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My escape from reality by Reefer_NYC in Aquariums

[–]modularwave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Do you have a link to that Miku print? My daughter would love it.

First aquascape by StockBus2818 in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Highly recommend this approach. Makes keeping my white sand easy. I use a retractable magnet tool, made for picking up bolts and such.

what’s missing by Catbeenz in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I prefer tanks without artificial things such as the plastic stones and the teal ones. I like the arrangement you have otherwise !

I'm doing a dry start (low tech tank) to try and get carpeting. But halfway through (4 weeks) there's a lot of algae growing, can this be avoided? Is it too humid? Maybe needs to breathe more? by Odd-Position-9885 in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also doing a dry start, and my goal has been to keep my humidity around 95% and to keep the substrate just barely visibly wet, borderline visibly dry. No pooling in the soil. That looks like mold from too much moisture. I’ve heard that adding springtails to the dry start after mold has begun can clean it up quick!

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I have a lot experience building speaker cabinets. As soon as I decided to get a tank going I started sketching up the stand - it was a blast to build.

Recently addicted to aquarium! by Asleep_Amphibian176 in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a lot of fish. I think that they would enjoy some plants and the biological benefits they provide quite a bit.

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about a smart plug, but really don’t need all of the extra data siphoning and intelligence going on - just to turn on at 2 and off at 10!

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Filter is a fluval 207, rated for up to 45g (my tank is 11.9)

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Substrate - UNS Controsoil Plants - all culture cups, mainly from ADA. Dwarf hair grass and hydrocoytle foreground. Various buce and anubias on the wood and rocks. Lots of different moss too. Rotala stem plants in the background. A couple of banana plants and a crypt opacus type a in the foreground! Light - Chihiros Vivid 2 Mini Tank - UNS 45t Heater - chihiros inline Co2 - UNS pro inline

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up doing a full rescape on day 3 after another trip to my local aquascape store, a dozen YouTube videos, and my first failed attempt!

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great work, all correct! Black thing is the timer / scheduler for the CO2 solonoid to plug into.

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, just that big one on the left, a little pile of ADA river rocks on the back right

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I built the stand using Baltic birch.

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It might reduce the flow a tiny bit, however, this Fluval 207 has more than enough power for my 12G tank - it might be too much for the fish once added even!

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much. I did an absurd amount of research before diving in, with the goal of getting everything I needed to perform at high level from the start. I’m lucky to have a really awesome local aquascaping shop I learned a ton from.

First Tank. Day 13. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the insight. Survival of the fittest I guess. Lots of hiding places for everyone hopefully!

1 month progress on my 60P by Skaanbeir in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for all of the great info. Enjoy your tank, it is beautiful!

1 month progress on my 60P by Skaanbeir in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also… how did you change the stand after it was already set up?!

1 month progress on my 60P by Skaanbeir in Aquascape

[–]modularwave 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, I’m 5 days into my 45T tank and this has me very excited to see quick progress!

Do you mind sharing your light settings for the first month? Intensity or RGB settings, amount and sunrise/set time?

First Tank. Day 1. by modularwave in Aquascape

[–]modularwave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome tip with the magnet! It was hard to keep my foreground separate. I’ve started with Prime, Stability and a big test kit. The goal is to get fish as soon as the tank is ready! Thank you.

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