Bill's 190 gal

[sountfc]

You got that green schist, right Bill? That stuff is kinda blocky, so you can stack it so that it provides caves and hiding places but still looks natural.

[TaTeR ToT]

I am a believer in less is more, I like to start out with 1-2 natural simple materials, and use.nothing but those materials.
When you start adding a new material here and a new material there it can and usually does end up looking busy or sloppy.

I used manzinita driftwood and holey rock and pool filter sand in my 75g sa tank and it came out super natural.
Then I used 2 10watt 10k leds for lighting to give it a nice natural low/medium light with a lot of shimmer.

Another thing I'm a firm believer in is not skimping on filtration.

I like to know that whatever I decide to put in a tank the filtration is not going to be an issue.

I have 2x fluval 405's, 1x fluval 305 and 2x maxi jet 900 circulation pumps 1000gph each on my 75g which is primarily Geophagus which do not like high flow, however from what I've seen, most fish if gradually worked up to it, can adapt to high flow tanks, my geos act as though the flow isnt even there, where as when I started raising the flow level they could barely handle 2x regular k1 phs.

Hope this helps.

[sunkenmetal]

Actually I scape my tanks in a hurry no real plan. Start with big rocks as a base and work out from there with progressively smaller rocks. To much thought can drive you crazy!

True.....

[jhenry]

i get my tank decorated and think looks good, then i come on here and look around and think why didn't i think of that lol. I just get in a hurry and dont really plan things out i think that is my problem.

Actually I scape my tanks in a hurry no real plan. Start with big rocks as a base and work out from there with progressively smaller rocks. To much thought can drive you crazy!

[sunkenmetal]

Yeah, i'm no Picaso for sure.

i get my tank decorated and think looks good, then i come on here and look around and think why didn't i think of that lol. I just get in a hurry and dont really plan things out i think that is my problem.

[Lori]

Yeah, i'm no Picaso for sure.

[sunkenmetal]

Should be getting a wet/dry up an running soon. I need to take a Scaping class something terrible. The vision in my head and the one my hands produce look nothing alike.

so im not the only one..... :)

[Lori]

Should be getting a wet/dry up an running soon. I need to take a Scaping class something terrible. The vision in my head and the one my hands produce look nothing alike.

[jhenry]

So Bill are you planning on upping your filter game soon. Just a thought one more Eheim and a wet/dry. That would make your tank nice. Get rid of that booboo bubble wand and get you a wet/dry and some vortechs.

[dougiefresh]

Looks nice. Any updates?

[Lori]

Hey sountfc, empty your mailbox. Can't reply to your PM's.

[Lori]

Alright.

[jhenry]

So you didn't reposition the bracket on the motor so you can reinstall the screws? If not you might want to do that cause it will vibrate like crazy

[Lori]

I'm slow. My fault. Take the 4 screws out, turn the pump on it,s side, and there you go. Hose now on it's side. Well, that was fun. Now what do I do?

[jhenry]

Don't worry about it if you like your setup don't let me steer you to do it different and if you don't see the difference between the hose coming out the top then from the side I can't help you anyway