Once Upon A Time At The Riverbank

[SuperColey1]

This is the start of the journal following me taking down 'Celestial Rapture'.

A quick recap of the Tech Specs:

125Ltr 80cm Fluval tank
Tetratec EX700 external Filter
Hydor ETH200 inline filter
Koralia1 circulation pump
Pressurised CO2 through glass diffuser
37W 5500K LED lighting 9 hours a day set to sunrise/sunset stagger.

A quick recap of the Tech Specs:

125Ltr 80cm Fluval tank
Tetratec EX700 external Filter
Hydor ETH200 inline filter
Koralia1 circulation pump
Pressurised CO2 through glass diffuser
37W 5500K LED lighting 9 hours a day set to sunrise/sunset stagger.

Starting with the hardscape cleaned up from the previous setup:

Then we have the plants from the previous scape that I am taking into this scape:

And the substrate all tidied up:

First off I attached the Philippine Fern to it's 'mount' with.......

And then I attached the needles and Anubias to the main hardscape pieces. Next step was to put the wood into the tank:

Finally for this post, I added the cobbles/pebbles around the base of the wood ready to fill up:

Can't show you pictures of the finished planted setup yet because I cannot see into the tank. lol. I have a fluval3+ in there with carbon inside and filter wool to clear it up ASAP. This is on top of a 50% change 10 hours after initial setup.

AC

 

[Smoothy]

WOW ... looking amazing already!!!

Where did you get the wood from?

 

[SuperColey1]

The easy answer is 'from the previous setup'. lol

I think it came from Last Trading Post on ebay. Can't remember though it was over a year ago.

AC

 

[Smoothy]

Thanks ... might look at getting some of this myself ... looks much better than my Mopani bogwood

 

[RadaR]

Thanks ... might look at getting some of this myself ... looks much better than my Mopani bogwood

Aquaessentials sell good branchy wood too.

 

[Truck]

i couldnt wait for this, more pics?

 

[SuperColey1]

If you want to see cloudy water with zero visibility then you can have pics:

AC

 

[Miah002]

Lol i always shop from last trading post of ebay.

Your tanks looking good.

 

[Million]

so superglue is fish safe? Never knew that, though I suppose I should know it can't be that toxic if they use it to stick wounds together!

 

[Truck]

so superglue is fish safe? Never knew that, though I suppose I should know it can't be that toxic if they use it to stick wounds together!

it is very safe and it bonds instantly as soon as it contacts water molecules

 

[veil92]

Looking good so far. I can already see where this is beginning. Can't wait to see the finished product.
What do you plan to stock it with? Beaufortia kweichowensis

 

[SuperColey1]

The stock list is already in the first post. lol

I currently have a breeding group of 6 Cory Schultzei black, 2 Oto Macrospilus, 3 Microrasbora Erythmicron and cherry shrimp.

Tomorrow I have 25 x Rasbora Espei to go in there

AC

 

[Bigpig]

Love the hardscape

 

[SuperColey1]

A few shots of the finished article. Far from clear still but you can at least see through it now. lol

The 25 Rasbora Espei are in there and look great but still to colour up fully.

Full frontal shot:

And a little closer in:

I'm pretty happy with it and can't wait for it to fill out

AC

 

[Truck]

A few shots of the finished article. Far from clear still but you can at least see through it now. lol

The 25 Rasbora Espei are in there and look great but still to colour up fully.

Full frontal shot:
I'm pretty happy with it and can't wait for it to fill out

AC

you should be happy knowing you have a work of art in your home.

it looks great andy and i cant wait to see it progress