Tank Journal Archive

Wrangy · May 23, 2017

I hate you so much.... just pure hatred and loathing :P

I'm glad the supplier was cool with ecotech order as I know they do it all the time in the States lol

Mattres · May 23, 2017

Ben Daley said:
I brought 2 of them (in use for 13 weeks now) - don't get me wrong, one of them is great - but the other one started to drop the wet-side every night (only during nutrient transfer mode interestingly enough). As of Friday, it no longer works at all. At the end of day, I'd rather have something reliable than low profile and foolishly thought that's what I was paying for.

Yea that's no good at all.
I hope you could get a warranty claim on it.
I'll keep an eye on your build to see how the WAV's work out.

Mattres · May 23, 2017

Wrangy said:
I hate you so much.... just pure hatred and loathing :p

I'm glad the supplier was cool with ecotech order as I know they do it all the time in the States lol

My bank account feels the same way.. lol :D

Yea that's where I got the idea from seeing a few people over there had it done. Glad they could accommodate!

I don't have a can of anything for a size comparison but I do have a "tweenie" dachshund :p

RobbieMVFC · May 23, 2017

Wooohooo it's all happening now..
Looks fantastic!
Is that skimmer the RE BK 250?

Mattres · May 23, 2017

RobbieMVFC said:
Wooohooo it's all happening now..
Looks fantastic!
Is that skimmer the RE BK 250?

Close! It's the Double Cone 180 with speedy pump.

I think you're due for an update to mate.. ;)

lukusis · May 24, 2017

Great, now i have to 'hide' what im looking at! If the Mrs see's your Dachshund, there will be a hostile takeover of my internet privileges :p

lukusis · May 24, 2017

Oh yeah, nice skimmer too :rofl:rofl:rofl

Sam Parker · May 24, 2017

Too hard to compare size. Being a daxie owner myself, I know that there are large standards, medium standards, small standards, large mini's, medium minis and tiny little minis. That skimmer could vary from 20cm high to 1.5m!

Cute dog, awesome skimmer :)

potatocouch · May 24, 2017

Sorry wasn't quite following your tank @Mattres

What tank is it again? was it off-the-shelf or custom made?

How big is it?

Mattres · May 24, 2017

lukusis said:
Great, now i have to 'hide' what im looking at! If the Mrs see's your Dachshund, there will be a hostile takeover of my internet privileges :p

Haha if it's a takeover to load pages full of dachshunds I've been there!
The missus can never get enough of them!

Sam Parker said:
Too hard to compare size. Being a daxie owner myself, I know that there are large standards, medium standards, small standards, large mini's, medium minis and tiny little minis. That skimmer could vary from 20cm high to 1.5m!

Cute dog, awesome skimmer :)

I'd hoped you'd pick up on that :p
Technically he's a mini.. but at 10.5kgs he's definelty a big mini!
Been a while since yours had the operation how's she going?

potatocouch said:
Sorry wasn't quite following your tank @Mattres

What tank is it again? was it off-the-shelf or custom made?

How big is it?

Yup off the shelf. It's an Elos 120XL
Dimensions are 120x80x50

I love the depth front to back with the 80cm

potatocouch · May 24, 2017

Mattres said:
Yup off the shelf. It's an Elos 120XL Dimensions are 120x80x50 I love the depth front to back with the 80cm

It's STUNNING !!!

From my quick research, it seems they're from USA? How did you get it delivered here? Fortune $?

Mattres · May 24, 2017

potatocouch said:
It's STUNNING !!!

From my quick research, it seems they're from USA? How did you get it delivered here? Fortune $?

It is very nice :D

Elos is an Italian brand and everything is made there.
There is an Elos distributor in Australia which I got mine through.

Sam Parker · May 24, 2017

She's doing amazingly thanks mate. Hehehe at 10.5kg he is rocking about double our little mini :p

Mattres · May 24, 2017

Sam Parker said:
She's doing amazingly thanks mate. Hehehe at 10.5kg he is rocking about double our little mini :p

That's great to hear :)
Haha yea he just kept growing!

Wrangy · May 28, 2017

Well it's been a week, is she fully stocked yet??

Mattres · May 29, 2017

Wrangy said:
Well it's been a week, is she fully stocked yet??

haha not yet :(
Did a few tests yesterday, measured 0.2 nitrite and 2.5 nitrate. Been ghost feeding some rotifers. I'll test again today to see where were at. Once the nitrite's down i'll slowly start adding stock from the mini.
Got the day off today so i might even chuck the sand in there. Should keep my urge to work on the tank settled haha :D

Mattres · May 31, 2017

2-3mm coral sand, now only if it would stay this white... lol

potatocouch · May 31, 2017

@Mattres very pretty ;), but would you have enough media to sustain those nitrifying and denitrifying bacterias? What's inside the sump?

Wrangy · May 31, 2017

Great Zeus's beard!! That looks so sexy :D :D

Mattres · May 31, 2017

potatocouch said:
@Mattres very pretty ;), but would you have enough media to sustain those nitrifying and denitrifying bacterias? What's inside the sump?

Thanks! I don't know exactly biologicaly how much you need to support a given amount of life in a tank but I reckon this amount of rock would be enough for this tank. I think the old rule for the amount of rock you need is way above what you need.
I do have 10L of Siporax in the sump to help though!

Wrangy said:
Great Zeus's beard!! That looks so sexy :D :D

Haha thanks "Red" beard. :D Shame she'll be covered in diatoms soon :cry