The cube!

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  1. Ryno

    Ryno Kenaal baber

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    Okay so getting the tank on monday.
    its 90x90x40=324L

    filtration 2x aquaclear50 HOB just need a vibrationpump(wavemaker)

    Lighting
    dual 39w t5 unit and quad 39w unit

    co2
    saga co2 dual guage regulator with soleniod/needle valve
    2kg co2 cannister with wheel valve
    brass bubble counter
    rhinox co2 diffuser

    Substrate
    pottingsoil,vermiculite,peat moss. have great growth with this method.

    Ferts. Still pondering

    Plants
    fissedens fontanus
    Süßwassertang
    Brown Crypt
    Bacopa caroliniana
    Heteranthera zosterifolia - Stargrass
    Hemianthus Micranthemoides – HM
    Blyxia japonica
    Glossostigma elatinoides
    POGOSTEMON STELLATUS
    Limnophila aromatica
    mermaid weed
    rotundfolia
    nesaea pedicellata
    staurogyne repens
    Java fern
    tiger lotus
    rotala colorata
    Ambulia
    hygrophila polysperma
    hygrophila difformis
    Ceratopteris thalictroides - water sprite
    Another bocopa i cant remember its name.
    mayaca fluviatilis
    And a green rotala.
    Brazilian pennywort
    pigmy chainsword.
    prabably more i just forgot to mention it.

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    Hawk Clown Fish :-)

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    @Ryno - Thats a lot of plants. Any fish? :bigsmile:
     
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    Ryno

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    the fish wil come later. alot of boraras and hopefully rosy loaches
     
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    Ryno

    Ryno Kenaal baber

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    this tank isnt about the fish at all :)
     
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    Hawk Clown Fish :-)

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    I can see that :bigsmile:
     
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    Ryno Kenaal baber

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    hehe jaja. but i wanted to try something like this for al long time now :) probably not going to use all of that plants. will have to see how it goes. will start on monday night :)
     
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    Hawk Clown Fish :-)

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    Cool dude. Send me plants when you have too many :blink1:
     
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    Ryno Kenaal baber

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    Will see what happens. Going to be a sort of dutch scape. Sortof is because i must use a small piece of wood for tbe fissidens. Dutch scapes dont have any hard scApe and i think its usually only like 10 different types of plants. With alot of pruning.
     
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    Hawk Clown Fish :-)

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    Good luck
     
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    Another tank? MTS big-time.
     
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    Ryno Kenaal baber

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    Hehe but im shutting down my 2x3ft tanks and my 2 nanos already shut down also. So its only the 450L and the new cube
     
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    well I got one of those blue camping mats from mr price sport. the thickest one was 1.8cm. i just cut it to size and layed it down with some weight on it so that the curve straighten. its actually a big cube.
     
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    So busy cleaning the tank. The going tp do the substrate
     
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    Substrate is in. Just waiting for all my plants to arive. Going to upload a few pics in a while
     
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    Looking good @Ryno. Are those two hills you created in the cube?
     
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    yes. they are actually bigger than they look. one is like 8cm high
     
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    Gonna look great man. Any wood or rocks going in?
     
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    It is looking good Ryno!
     
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    a tiny piece of wood for the fissidens, but otherwhise nope no hardscape. just plants and plants and more plants. have enough for about 2x6ft tanks haha
     

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