Zen Zoa Garden - Page 10

fish.freak · 01-31-2008, 11:00 PM

Well... I did some more work on the tank and got it up to 32x turnover by placing one of the 400L/H powerheads from the spray bar and zip tied a mouse pad to it to silence vibrations. I then moved the rockwork forward a bit and slipped the ph behind it blowing along the back wall to the left attempting to create a gyre like flow pattern. I want more flow in there but want to try to keep 0 viewable cords (hidden behind the filter pipe w/ zip tie). Batteries charging on the cam and its still a bit cloudy so I get some pics later on.

fish.freak · 02-03-2008, 04:01 PM

I have been thinking allot about how to maximize flow in this tank, and late last night I decided to build some lifts. The FTS is a quick before shot from this morning just before I added the lifts. Also added another powerhead bumping it up to 45x, but I still need to get them positioned better, but its good enough for now. Anyway Go Giants, and Im off to make some wings.

chrischris · 02-03-2008, 04:03 PM

yep going to stay with the 10 gallon
thoses lifts are cool
great job so far

miniwhinny · 02-03-2008, 04:48 PM

Love those red with green skirt zoas. Very nice.

DarthOcellaris · 02-03-2008, 07:16 PM

Looking good

fish.freak · 02-03-2008, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chrischris

yep going to stay with the 10 gallon
thoses lifts are cool
great job so far

Thanks Chris. They were such a pain to install, every time I moved one thing a lift fell off.
Ten gallons are so hard to aquascape, but they are almost a "perfect" rectangle.

fish.freak · 02-03-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by miniwhinny

Love those red with green skirt zoas. Very nice.

Thanks mini, they are watermelons.

fish.freak · 02-03-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris

Looking good

thanks darth! did you salt yours yet?

kimsie · 02-04-2008, 09:38 AM

Nice tank so far! How did you make those lifts?

fish.freak · 02-04-2008, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by kimsie

Nice tank so far! How did you make those lifts?

Thanks kimsie, I had some old tubing laying around, cut it with a saw, and then made the tips sharp with scissors. They ended up being too tall, So I cut em down to about 3/4". They worked pretty well, but were a major pain to install. I'll have some pics up after class.

kimsie · 02-04-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by fish.freak

Thanks kimsie, I had some old tubing laying around, cut it with a saw, and then made the tips sharp with scissors. They ended up being too tall, So I cut em down to about 3/4". They worked pretty well, but were a major pain to install. I'll have some pics up after class.

Great - I would love to see... None of my rocks are lifted...

DarthOcellaris · 02-04-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by fish.freak

thanks darth! did you salt yours yet?

getting close

I've been so pestered by my employer to actually DO something LOL

DarthOcellaris · 02-04-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by fish.freak

Thanks kimsie, I had some old tubing laying around, cut it with a saw, and then made the tips sharp with scissors. They ended up being too tall, So I cut em down to about 3/4". They worked pretty well, but were a major pain to install. I'll have some pics up after class.

What kind of tubing? Surely not soft vinyl, right? I thought of going the cheap route and use short pvc pipes in the same manner

fish.freak · 02-04-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris

What kind of tubing? Surely not soft vinyl, right? I thought of going the cheap route and use short pvc pipes in the same manner

No, it was from a under gravel filter tube.

fish.freak · 02-04-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris

getting close

I've been so pestered by my employer to actually DO something LOL

Since he busted you on TRT?