First Aquascape Attempt: What's to do next?

**BFG** · 10th Jun 2017, 06:59

Raise the solenoid part 1st now , asap !

**khairilishak** · 10th Jun 2017, 07:17

Originally Posted by BFG

Raise the solenoid part 1st now , asap !

Thanks! It's upright now. Phew! Thanks guys..

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**Kingelliot** · 10th Jun 2017, 09:12

Originally Posted by khairilishak

Here's a photo Kingelliot:

Semi diy-ed the rack by chopping off the top half front to have clear view of my tank. Left half of the top rack to hang my tertial work lights.
Bottom - chiller and canister filter
Mid - CO2 cylinder

Closer image on the mid section support.

I also recycled the extra woods and attached it across the racks as top support then drilled it to my wall.

Hope this helps! If you're thinking of doing one for your aquarium.

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Wow, what a good DIY project. I LIKE IT.

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**khairilishak** · 10th Jun 2017, 09:26

Originally Posted by Kingelliot

Wow, what a good DIY project. I LIKE IT.

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Thanks! But it's nothing really, I believe anyone could do it one eye closed.

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**inertia** · 10th Jun 2017, 11:45

Originally Posted by khairilishak

Here's a photo

Hi bro, awesome scape. hope to see more of your work.

**khairilishak** · 10th Jun 2017, 12:04

Originally Posted by inertia

Hi bro, awesome scape. hope to see more of your work.

Hi bro, thanks for your kind compliments but definitely not soon, I still am clueless of how to grow plants in an aquarium. Besides light, co2 and temp.

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**khairilishak** · 13th Jul 2017, 01:01

A month+ update.

Fertilizer: Dennerle's S7, E15 & V30

Weekly dosage according to dennerle's guide.

Trying to get my water test kit a.s.a.p

My tank had thread algae issues, but resolve and found that the high nutrient Amazonia was causing it.

Added few other plants to absorb the access nutrients as well.

Still need to do some re-scaping since the original sand path collapse.

As for bio load, I moved all the Rams to another tank and added 1 starlight, 2 samurai g. 5 (not so)red pencil fish along with 6 pygmy cory.

I'm also looking to add s. repens. anyone knows where can I get them? Tia!

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**khairilishak** · 13th Jul 2017, 01:22

Shout out to AQMS & BFG for spotting badly placed co2 tank! Thank you shifus!

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**khairilishak** · 13th Jul 2017, 01:32

So far, thankfully no casualties.

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**khairilishak** · 20th Jul 2017, 01:05

Laying egg crates to the floor of my tank to protect against accidental knocks from rocks during setup.

Stacking garden cells to create a higher back instead of using rocks saves cents and weight since I had issues with the rack I'm using. I wish I had space to use a proper rack tho.

Thought this was going to be my final scape but later remove some soil and replace them with sand.

Mistake:

When setting this up, I did not fill the soil evenly across that later cause it to collapse and caved in.

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**khairilishak** · 20th Jul 2017, 01:21

To have a better comparison.

I also need some more plants recommendations. Anyone? Thank you in advance plant people!

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**torque6** · 20th Jul 2017, 11:31

Good setup for a beginner. By the way, will the rack hold the weight of the tank? It looks weak.

**khairilishak** · 20th Jul 2017, 12:18

Hey thanks @torque6!

I had to DIY an additional support dead center to support total weight of the tank. On paper, that rack could hold max of 50kg. But so far so good. I could add extra support to the current one or just replace the racks to be on a safe side.

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