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Fisher86 (5/28/2008)
outstanding!!!! wish i had the space for a 125.this is gorgeous. can hardly wait to see the fish in it. get some live bacteria at the lfs and get cracking with the stocking
I love my redtails, the funny part is i got two of them and then shortly after that i read that you shouldn't have more then one in a tank but i love them so much.
The tank looks great, i love the drift wood it gives it an amazon river look.
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| I love your tank. It looks sweet. By the way what did you use for subtrate. I'm looking for a sandy subtrate for my upcomeing planted tank. Good luck!
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I just used regular play sand that you can buy for a few bucks a bag at any home improvement store.
If I were to do it again, I would have splurged and used a layer of Flourite or Laterite underneath the sand, to help the plants grow a lot better. I am also going to be upgrading the lighting soon, once I get a canopy built for it. I'm trying to get about 3-4 wpg on the tank. I'm also debating about setting up a CO2 injection system.
I love this tank. I can sit and watch the fish for hours on end
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10g Heavily Planted - Betta, Cory's, Oto's
20L - Paradise Gourami, Kuhli Loaches, Banjo Cat
125g Planted - South American Biotope
20H - Breeding Angelfish, no more fry 
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| i would love to see a little bit more on the filter system, just to see what exactly you did there, also did you make it from scratch?
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Yes, I did make the filter system from scratch. It's not that hard, if you really take some time and research what you're doing.
I took a used 55g tank, and siliconed in 3 vertical glass walls. The first chamber became the entry point for water draining from the tank. The outlet pipes feed through a 100 micron filter bag as the first step of filtration. This is the main thing to keep an eye on as far as filter maintenance goes. This is also where my dual heaters are.
The next step, is the water flows over the glass wall and onto the acrylic drip plate, which has holes drilled every 1 square inch across it. It drips through the holes and through the biomedia, which in my case is a mixture of the blue bioballs, and plastic scrubbies I got from the dollar store.
The water then flows under the next wall, into a small chamber that is just extra space for now. It could be used for either chemical filtration, or for an additional mechanical filtration step.
The water then flows over a much shorter wall, into the final chamber, where I have 2-1000gph pumps to return the water to the tank. The shorter wall is not necessary, but I like to have it. In case there is a failure somewhere in the system, it keep the pumps from completely emptying the sump. This keep the biomedia wet until I can fix it, preventing a complete die-off of beneficial bacteria.
Here is a picture of the sump. You can see the first wall on the left, the bioballs in the middle, and the second wall the water flows under on the right. I raised the bioballs off the bottom with eggcrate so that it would be easier to remove any mulm from underneath them without removing everything.
Here's a picture of the last wall and the return pumps.
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10g Heavily Planted - Betta, Cory's, Oto's
20L - Paradise Gourami, Kuhli Loaches, Banjo Cat
125g Planted - South American Biotope
20H - Breeding Angelfish, no more fry
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Also, the water gets to the sump from the tank via two in-tank overflows. The tank was predrilled with these installed when I bought it. Definitely makes adding a sump to the tank much easier.
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10g Heavily Planted - Betta, Cory's, Oto's
20L - Paradise Gourami, Kuhli Loaches, Banjo Cat
125g Planted - South American Biotope
20H - Breeding Angelfish, no more fry
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