journal my setup

[HexaD]

Due to numerous deaths in my cube, rather then going bust, I decided to go all out and upgrade to a high tech setup. Adam at Aquascapedesign had a ex demo for sale, so I picked that up to match my 3ft in my living room. The plan is to move prefilter/G3/chiller/heater over to the new tank, and let the sponge filter and UGF to maintain the filtration in the cube and go from there. Hopefully this tank can be up and running before summer arrives!

Filled the bottom with penac w, tourmaline bc and mosura old sea mud while waiting the Benibachi soil from Jeff. I ordered 10kg normal and 5kg powder, so hopefully that will be enough to create a 5-6cm deep substrate.

[Loach]

Cant wait to see how this turns out :)

[lachie1998]

Awsome tank setup, cant wait to see it with water in it. what plants are you going to have in there?

[Dean]

that is one sexy looking tank mate. cant wait to see how it looks when its up and running

[Gbang]

this is my face :O~~~~~~

[Sprae]

Nice tank! I was looking at that tank from Adam too.

[Triggs]

That's a stunning setup. Really looking forward to watching the updates

[SUSS8]

That's a really nice tank! Cant wait for more updates

[fishnoob23]

sweet cube, how big is it?

[fishmosy]

That is a nice setup. If only....:sorrow:

[HexaD]

Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm thinking of getting a 2217 to split the flow between the gears i.e. the 2217 for the pre filter, heater and uv while letting the G3 handle the chiller alone as I'm not happy with the current flow with everything attached to the G3. But worried that might be too much flow

sweet cube, how big is it?

The tank dimensions - 600 x 450 x 450mm, bought it from here :)Finally received the soil from Jeff! I've started seeding a 2213 on the cube to prepare for the unplugging of the G3, but not sure whether I had some dirty stuff in it that i didn't clean out properly but I did a thorough wash but still had two deaths and some shrimplets missing the next day, might be hot tap water with chlorine :( Can't wait to start moving on the weekend! Next stage is picking the centrepiece driftwood which I'm still on hunt for!also, bought some bee pollen as per gbang's advice and recommendation curious shrimp checking out bee pollen for the first time lol

[planted]

really like the look of the cade tanks, only if i could afford one lol :p

look forward to seeing it all setup...

[Gbang]

looking forward to this setup mr hexa!!! looks amazing!!! any ideas as to how the tank will look yet?

[Sprae]

Looking great mate. I'm surprised you haven't painted the tank Liverpool Red yet...

[Brado]

stunning set up mate im sure your shrimp will thrive in there, well done

[lachie1998]

may i ask what the bee pollen does?

[Loach]

Its a food source.

[Trav80]

I picked up some bee pollen last week, have to say the cherry shrimp go crazy for it. The CRS/CBS don't seem as interested when it hits the water but they seem to eat it off of the filter sponges and mosses.

[emboli]

What a wonderful setup! You definately have style mate :)

Looking forward to future updates

[HexaD]

Finally got around to moving the setup and replacing where the cube was, now its aligning to my 3ft, awesome!

In goes the Benibachi!

First time using powder soil, so fine! The shrimps are gonna have a good time in there lol, reminds me of the scrooge duck swimming in his money

Ready to fill the water once the 2217 I ordered comes, the plan is to hook the G3 to the chiller, and the 2217 will handle the prefilter, external heater and uv lights. I reckon these two should give me a pretty balanced and decent flow

Mini pellia I bought of a member at AL came in the post today, but it seems different to what I have. Are there different types of mini pellia? Or just different tank conditions?

[Sprae]

Looking good HexaD! Remember to take as long as the tank needs to cycle ;)

[HexaD]

Filling the tank with ro water

with some pellia, flame and peacock

went driftwood at Seaview hehe

soaking the wood

[HexaD]

Looking good HexaD! Remember to take as long as the tank needs to cycle ;)

Yea surely mate, same as Rodgers, as long as it needs!

[Sprae]

Yea surely mate' date=' same as Rodgers, as long as it needs![/quote']

BR - I'd give him till January to bed in his strategy. Post that, I'd expect results! :victorious:

BTW, that set up is looking good. Love that DF...

[Loach]

Same wood as the stuff in my ada mini :). No tannin so im happy...