfTheLinkPhotobucketGivesYou [/img ]

(no spaces).

GL with the tank

Andy

 

[john starkey]

If you spend that much money and plant just java moss and throw a few guppies in, I'm coming over to Worcester to smack you.

Just kidding. Looking forward to this setup. Another expensive little toy.

llj

hey any chance you could pop over this weekend the wifes away thanks lljdma06

 

[john starkey]

hi nry i saved the money from match fishing winings (used to be a sponserd match angler) still do a bit but have lost interest since my youngest son died last year from cancer #### happens hey i cant wait for them to deliver in four to five weeks regards john

Sorry to hear that John, my misses works on a cancer ward and the stories she comes home with are heart breaking.

If you spend that much money and plant just java moss and throw a few guppies in, I'm coming over to Worcester to smack you.

If that happens, you'll have to get in line Llj, I'll be there first dishing out the slaps!

Sam

thanks sam for the kind words it is hard ben was a great lad 18 yrs old bricklayer nice girlfriend but thats life and you just got to keep going, my older son lee has had cancer twice also ben was diagnosed april 6th 1993 (non hodgkins lymphoma) aged 5 lee was diagnosed same year oct aged 10 same cancer, lee was clear for 7 yrs then it returned in 2001 he is now clear again ben was clear for thirteen yrs then it returned last yr in his liver he died on feb 6th 06 . any way the filters arrived today i have been making a list to order from AE richard will help me make sure i got everything in need. cheers john

£1670.

My wife would have flayed the man-flesh from my puny, insignificant frame.

Anyway, photobucket is a synch to use. Upload those photos and it will automatically provide a link for you to copy & paste into your posts.
Either copy & paste directly, to provide a link to the photo, or wrap the link in the image html designator thus:

[img ] CopyAndPasteOfTheLinkPhotobucketGivesYou [/img ]

(no spaces).

GL with the tank

Andy

Thanks for the tip for photobucket cheers john