My Ei 15 Gallon - Rescape

[Biulu]

I can't see the picture. How can I open it?

 

[nry]

I can't see the picture. How can I open it?

Should be working now - the images are on my own server which was off yesterday.

 

[john starkey]

HI nry, nice looking scape should look well nice when its established, remember you said you were interested how my hc would do in eco-complete, well it is now creeping slowly across the bottm very nicely regards john.

 

[nry]

HI nry, nice looking scape should look well nice when its established, remember you said you were interested how my hc would do in eco-complete, well it is now creeping slowly across the bottm very nicely regards john.

Well, it's only got another few weeks before any established stuff is ripped out to start all over again with some decent substrate and some new wood, external filter etc

 

[Biulu]

I can't see the picture. How can I open it?

Should be working now - the images are on my own server which was off yesterday.

Yep! It did work. Looks great definitively! What are you planning in terms of filter and substrate?

 

[nry]

Plans:

Filter - TetraTec EX600 with PM lily piles, removing existing Juwel internal
Heater - Hydor external 200w (£20 via eBay, hope it works OK!)
Substrate - Tropica AquaCare topped with Hagen Black River Sand (Extra Fine)
Decor - vine roots (like thick twigs really, pictures may be earlier in thread?) and small number of 3-4" black rocks
Planting - kind of similar to recent picture but aim to carpet with U.Graminifolia
Lighting - 2x15w T8 with reflectors giving ~2wpg - 1xArcadia Original Tropical and 1xArcadia Freshwater

I have everything except the additional few plants now. Will be removing r.rotundifolia and glosso, may use some r.wallichii behind the windelov fern for some red (hopefully red with my lighting anyhow!).

D-D pressurised CO2, not sure whether I will inject straight into filter (should need minimal bpm for this) or to use my Rhinox 1000 which seem to mean I need more bpm to reach 30ppm.

 

[nry]

Ok, this isn't fish related, beyond the fact that this is why I had to change my tanks around (and therefore had a prompt to rescape!):

Before:

After:

 

[Themuleous]

Cool like the new kitchen. I have to ask what was wrong with the old one thou!?!

Sam

 

[nry]

The old kitchen was kind of 4 rooms: kitchen, 'dining room' (small old utility room), pantry and an old outhouse/coal house. The dining room wasn't big enough to swing a cat (let alone a fish!) and the standard of the old kitchen was really dodgy, poor cupboards, layout no tiling where it should have been etc etc. We've had it all knocked into one space.

The change was as much to improve the dining space and also make the whole are more family friendly - we can now eat/cook/chat in the same space (at least we will be able to once the new floor is in next week!) which is way better for feeding kids etc! The piccies don't really show the layout changes yet, need to take some others which will do!

 

[lisa_perry75]

Wow love the new kitchen! The old one looked nice too, country kitchen style. Now its modern, looks ace with 6 hobs! I think you have to have gas cookers and hobs. So fast to heat up and easily controlable.

 

[nry]

Wow love the new kitchen! The old one looked nice too, country kitchen style. Now its modern, looks ace with 6 hobs! I think you have to have gas cookers and hobs. So fast to heat up and easily controlable.

5 hobs, the centre section is a single larger burner

Old kitchen was a B&Q cheapy one, poorly fitted - most base units wobbled, gaps between walls and worktops, no tiles - all naff 1980's tile-effect wallpaper. Really dodgy electrics, horrible cheap tile-effect laminate flooring, again with gaps everywhere.

New one is a bit posher (but not overly expensive), Wrighton oak doored units, still laminate worktops but shiny ones, proper tiles and new electrics. Spot lights in ceiling and under cupboards, plus a dedicated pendant light for the dining area. Waiting for the new floor to finish it off fully now, a product called Karndean which is a commercial-grade vinyl tile.

I'm rambling now though

 

[Underwurlde]

someone just got a pay rise!

 

[nry]

someone just got a pay rise!

Kind of - problem is the Taxman decided to up my student loan payments plus the nursery decided to up their fees by £70 per month - neither of which we could consider until the kitchen was paid for! Oops!

 

[DevUK]

Looks fantastic mate, hope you spend many hours in there I notice you say pendant lamp for the dining area... were you not tempted to steal it for a tank somewhere? I'm sure you could of gotten away with a 250w ADA pendant by calling it a "dining room light"

 

[nry]

Pendant as in a light which hangs from the ceiling - not sure if I'd get away with a metal halide though

For interests sake and bringing this back on topic I now have what should be an external CO2 reactor - a Dymax Tower one courtesy of AE sales - not entirely convinced that it doesn't need better seals to be used externally but it seems perfect for the same of £8 inc. P&P.

All I need to sort now is ordering the small amount of plants (probably from Birstall) - two pots of U.Gramnifolia.