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Hey guys and girls just wanted to show my setup. Firstly i want to say a massive thanks to Baz (disciple) for holding onto this tank for me so i could sort myself out.

The setup didnt come with a stand so i started with thisa829d151962c1087c6c9233321cb34cc.jpg

Then after a bit of reinforcing, some 12mm ply for the shelf, fronts and sides, a tin of stain i was ready to pickup the tank.

Now coz the tank was running and had shrimp in that were coming with it i was crapping myself about getting them here alive and well anyhoo i got it here along with 90% of the water and started to setupcae2c404f2599114d4b467dd67ef01a5.jpgc80e43314940c3f8539572dc5ccf3939.jpg

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Then once all shrimp mosses and driftwood were in place i added the light and panels and this is the end result2e4899231424d977f0811b300fa8347e.jpg162e570629e2781dfe307f0d91d31bc9.jpg

So all in all im absolutely stoked with how it came up and the move was much easier than i thought ( although i pondered how i was gonna do it for weeks lol) so stay tuned and over the next week or so I'll show you guys each division and whats in there cheers for taking the time to have a look

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Cheers everyone GC it came up alright in the end but you should see every piece of pine at the backside its a dogs breakfast haha

ATM i have tibees, mishlings, CRS, GBs, blue gene rilis, chocs, apair of nice reds and another choc line that is producing some nice dark blues. Once i get a few decent photos of the each section I'll post them up

BTW i cant take all of the credit there are 2 other gents before me that made this tank what it is today lol

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I love the look of the stand! how are the front panels attached? I assume they can be removed? I’m thinking of doing something along the lines of this with my 6foot's stand to enclose the bottom.

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Thanks buck i cut a few pieces of 20x45 pine for the fronts to sit flush with and then added some velcro 197ab2b0f090eafb76fd4d7d7e16e986.jpg26db30bf20ba7b914df17c11925ed21d.jpg

And then 1 piece at the bottom43c121b9f5cb219455fd8eec956dbf5b.jpg

I was going to cut finger holes in the top left corner but liked the seemless look and coz the panels arent gonna be coming off too often i just take the side panel off then reach through and push the fromt panels out

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Good stuff Ron,

I am happy you bought it off me, was a bit worried when the wife said it had to go. Hopefully you can take all the shrimp to the next level. A bit sad losing the CRS colony as it was one of my favourites but I know you look after them.

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Cheers baz yeah im a happy camper and yes lots to work on and play with. Now you just need to convince your wife about the new one lol

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Good stuff mate, either of you got photos of how that filtration works ? I got a divided 4ftr i was considering selling cause i wanted a sump but i f i could do something like that i could save myself some money! 

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Im not at home atm and dont have any on my phone but i can later on

Is your tank drilled for overflows?

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So is it the overflow part that your interested in? If so the best pic i have of that is the one above as its now against the wall

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Bit of an update guys I've just ordered my chiller and also I was looking at newbreeds tank journal and added some stainless intake guards to my order for my overflows as i find the sponges i have atm seem to be blocking up too easily and messing with my water levels so hopefully these fix that problem

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Where are the pics?  We want to see your shrimp.

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So is it the overflow part that your interested in? If so the best pic i have of that is the one above as its now against the wall

Sorry mate been working and missed this post.

Interested in how the plumbing is setup so the overflow and how the plumbing is done back to the sump :)

Is all good if unable to show :)

 

Edit: Nice shrimp to mate!

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Yeah the best shot i could get of the overflow pipes is as above but maybe these will help341d920eee176108c1801f5a072c6d76.jpg5fccc1d3c5fdb289e219cc2ae5f88b5a.jpgc7140002d6c63fe5b683c1a1680252d0.jpga1fd61cb2bbfa4b90cbc830aa3f1e08b.jpg

I will try update the next section today aswell

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Mishling section

Theres not a great deal to show in this section atm there are some nice kk and panda aswell as rr and wr coming through but they are still too small for an iphone camera to pick up4af8c56d06c04990462cbc1eb17029b2.jpg604cd53ab985229316a2175ed14de63e.jpge73b7026bbe40d4fa9952e74dbc6516c.jpg5f13f875049144bb240bea09e65ef864.jpg2c9044cb4b1edcf465f4099f1adb0532.jpg31a1b31c3c65b5d6a535efa04ab535dc.jpg

This section also houses a nice colony of black/choc cherrys 1c6ff5d7e0d1e299758615a6ffe8987a.jpgf5703f15cf01aa9dd23318e0ea7bf2c4.jpg1593a3c8ee823d64883e47643490ba63.jpg

3rd section i have gb/sw with bb gene and im just starting to see some slight blue cheeks which im stoked about and also have a pair of reds in here too this section is very under stocked atm but theres lots of berried girls so that will change soon. a9874ae0fcb3a645409491979d061204.jpg94fb413b019ace086384dd0108079229.jpg7cb63ab57892d3268b2b8f99f69b1961.jpg25d5ccc93fb334ecd2ccf3fc2e627f89.jpga7f9e43b887875725619c530a11380be.jpg

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This setup looks brilliant @Ronskitz!!

You have some amazing shrimp to start with already! Looking forward to what the next generations look like!!

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Looking good Ron.

Miss this set up and the CRS!

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Thanks guys I appreciate it.

4th and final section is my favourite the CRS and a few chocs from another members line that are throwing dark blues but they are also too small to get a pic of yete03f31e0ce563cf3f6f798681fef0fc6.jpgfb2c61d4ceb2cfbf77d16936dce49158.jpgc67fb9cc80ec872c6408374cfc229aa3.jpg1ad4d6b1e7ffa4e6472406497a6ff8c8.jpgb1b49425d0f1b4b48c36df21b45dff6d.jpg38d69fd03c38d3367833e7d4eb68f5c9.jpg67985d84da023b7f3b4ca882503e420d.jpg95813812067faa1ae285fd7772fafb5b.jpg340aacd2cbd0e7029aab3d4311641023.jpg

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