BabySinclair
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Hi everyone!
So I've mentioned this build in a couple of past posts, and I now finally have the time to do it
. And I would like to say that I've been working on this since last October!! And I thought it was gonna be easy... DOH!!
Let me know what everyone thinks!! Also, I need help with plant ideas. I have tons of spider plants, money wart (aquatic and terrestrial) and butt loads of dwarf water lettuce and fairy moss (which I can't stand....) I'll be looking for java moss if anyone wants to trade
I'm kinda stuck on what I'm going to put on the back wall as far as plants. I was thinking java moss (since the back wall is where the canister filter spray bar is. (It turns the back of the tank wall into a waterfall.) and I was thinking that more plant roots would do even more filtration.
For now, I am only going to post a picture of the almost finished tank. But if anyone wants to see how I did it, I'll gladly post ALL the pictures and instructions)
Anyways, this is where I'm am at so far. Please keep in mind that this tank will only be half full (Paludarium) Under the water line I intend for only planted plastic plants (unless I put real ones in small pots.). At the water line will be - dwarf water Lillie's, drawf wart lettuce. Semi submerged will be - 4 leaf pond clover, non-variegated and variegated spider plants, and a mystery plant (image included below)
Plants on a timed watering system will be kenilworth ivy, and vinca... Speak up if you have more ideas! For the carved rocks, drift wood, coco fiber walls, vines and other semi dry places... I will be making a moss slurry. I could use some advice on that....
Btw, this tank will be running on a SunSun canister filter meant for a 75 gal turtle tank (currently running the temp 40g that my five juvenile axolotls are in). The filter pump is outside of the water. Biological filtration only - No Carbon. I am also currently in the works on making a chiller set up. 8 refrigerated fans attached the outside/back of the tank with an internal probe... The water will be cold, but the air should be warm enough for the plants. Lighting is LED - a mix of soft yellow, cool white and grow LEDs (red/blue mix)
Water parameters in temp tank are...
PH - 7.4
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate -0
Btw, I bought a second test kit because I wasn't trusting the last three. It seemed that Once I added the canister filter, everything dropped to 0. So I started thinking the test kit was bad. It was the filter!! No way I can complain for $60 bucks!! Anyone need a hardly used test kit? Lol.
Anyways, enough rambling
This is the main waterfall itself... For being made of foam, this thing weighs a bloody ton! I have a tetra i10 filter controlling the rock fountain. I intent to modify it to work like a canister filter
In the middle on progress. I temporarily affixed everything to get a feel for how it was going to look and then I decided I needed more rocks...
No water added yet. I just didn't want to wait to see what it was going to look like lol. And then I had to remove the saaaaaaaand..... What a pain Lol
The waterline will be about center with the tank.
Tonight I start the salt soak for three days to a week (this helps remove ANY toxins that may remain I the water (I used all stuff that is non toxic when cured!!!!). Next week I start a planted fish less cycle. I will be using axolotl tank water and dirty filter media to get the cycle going
Please don't forget to let me know what y'all think!
So I've mentioned this build in a couple of past posts, and I now finally have the time to do it
. And I would like to say that I've been working on this since last October!! And I thought it was gonna be easy... DOH!!Let me know what everyone thinks!! Also, I need help with plant ideas. I have tons of spider plants, money wart (aquatic and terrestrial) and butt loads of dwarf water lettuce and fairy moss (which I can't stand....) I'll be looking for java moss if anyone wants to trade
I'm kinda stuck on what I'm going to put on the back wall as far as plants. I was thinking java moss (since the back wall is where the canister filter spray bar is. (It turns the back of the tank wall into a waterfall.) and I was thinking that more plant roots would do even more filtration.
For now, I am only going to post a picture of the almost finished tank. But if anyone wants to see how I did it, I'll gladly post ALL the pictures and instructions
)Anyways, this is where I'm am at so far. Please keep in mind that this tank will only be half full (Paludarium) Under the water line I intend for only planted plastic plants (unless I put real ones in small pots.). At the water line will be - dwarf water Lillie's, drawf wart lettuce. Semi submerged will be - 4 leaf pond clover, non-variegated and variegated spider plants, and a mystery plant (image included below)
Plants on a timed watering system will be kenilworth ivy, and vinca... Speak up if you have more ideas! For the carved rocks, drift wood, coco fiber walls, vines and other semi dry places... I will be making a moss slurry. I could use some advice on that....
Btw, this tank will be running on a SunSun canister filter meant for a 75 gal turtle tank (currently running the temp 40g that my five juvenile axolotls are in). The filter pump is outside of the water. Biological filtration only - No Carbon. I am also currently in the works on making a chiller set up. 8 refrigerated fans attached the outside/back of the tank with an internal probe... The water will be cold, but the air should be warm enough for the plants. Lighting is LED - a mix of soft yellow, cool white and grow LEDs (red/blue mix)
Water parameters in temp tank are...
PH - 7.4
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate -0
Btw, I bought a second test kit because I wasn't trusting the last three. It seemed that Once I added the canister filter, everything dropped to 0. So I started thinking the test kit was bad. It was the filter!! No way I can complain for $60 bucks!! Anyone need a hardly used test kit? Lol.
Anyways, enough rambling
This is the main waterfall itself... For being made of foam, this thing weighs a bloody ton! I have a tetra i10 filter controlling the rock fountain. I intent to modify it to work like a canister filter
In the middle on progress. I temporarily affixed everything to get a feel for how it was going to look and then I decided I needed more rocks...
No water added yet. I just didn't want to wait to see what it was going to look like lol. And then I had to remove the saaaaaaaand..... What a pain Lol
The waterline will be about center with the tank.
Tonight I start the salt soak for three days to a week (this helps remove ANY toxins that may remain I the water (I used all stuff that is non toxic when cured!!!!). Next week I start a planted fish less cycle. I will be using axolotl tank water and dirty filter media to get the cycle going
Please don't forget to let me know what y'all think!
