46 Gallon Bow-Front Aquarium

[D-B-J]

it is freshwater. The salt creep is because we have a water softener I guess.... I certainly don't add salt.

ahh.. that stinks.

 

[D-B-J]

Make sure to watch in HD!

 

[D-B-J]

6-5-14 by f_one_eight, on Flickr

And a picture for today.

 

[wyogirl]

live plants? What kind of lighting do you have?

 

[Msteelio91]

You need some bottom dwellers in there

 

[D-B-J]

live plants? What kind of lighting do you have?

Yes they are live plants. I currently have 2x39watt T5HO lights at 10,000K, and 2x39watt T5HO lights at 6700K, on about an 8hr cycle. I may shorten/lessen it soon, depending on how much algae growth I get.

Cheers!
Jake

 

[D-B-J]

You need some bottom dwellers in there

I currently have 5 cory cats, but plan on adding 2 whip-tail catfish and a school of kuhli loaches.

 

[D-B-J]

And one more!

 

[D-B-J]

So, sh** went down tonight.. Literally. I heard a cracking noise twice two nights ago, stressed a bit, and let it be. Then again tonight around 6 I heard a really loud one, and started freaking out. I live on the second floor, and the tank is in close proximity to thousands of dollars of tech and stereo equip(limited space). Needless to say, I decided to drain it, and found a local place that sells this particular tank. Went ahead and got a new one, a few plants, a new piece of driftwood, and came back and set it up. It looks good. Maybe even better. Fish seem alright (we'll know in the morning how detrimental the shock was). I have high hopes. The kicker? I can't seem to find any cracks on the old tank. Granted, they could be hiding behind silicone or the trim, but it's annoying. I know for a fact that if I left it full I wouldn't have been able to sleep. So here's to hoping I no longer here those dreaded cracking sounds... More pictures and video to come, but here's a quick cellphone snap.

Cheers!
Jake


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[D-B-J]

I'm at work today, but my father said the fish look happy!


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[D-B-J]

Fish are looking good, added the UV sterilizer, now all I need to do is switch back to the old background. This ones nice, but doesn't provide the same amount of depth..

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[D-B-J]

If you've been following along, you know I had to drain and fill a new tank recently. Since then, I changed the outflow, removed the airstone, added a UV sterilizer, a few plants, a new piece of driftwood, and changed the scape. I'm getting happier and happier with it. I still have a few things that need tweaking, but it's slowly starting to settle out.


The Tank--This photo was created with 3 off camera flashes, and I blended the exposures from 3 separate images.

The Tank by f_one_eight, on Flickr


Cheers!
Jake

 

[D-B-J]

And the drama continues. My Nova Extreme light fixture (4x39watt T5 HO) has been not working more and more, and today I came home from work to find out that it hadn't been on all day. Couple that and the noise of the fan and I got fed up and bought a new light. This time I went with LED's, as I'll need no fan, and they'll use significantly less power (~120watts vs ~40watts I believe). Now lets hope the new one works..this tank is getting expensive!

Cheers,
Jake

 

[snerd]

Good grief! I thought an aquarium would be a nice, quiet, RELAXING hobby LOL!!

Anyway, looks like never a dull moment for you lately. Thanks for the updates!

 

[D-B-J]

Good grief! I thought an aquarium would be a nice, quiet, RELAXING hobby LOL!!

Anyway, looks like never a dull moment for you lately. Thanks for the updates!

Me too! I think part of the problem was that the gear (tank, lights, etc) had atleast 2 or 3 years of full-time use, and then sat in a a box for three years. I should have anticipated all of these failures... thankfully the pumps are working!

Jake