200g show tank build

[NDsuperduty]

200g show tank build

Couldn't get a pic of this guy the other day. I originally bought him for my tank at home, but the wife didn't care for him so when I started treatment for blout the other day I move him to the store tank.

[NDsuperduty]

200g show tank build

is coming along nicely. sucks to hear about your lights but dont cut the canopy it looks too nice. What kind of lights are they? is there anyway to mount them

I was able to just barely make the lights fit today. The problem was on the inside of canopy...basically the pieces of wood nailed to the inside of canopy that allow the canopy to sit on top of the tank took up too much space. These pieces were 24" long, full length of tank front to back, which isn't necessary so I cut a 10" notch out of it on each end. This gave me just enough room to fit both lights in the tank.

I have (2) 36" aqua light coralife lunar fixtures. Each one come with (4) HO t5 lights, 2 actinic and 2 10k, and 2 led moon lights. Right now I'm only running the 10k on each fixture and one set of moon lights. I ordered 4 18k bulbs to replace the actinic. I find these still give you a lighter blue, some call a hyper white.

[New_Cichlid11]

is coming along nicely. sucks to hear about your lights but dont cut the canopy it looks too nice. What kind of lights are they? is there anyway to mount them

[NDsuperduty]

200g show tank build

Nice F to stratus they get about a foot long really nice on a group. They ll keep your sand clean. A group would look great in that tank

I am thinking about getting a few more of them for the tank. He was in my 40g at home but chased everyone around too much. May even get a female or two to see if they breed.

[NDsuperduty]

agreed. Im not trying to make it so thick that it doesnt touch bottom at all, just enough so it feels kinda buried in there.

[mistahoo]

It should be fine if he has a good 2-3" layer. I wouldn't really care about the rocks being on the bottom glass though. If you're that worried about scratches on the bottom, lay down eggcrate and then put the rocks on top of it.

[cu0ngsayz]

I was going to use some of the Eco-Complete sand(black and white mix) that I took out of my 125g before I sold it but decided I wanted a cleaner look with all one color. So I started with CaribSea Aragonite Seafloor special reef grade sand that I purchased from FishRUS. Right now I have 80lbs in the tank and it gives me 1.5" coverage but I am adding another 40# sometime this week. I like the look of what is in there fine but Im hitting the glass with my rock so I want it a little thicker.

You actually want the holey rock to sit on the glass cause African tends to dig around the rocks and sometimes the holey rocks may collapse.

[mistahoo]

I like it. It gives a similar look of PFS, but it looks more coarse and lighter.

[NDsuperduty]

I was going to use some of the Eco-Complete sand(black and white mix) that I took out of my 125g before I sold it but decided I wanted a cleaner look with all one color. So I started with CaribSea Aragonite Seafloor special reef grade sand that I purchased from FishRUS. Right now I have 80lbs in the tank and it gives me 1.5" coverage but I am adding another 40# sometime this week. I like the look of what is in there fine but Im hitting the glass with my rock so I want it a little thicker.

[mistahoo]

I might have missed it, but what substrate are you using?

[black_knight]

Nice F to stratus they get about a foot long really nice on a group. They ll keep your sand clean. A group would look great in that tank

[NDsuperduty]

200g show tank build

A few pics of my first inhabitants. Started with some of the cheaper fish but still pretty IMO.

[NDsuperduty]

200g show tank build

The PVC is the return for the wet dry and eheim. Within the next month or so I will either paint the pipes or replace them with the black flexi Y pipes that you see on SW tanks. The PVC that you can see is not glued so I can remove it when I'm ready.

The lights are not mountable and I'm not a fan of staggering,

[cu0ngsayz]

What's that white PVC for?

Look like the overflow return??

Are those lights mountable? Have you try mounting them to the top canopy? Run it in a overlapping style?

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: 200g show tank build

What's that white PVC for?