29 Gallon Journal

unwritten law · 09-06-2009, 06:48 PM

Room mate is is upgrading his 16 gallon into a 29 gallon. It will contain a large school of rasboras (9ish), 4 or so emerald cories, a male betta, and most likely a pair of Bolivian rams.

It will be planted with a mixed substrate of black gravel and eco-complete. It'll be full of driftwood, river looking rock, and possibly a type of slate.

Here it is before we noticed it needed a few more coats of paint on the Background.

We are using a 10 gallon as quarantine and to cycle the new filter, an aquaclear 50. It will has a stealth heater and the light I currently have on my 46 gallon (65 watt compact flourecent.)

Should be a nice little project. I think the filter will be cycled within the next week and then the tank will be set up.

misterking · 09-06-2009, 08:48 PM

Sounds great, look forward to seeing the progress you guys make. Good luck!

bmoraski · 09-07-2009, 07:58 AM

keep them pictures coming
good luck.
oh and how many coats of paint did it take ?

unwritten law · 09-07-2009, 09:06 AM

About 4 but that's just because my roomie missed that spot on the bottom... otherwise it should have been 3.

unwritten law · 09-11-2009, 09:45 PM

Filter is cycled but his girlfriend is coming in from out of town this weekend so it wont be till Monday or Sunday night when this thing gets going. I'm getting him a bag of eco-complete to mix with his current gravel... Hopefully i wont look too bad... Also I ordered a new light for my 46gallon tank so he's getting my old one, a 30" 65watt CPF with a 50/50 of 6700K and 10000K... We also picked up some flagstone earlier to go in the tank cause he wasn't to build up a corner to make a terrace effect to give more height to the tank... should be cool-ish.

bmoraski · 09-13-2009, 07:42 AM

Sounds like its gonna be a sweet setup
cant wait to see

unwritten law · 09-16-2009, 08:15 AM

10 gallon quarantine with 6 or 7 more rasboras to add to the original 4. After 3 or 4 days in the tank they actual were breeding. The eggs feel down to the big rocks at the bottom and most likely never to be seen again but it was cool anyways.

bmoraski · 09-16-2009, 09:24 AM

Looks SWEET !
and thats just a quarantine tank ? lol
my 50g is gonna have some rocks
and do you happen to know how much weight you have in there ?

unwritten law · 09-16-2009, 09:55 AM

80 for the water... maybe another 15 in rocks... but im not sure... wood prob weighs another 2 pounds dry.

Yeah that was just what ever we had laying around got thrown in there.

bmoraski · 09-16-2009, 10:16 AM

look like bigger rocks from picture , i figured more for rocks.
1 gal water = 8.34 lbs
LOL
i use the lbs formula all the time at work

09-06-2009, 06:48 PM	#1
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	29 Gallon Journal Room mate is is upgrading his 16 gallon into a 29 gallon. It will contain a large school of rasboras (9ish), 4 or so emerald cories, a male betta, and most likely a pair of Bolivian rams. It will be planted with a mixed substrate of black gravel and eco-complete. It'll be full of driftwood, river looking rock, and possibly a type of slate. Here it is before we noticed it needed a few more coats of paint on the Background. We are using a 10 gallon as quarantine and to cycle the new filter, an aquaclear 50. It will has a stealth heater and the light I currently have on my 46 gallon (65 watt compact flourecent.) Should be a nice little project. I think the filter will be cycled within the next week and then the tank will be set up. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

09-06-2009, 08:48 PM	#2
misterking Medium Fish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 547	Sounds great, look forward to seeing the progress you guys make. Good luck! __________________ On an extended break - 67 gallon will hopefully be replaced by a 100 gallon but it may be years untill I can do this! In the meantime.. planning a small set-up for when I move into my rented house in summer!

09-07-2009, 07:58 AM	#3
bmoraski Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 571	keep them pictures coming good luck. oh and how many coats of paint did it take ? __________________ 2.6G Fry ( snails + water spider ) 10G Guppies 20G Guppies, Pleco + ( Hornwort ) http://mysite.verizon.net/vzet42j1/index.html Bryan......................

09-07-2009, 09:06 AM	#4
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	About 4 but that's just because my roomie missed that spot on the bottom... otherwise it should have been 3. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

09-11-2009, 09:45 PM	#5
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	Filter is cycled but his girlfriend is coming in from out of town this weekend so it wont be till Monday or Sunday night when this thing gets going. I'm getting him a bag of eco-complete to mix with his current gravel... Hopefully i wont look too bad... Also I ordered a new light for my 46gallon tank so he's getting my old one, a 30" 65watt CPF with a 50/50 of 6700K and 10000K... We also picked up some flagstone earlier to go in the tank cause he wasn't to build up a corner to make a terrace effect to give more height to the tank... should be cool-ish. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

09-13-2009, 07:42 AM	#6
bmoraski Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 571	Sounds like its gonna be a sweet setup cant wait to see __________________ 2.6G Fry ( snails + water spider ) 10G Guppies 20G Guppies, Pleco + ( Hornwort ) http://mysite.verizon.net/vzet42j1/index.html Bryan......................

09-16-2009, 08:15 AM	#7
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	10 gallon quarantine with 6 or 7 more rasboras to add to the original 4. After 3 or 4 days in the tank they actual were breeding. The eggs feel down to the big rocks at the bottom and most likely never to be seen again but it was cool anyways. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

09-16-2009, 09:24 AM	#8
bmoraski Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 571	Looks SWEET ! and thats just a quarantine tank ? lol my 50g is gonna have some rocks and do you happen to know how much weight you have in there ? __________________ 2.6G Fry ( snails + water spider ) 10G Guppies 20G Guppies, Pleco + ( Hornwort ) http://mysite.verizon.net/vzet42j1/index.html Bryan...................... Last edited by bmoraski; 09-16-2009 at 09:27 AM..

09-16-2009, 09:55 AM	#9
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	80 for the water... maybe another 15 in rocks... but im not sure... wood prob weighs another 2 pounds dry. Yeah that was just what ever we had laying around got thrown in there. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

09-16-2009, 10:16 AM	#10
bmoraski Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 571	look like bigger rocks from picture , i figured more for rocks. 1 gal water = 8.34 lbs LOL i use the lbs formula all the time at work __________________ 2.6G Fry ( snails + water spider ) 10G Guppies 20G Guppies, Pleco + ( Hornwort ) http://mysite.verizon.net/vzet42j1/index.html Bryan......................