In January 2008 I formally put together my 45g tank. This tank started out as a 30g, with blue gravel, and one slowly dying piece of L. repens. In September of 2007 I built a DIY CFL light hood and began DIY CO2. Quickly I also ditched the blue gravel and added some Soilmaster Select followed by some Flourite.
This tank was pieced together over time with great buys from craigslist. A quick run down of the equipment is:
- Hood and stand I built.
- Lighting started out as 208 watts of DIY CFL, and later was "upgraded" to 2x96w PC with AH Supply reflectors. 1 10,000K bulb and 1 6700k/Colormax
- Eheim 2128 Pro II for mech and bio, and a Magnum 350 with micron for water polishing
- Pentair 15w UV
- Pressurized CO2 with Milwaukee pH controller
2 comments:
Jeff, this was a great looking tank, and you did a really nice job with the images, too. I just wish you'd taken the hardware out for a couple of shots! Please consider the possibility for the future.
Chris Noto
Atl. Area Aq. Assoc. Mbr.
Thanks for the complement. Now that it's gone, I wish I'd taken some better shots as well.
I never got to the point where I thought I was ready to do equipment free shots, until the day I took it down.
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