Clearseal 5x2x2 Setup Photo Diary (Photo Heavy)

7ofBrian

So i FINALLY got my last tank (or so i told the missus )
After a LONG daytrip to sligo to collect shes finally in her new home:









Took a trip to Ian in Aquatic Village to pick up some coral sand. Ended up shooting the breeze with for an hour.
Got the 50KG of sand home and rinsed and into the tank and commenced filling:




Upon plumbing the tank, i realised that i left the pipework to connect the return pump to the outlet in Sligo so i could only fill to this level until i figure out what to do

More photos coming soon

Sleepy

500 litres? NICE!

Good luck with it!

buzz

Lovely tank mate...

What are your plans for it?

7ofBrian

Sleepy wrote: »

500 litres? NICE!

Good luck with it!

500L plus a 200L sump :pac::D

buzz wrote: »

Lovely tank mate...

What are your plans for it?

Its gonna be a tropheus set-up. Ill be adding more photos as the tank progresses

buzz

Savage, looking forard to the pics:D

7ofBrian

So I got the plumbing sorted and am now just waiting for the tank to cycle before i stick in the groups of trophs and synos. Heres a couple more pics (more soon ) :

Mr Whirly

Looks great. Did you put a base mat between the tank and stand?

7ofBrian

no... :eek:
I know 2 people with the same tank and they havent either. Probably not necessary with this one?

Mr Whirly

I have two of these. Was there not a little sticker on the front glass saying a base mat must be used or it voids your warranty?

On the likes of juwel or eheim aquariums you have a floating base. On this it's just glass on wood. It may not make much of a difference.

7ofBrian

Bought it second hand so no labels. I hope that since theres no gap between the wood and glass it should be ok...

Mr Whirly

7ofBrian wrote: »

I hope that since theres no gap between the wood and glass it should be ok...

That's the problem. You should never have glass sitting directly on wood. There should be a sheet of polystyrene or something sitting between the two.

godtabh

Have you sorted your tropheus yet?

I've a group of about 15-20 bemba if you are interested. I'm thinking of trying another tropheus.

frankosw

Mr Whirly wrote: »

That's the problem. You should never have glass sitting directly on wood. There should be a sheet of polystyrene or something sitting between the two.

+1..if you've got 500 kilos of water pressing down even a grain of sand can crack the base of the tank.

7ofBrian

Well lets pray to poseidon that there'll be no problems!

paddy147

A rubber base mat is only 5 euro in any aquariam shop.

A large sheet of 20mm thick white polystyrene is only 1 euro in a builders providers.

You MUST use a sheet or either under the tank.


Are you not taking up a good bit of tank space with all the rockwork like that?


Does look well though.

7ofBrian

Little update:
Got some rocks & boiled em up over the xmas time and got them into the tank yesterday. I think they look great. Sorry about the quality, borrowed a mates SLR and ive NO idea how to use it :crazy:

muckyhands

Im so jealous! Always fancied myself a Tropheus set- up.

Nicely done I have to say.

This is probably most likely stating the obvious but if you have adult males in the tank try to space the rock in 'rock piles' for each of them, at least a foot apart- this will allow males to occupy a territory, which they will want to do.

Also, once youve decided on layout, rock position- dont suddenly decide to change it.

Someday Ill have a tank like that, someday... Well done.

7ofBrian

Heres a vid: