Take a look at my 125g plz

[rdracer66]

It's almost ready i have it filled 3/4 of the way but i could use some tips, I dont think it looks that bad but........ always use some tips, I think the rock work looks ok ?
It's just the plants that i need help placing or removing ?
underneath the pile of rocks in the middle is a 16in long X 4in wide pvc pipe, thought it would be nice to have the fish swim thru ?
o and supposedly the rock is limestone grey lime ?
thanks in advance

Kurt
O here is the link to my pic

http://www.geocities.com/pipeline/curb/7784/125

 

[rdracer66]

O as u can tell it's a little cloudy still a little sand floating around, I'll be more careful when i fill it up the final time

Kurt

 

[dattack]

The tanks looks great.  Does it have an internal overflow?

Anyways, you might want to place the rocks asymmetrically.  It detracts from the overall look if the rocks are piled in the middle.  Might consider piling it to either the left or right side and possibly more rocks.  It's just my opinion.

 

[Atlantic Fish]

Racer,
since arcab changed back the message board, i lost my recent post to you.
I had a couple of ques about your 125g

1. what are u using for filtration
2. how do you like the playsand, i though i would use it also instead of cilica (sp) playsand maybe better for the rays.
3. are you planning to use powerheads?

Thanks

 

[rdracer66]

yea i noticed something was wrong all the posts except for a few were missing, im using a wet dry sy stem with 2 hang on back overflows and a big sump on the bottome and a little giant #4 running it, i thought i might get one power h ead later on to agitate the water a little but im going to wait and see how this sand works. I cleaned it forever and it seems like its still a little dirty but im sure aftrer  a day of runnign it, it should clear up. I got it for 2.50$ for a 50 pound bag at home depot, it looks nice tho as u can tell from the pic
and it's not quite ready, today i re did the whole tank
i bought 2 good sized clay pots that u use for plants and knocked the tops out of them and then put rocks all around it and on top of it but left enough space even for a big fish to swim into it i did that on both corners and i moved the center pile to the far back in the center still and just layed rocks on top of the 16in pvc so they can swim thru that as well. All i need now is to place the plants a little better and fill it back up, should have the final parts i need for the wet dry tomororow from amiricle then ill fill it up and let it go till it cycles, i figure with all the seed i can get from my existing 55 i hopefully can get it cycled by the 28th, just intime for the big fish show here in denver

 

[dattack]

Hey racer, maybe you can take a picture of your overflow and your sump.  Needs some pictures posted to help here:

http://www.myfishtank.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=diy&action=display&num=1024446027

 

[rdracer66]

I'll see what i can do, just reading this as im getting ready to go to sleep so it will have to wait till tomorrow, I have one on my 55g and i love it these wet dry's work very well.