fisherman1035;4036650; said:
thanks.
my computer is down for a few days, so I may not post any updates until it is back up. I am on break at work right now
12 Volt Man's Aqueon 150 Gallon Startup Thread
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thanks.
my computer is down for a few days, so I may not post any updates until it is back up. I am on break at work right now
just read all of it from start to finish and what else can I say apart from wow, thats a great lookin tank and the fish are beautiful aswell
thanks. my computer is up and running, so here are some angel spawning shots. I believe I have two pairs, each pair spawning on opposite sides of the tank, but the eggs disappear overnight, presumably from the algae eaters getting to them..
SteveR;4036626; said:
the lemons are growing incredibly fast. probably quicker than any fish I have yet kept in 20 years..even my old pacu and giant gourami.
you can see why though. look at the bellies after feeding:
some of them eat until they have rectangular bellies. look like they are about to burst.
total pigs.
Holy carp, I finally reached the current end of this monster thread!
Couple of questions, first I have never seen a tank of this size before it was setup, and I noticed in the first pictures you posted of the stand there was no visible cross bracing of the stand itself, is that normal? To have the main glass bottom of a tank this size not have a direct support? My tanks are all pretty small but even so I would be very uncomfortable about putting them on anything that wasn't a completely, or at least mostly, solid surface. In a later picture of the unfilled tank I did see cross bracing along the bottom was that added later or is that part of the tank itself?
And second, out of curiosity why don't you try to remove and hatch the angel eggs? Or at least protect them from the bottom feeders? Is there just too much work involved in that many angel fry?
Couple of questions, first I have never seen a tank of this size before it was setup, and I noticed in the first pictures you posted of the stand there was no visible cross bracing of the stand itself, is that normal? To have the main glass bottom of a tank this size not have a direct support? My tanks are all pretty small but even so I would be very uncomfortable about putting them on anything that wasn't a completely, or at least mostly, solid surface. In a later picture of the unfilled tank I did see cross bracing along the bottom was that added later or is that part of the tank itself?
And second, out of curiosity why don't you try to remove and hatch the angel eggs? Or at least protect them from the bottom feeders? Is there just too much work involved in that many angel fry?
Hi. most stands from the LFS are whats called 'open top' design, meaning they do not have a full solid top peice. Pine stands from Aqueon are build the same way. this is because glass tanks only need perimeter support around them. if the tank were Acrylic, it could not sit on this type of stand. but glass tanks can. there are no cross supports to this stand, it is made from 1.5" tube steel and is very strong. Probably the strongest available from the LFS for a 72x18 footprint tank. thats part of why I went with it - I wanted it to still be standing after 20 years
however, the 72x24 size tube steel stands do have a diagonal cross support (I haven't seen one this size in years, but the old ones used to).
the 72x18 tube steel stands are very common at my LFS, the 72x24 size are not, so I can't say whether or not they are still made with a cross support.
there are plastic cross braces (2 of them) on both the top and bottom of the tank, it was made that way from Aqueon.
As far as the Angel eggs go, right now I have no where to move them to as I have to sell my clown loaches that are in my 20g quarentine tank (they were eating the plants in this tank), they would eat the eggs as well.
I figure once I get the quarentine tank cleared out, I could move a pair of the Angels into it to see if I could protect the eggs.
I will have to see.
thanks for reading this monster thread
however, the 72x24 size tube steel stands do have a diagonal cross support (I haven't seen one this size in years, but the old ones used to).
the 72x18 tube steel stands are very common at my LFS, the 72x24 size are not, so I can't say whether or not they are still made with a cross support.
there are plastic cross braces (2 of them) on both the top and bottom of the tank, it was made that way from Aqueon.
As far as the Angel eggs go, right now I have no where to move them to as I have to sell my clown loaches that are in my 20g quarentine tank (they were eating the plants in this tank), they would eat the eggs as well.
I figure once I get the quarentine tank cleared out, I could move a pair of the Angels into it to see if I could protect the eggs.
I will have to see.
thanks for reading this monster thread
Wow, that kinda blows me away that the glass bottom will support the weight of the water and everything else, although I suppose it was really built to do just that. Kinda trippy to think of.
I do love this thread however, I am hoping to be able to set up something over 100 gallons when I move. I have a 15 inch pleco in a 30 gallon right now because it's the biggest I have space for, but he needs room to actually swim.
I do love this thread however, I am hoping to be able to set up something over 100 gallons when I move. I have a 15 inch pleco in a 30 gallon right now because it's the biggest I have space for, but he needs room to actually swim.
