~~ Tank Diary ~~

[guppy_man]

update, got another cupboard the exact same and set them side by side here is what it looks like now..



soz its not good quality, but it shows how ive put the tank

tell me what you think
the little tank on the right homes a small male betta, if you were going to ask

 

[guppy_man]

do you think that the 2 cupboards are strong enough to take the weight?

 

[guppy_man]

i have taken all the feet off the cupboards, and today ive gone out and bought really fine gravel which looks like sand, heres some pics..

and i bought a new 50w heater....



ill post more pics after ive added it all thnx for looking

 

[ajbettle]

ur getting geared up..im sooo jealous..iv got to wait till my room gets redecorated in july...its torture!!!! lol ur tank looks good and the betta looks rite at home!

 

[guppy_man]

hi since i bought the gravel and heater and new filter media about 4 hours ago ive added it all and this is what it looks like now.



i no the gravel isnt level but im not going to fiddle around with it now, because if its ok i might add some plants
with the new filter media iv added 1 of my pads out of my other tank to help the cycle, ive set the heater to 77f

hope the cloudy dissapears i washed the gravel for hour and a half

ill keep the post going, ill add some more things in the week, like my bubble bar i have ]

thnx for posting

 

[guppy_man]

yes fishkiller_nomore the heater is under the waterflow thanks for replying

im going to add some real and fake plants next week and some rocks

 

[guppy_man]

update on my tank diary, ive added an airstone and turned the filter up and now the tank looks alot cleaner than it did, heres what it looks like now


its no where near finished yet i have to get rocks and plants and then fish

plz ask questions

 

[keane]

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i no the gravel isnt level but im not going to fiddle around with it now

Hi guppy man,

Tank is looking good

dont level off your gravel. it looks far more natural with various dips and rises etc.

What you will need to do though is add MORE gravel. From what I can see in your pic, you only have a thin layer of gravel (particularly on the left hand side) and you are going to struggle planting any plants.

I would personally add the same amount again as you have already to give a good bedding for your plants.

steve

 

[guppy_man]

thay only had 3 bags of that sand, so i got all of them, i might go back and get atleast another 2 bags that should be ok shouldn't it?

 

[ajbettle]

ahh thats how u get a wall of bubbles! an airstone lol dumb or wat! looks very nice b the way and the gravel looks like sand!

 

[guppy_man]

yes lol an airstone im getting 1 more the same size because my rena 400 has 2 outputs to have a big bubble wall.
the gravel is sand well thats what it says on the back of the gravel bag.

 

[ajbettle]

that will be y it looks like sand then lol! and it looks alot more stable on two stands

 

[guppy_man]

yes i knew that if i added water the tank might split, im happy with it like it is now
i will update soon, when i get more money lol

 

[Ginge]

Just to let you know the heater does best near an area of high water flow i think e.i. near the filter. And im not too sure a 50w heater is really enough for a tank that size.
P.S if you put the heater and filter togeter it also looks neater IMO.

 

[guppy_man]

thnx ginge, the heater is the right size because when i went to get it there was a chart on the wall saying what type heater for what type of tank