280 planted tank in progress (ideas and opinions welcome)

[Anotheridiot]

planning on setting up a new planted aquarium.

Here is what I'm hoping to create..



.. And this is a crap sketch that I did .




Plants from top to bottom from coloured blocks:
vallisneria spiralis
rotala rotundifolia
ludwigia brevipes
Staurogyne sp
micranthemum micranthemoides, also called ''hemianthus micranthemoides''
cryptocoryne wendtii ''brown''
vallisneria americana ''mini twister''
eleocharis parvula (hairgrass) and hemianthus callitrichoides ''cuba'' (HC cuba) will fill the rest of the tank.

Black are; the intake for external filter, heater and Co2 diffuser.
Brown are; Dragon stones

Fauna: not sure yet, but got some discuss, rasboras, black widow and oto.

TANK SPEC

AQUARIUM:48''x18''x20''
SUBSTRATE:JBL Manado substrate, 101 Aquarium gravel by Aqua, Sera Plant Complete
FERT: Easy life ( carbo, ferro, profito, fosfo, nitro)
FILTER: JBL Cristalprofi e900
HEATER: Elite 100 W
LIGHTING: Arcadia 4x39W
Co2: Pressurized 2bps

Here is a picture of the tank at the moment, waiting to actually get a cabinet to be able to start everything.

[paul ....]

Well done try painting the background colour in while you wait

[paddyc1]

Looks like you have it all sussed out. Not sure if its a typo, but I can't see a 100w heater being sufficient for the tank you have. 280 litres ??? U may need a 300w or 250w maybe.
Best of luck. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
Paddy

[phea2]

I have another 100w somewhere, will put it as well and see how it goes. Will get a 300w then if the 2x 100w isn't enough.

[phea2]

Well done try painting the background colour in while you wait

Not going to paint the back but going to use some film paper at the back (recommended by Sean).

Got the wood off Petemax, will start building the cabinet as soon as possible.

[joemc]

looking forward to seeing this project develope, looks like a nice sized tank to plant up, good luck with it

[phea2]

just thought i would post a video of my actual 125L planted/discus tank while waiting for the 280L tank.



can anybody help me to identify the 3 discus that i've got?

[phea2]

Does anybody know where to get this in Dublin?

http://www.thegreenmachineonline.com/pr ... um-backing

you can see the product in this video at 2:14

[phea2]

here are details of the Cabinet that i'm hoping to finish during the weekend

http://www.garf.org/calculators/BuildLargeStand_3.asp

[phea2]

finally got a cabinet... setting up tomorrow, need to get polystyrene sheet first.

[bandraoi dúchasach]

looking forward to this build!! keep posting

[phea2]

After days of patience, hours of work.. here comes the new toy. i havent finished have outside yet.. still waiting for some more plants and didnt stick to my original plan. also need to get a 300w heater, but the fish are loving it. more space for them to fly...

was a bit bold with the eleocharis parvula (hairgrass)

[phea2]

I used AqAdvisor to check what fish i would used in the new set up

Here is the result [/URL],

but it says that i need to add more filtration, might need to get a new internal.

[Vincemallow]

You should take a external instead of a internal

[phea2]

you mean having one more? i have a jbl cristal profi e900 at the moment.