The Behemoth Tank

[john starkey]

HI TOM i am utterly, totally, gobsmacked. VERY NICE , VERY VERY NICE JOB.

 

[three-fingers]

That tank is the stuff of dreams, and looks like great fun too!
Any inverts in there maybe? Or is the pH too low?

Ugh, well, we are removing all the ADA aqua soil, it just makes way too much mess for the client's taste. Replanting and corys etc make it a mucky tank even if you run 5 micron filters, tons of current, daily 50% water changes etc.

Heh, I think its funny that I'm actually also going to be replacing the aquasoil (or at least most of it) in my teeny 5gal planted tank .
I have a plec in there temporarily and its a right mess, every time I move a plant the dusty silt stuff goes everywhere, and it takes days of not touching it for it to disappear, if i try to syphon it, the aquasoil itself gets sucked up.
The worst part for me is it lowers the pH significantly due to my soft tap water. Its below pH 6 and no amount of coral sand in the filter and piles of shells hidden behind rocks/buried in the substrate is helping.
Those are my gripes with it, I can say that the plants love it though, as did my rams.

 

[ciarantropicalfishman]

tht is some tank lol. I want one
Looks like i buying some lottery tickets this week lol

 

[MadMan-JaMeS]

Looks like i buying some lottery tickets this week lol

i wouldn't bother mate...

i'm allready winning it this week save your money and buy double next week

(all information in this post has come from my dreams and are not entirely true)

 

[Brette]

I have wood and know how to use it.

ahem.

tee hee!

 

[plantbrain]

New pics:

The client is getting things right, I still am working on adding a O2 controller and a special CO2 flow metering system, unlike anything seem in this hobby.

He still has a ways to go for scaping, but you get the general idea:

All EI dosing methods.


Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[DevUK]

All EI dosing methods.

They must get through a tonne of dry ferts in a year

Imagine measuring out a daily dose in tea spoons!

 

[jimbooo]

wow, that really has come on leaps and bounds. looks great.

DevUK: i think i'd measure in cup fulls! lol

 

[SJ2K]

Veeeeeeeeery nice tank, looks amazing!

Is it just me though, if I had that money and decided on such a huge tank, id want to do it myself! Lol, maybe thats just my desire to create

 

[plantbrain]

All EI dosing methods.

They must get through a tonne of dry ferts in a year

Imagine measuring out a daily dose in tea spoons!

It's actually measured out in cups, not teaspoons
1/3 cup KNO3 3x a week.

The KNO3 is only 22$ for 25Kg locally.
Same with KH2PO4.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[Castellop123]

Beautiful tank... Looking better than ever...

 

[George Farmer]

Looks good.

I want to see it in person. It would make a neat feature for PFK...

 

[clinton ><>]

i want my tank to look like that beauty

 

[plantbrain]

Looks good.

I want to see it in person. It would make a neat feature for PFK...

TFH already has dibs.
Sorry

Yes, if you get a chance to come to LA, we might be able schedule something.
It's fun to sit and gaze.

It's much different than seeing a pic, that's no good but contest tanks are judged based solely on that rather than entertainment to the eye in person which is a much different standard.

NBAT contest going way back did those in person.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[lljdma06]

Tom, what's the name of the tallish plant on the extreme left side? It looks almost isolated. Bright green, spiral to the leaves. Very interesting. An aponogeton of some type? I can't quite make it out in the picture but I like the look.