24G AquaPod w/ 150w MH no mayo - Page 3 - MyFishTank.Net Freshwater Saltwater Aquarium Fish Forum

shift_9k · 04-19-2007, 01:47 AM

Right so I put the sand in today. And..... so far so good. Still a little cloudy. I shut down the other nano and used all the sand that was in there. Also re-did the aquascape looks 100x better now, well at least to me, i'll post both pics, since i took pics of before the redo.

Umm... other than a crap load of work it seems to have worked out fine. The water parameters before adding the sand and stuff were good. 0 for everything. I got a few pieces that are just too damn big, I took a hammer and flathead to some of em but I dont know where I would want to break the other ones.

So I just put them down at the bottom til everything clears up. Yawwwwn... aight thats it for now, hopefully I wake up to a some what clear tank.

Katie217 · 04-19-2007, 02:01 AM

sounds good! cant wait to see pics

shift_9k · 04-19-2007, 05:44 AM

Heres one of the MH warming up.

And this is what it is after they are warmed up!

Some pics of the 1st scape above and below.

shift_9k · 04-19-2007, 05:45 AM

Sorry the glass is a little dirty from all the work, whats the best thing to use for getting the outside mr.clean, clean?

TheFool · 04-19-2007, 06:01 AM

You're going to get problems with that aquascaping - you have rock up tp either of the sides, which means cleaning there will be a p.i.t.a. You need a couple inches clear around all visible edges.

There is a reason a central pillar is a good aquascape for tanks of this size, shape....

shift_9k · 04-19-2007, 06:42 AM

Yea moved some of it around today. For that reason. Gonna get a scraper anyway so I'd rather put in more time cleaning rather than having a tank that I dont like.

Lorna · 04-19-2007, 08:52 AM

scraping with a scraper is bad news on acrylic even with a plastic scraper....you need to move the rock away from the sides enough to fit a small mag cleaner through that way when you look at your fish you can give it a quick swipe or two.....makes life much easier....

shift_9k · 04-19-2007, 01:48 PM

Hmm my post didnt go thru. The way I have re-done my scaping I figure that it should be ok. I have a really small magfloat i bought for the smaller nano, so im just gonna use that one. The new scaping allows for room. Thanks guys. Good lookin out.

MrBungle · 04-19-2007, 02:50 PM

I thought you said you added the sand? I don't see it in the pics. Is it just me or what? lol

shift_9k · 04-19-2007, 02:55 PM

Hahaha yea I did, its just that I did it last night and those pics i posted were a few days old. I took care of the glass clearence issue, and added the sand. The water is clearing up fast. I should have a decent pic or two by tonight.

04-19-2007, 02:01 AM	#22 (permalink)
Katie217 Super Fish Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,494	sounds good! cant wait to see pics __________________ 55gal - Meaty - Common Oscar 33gal - Sevvy - Gold Severum 10gal - 8ish Mbuna Fry 5gal Nano - False Perc, Coral Banded Shrimp, GSP, Brain, Shrooms, Cloves, and Favia

04-19-2007, 08:52 AM	#27 (permalink)
Lorna Super Fish Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 2,984	scraping with a scraper is bad news on acrylic even with a plastic scraper....you need to move the rock away from the sides enough to fit a small mag cleaner through that way when you look at your fish you can give it a quick swipe or two.....makes life much easier.... __________________ 75g reef 29g reef Living the salty side of life

04-19-2007, 02:50 PM	#29 (permalink)
MrBungle Medium Fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NY, on an island... Posts: 421	I thought you said you added the sand? I don't see it in the pics. Is it just me or what? lol __________________ 27G hex FW: 1 Bolivian Ram, 8 Serpae Tetras 12G SW Aquapod: Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Clown Goby, corals, and a crew... 55G FW: Leroy the oscar

04-19-2007, 01:47 AM	#21 (permalink)
shift_9k Medium Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 345	Right so I put the sand in today. And..... so far so good. Still a little cloudy. I shut down the other nano and used all the sand that was in there. Also re-did the aquascape looks 100x better now, well at least to me, i'll post both pics, since i took pics of before the redo. Umm... other than a crap load of work it seems to have worked out fine. The water parameters before adding the sand and stuff were good. 0 for everything. I got a few pieces that are just too damn big, I took a hammer and flathead to some of em but I dont know where I would want to break the other ones. So I just put them down at the bottom til everything clears up. Yawwwwn... aight thats it for now, hopefully I wake up to a some what clear tank.

04-19-2007, 05:44 AM	#23 (permalink)
shift_9k Medium Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 345	Heres one of the MH warming up. And this is what it is after they are warmed up! Some pics of the 1st scape above and below.

04-19-2007, 05:45 AM	#24 (permalink)
shift_9k Medium Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 345	Sorry the glass is a little dirty from all the work, whats the best thing to use for getting the outside mr.clean, clean?

04-19-2007, 06:01 AM	#25 (permalink)
TheFool Medium Fish Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 323	You're going to get problems with that aquascaping - you have rock up tp either of the sides, which means cleaning there will be a p.i.t.a. You need a couple inches clear around all visible edges. There is a reason a central pillar is a good aquascape for tanks of this size, shape....

04-19-2007, 06:42 AM	#26 (permalink)
shift_9k Medium Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 345	Yea moved some of it around today. For that reason. Gonna get a scraper anyway so I'd rather put in more time cleaning rather than having a tank that I dont like.

04-19-2007, 01:48 PM	#28 (permalink)
shift_9k Medium Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 345	Hmm my post didnt go thru. The way I have re-done my scaping I figure that it should be ok. I have a really small magfloat i bought for the smaller nano, so im just gonna use that one. The new scaping allows for room. Thanks guys. Good lookin out.

04-19-2007, 02:55 PM	#30 (permalink)
shift_9k Medium Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 345	Hahaha yea I did, its just that I did it last night and those pics i posted were a few days old. I took care of the glass clearence issue, and added the sand. The water is clearing up fast. I should have a decent pic or two by tonight.