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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 this 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 setup Then once all shrimp mosses and driftwood were in place i added the light and panels and this is the end result 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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I am cycling a 55 gallon (208L) tank. It is divided into 3 sections using Poret foam. There is also a Poret foam corner filter acting as a pre-filter for the canister filter. I haven't seen a tank setup like this so I thought I would share my experiences with all of you :o). Here is the equipment I am using on the tank: 3" thick 30PPI Poret Foam Dividers 2" thick 45PPI Poret Foam Corner Filter CaribSea Flora Max Panted Aquarium substrate (inert) 48" Current Satellite+ Pro Light Aqueon 250W Heater Fluval 306 Canister Filter with Marine Pure media Tunze Osmolator Top Off System Pinpoint pH monitor The tank has been cycling for about 2 and a half weeks. I am using RO water with Shrimpy Daddy products and following the tank cycling procedure on his website. The Ammonia and Nitrite levels were 0 by the end of the second week. If everything continues to go well, I should be able to add shrimp in 2-3 weeks. My current plan is to have a neocaridina and tiger colony in each section. Snowballs with Super Tigers Yellow Cherries with Red Tigers PFRs with OEBTs Here are a few pictures of the tank's progress. This pictures shows the tank after I painted the back. These pics show the equipment being added. I used wire ties to hold the air lines in place. Here is the tank after SD's products were added. This one was taken right after the tank was filled. The corner filter has more than enough room to hide the canister intake, the heater and the pH probe. Added some teddy bear cholla wood. Here it is after I added a few plants. I will add a few more plants this week. I will post a picture afterwards. I would love to hear any comments or suggestions. Thanks.

Saw this in person. A very nice tank. Hope the DASs and DRNs do their job! I still think you should hook up that slightly larger CO2 canister.

tank looks great mate! i love the hamburg matten style filter/ dividers

So, I've changed the tank a little again big thanks to @inverted for the stems! Once the new shrimp eat all the algae, the belem fills out more and the new stems fill out the back i think the tank will look exactly how i hoped it would!

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

I think Wine Red is like Panda but swap the black for red colour.

the red wine needs white bands the rest look good

i got some Ebi - Tengu Tangerine Tigers

Lastly - a note for the article concerning Australatya striolata in Victoria. The natural range for riffle shrimp is from the Victoria to QLD but despite being very common in NSW and QLD they are rare enough at the southern extremity of their range in Victoria to be listed under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. According to the legislation you are not allowed to collect them or keep wild caught (from Victoria). You are allowed to buy them from an Aquarium or keep them if sourced from interstate but you should keep a receipt of purchase as evidence you did not catch them in the wild (I'll be the monkeys uncle if anyone ever asked to see it).