easternlethal
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Hi folks I just wanted to post up my new tank build. This is the second tank I have ever established (you can just about see my smaller first tank in the shadows below).
The frame is designed and made from aluminium t-slots and the lights consist of leds wired onto an aluminium heatsink. Everything is assembled by hand. The stands suspending the light are plain steel pipes but I plan to switch them for t-slots as well at some point.
I am also currently making a controller/driver for the lights, pump and co2.
The soil is a mixture of mineralised potting soil (i.e. soaked in water for several weeks then dried outdoors) and amazonia soil. The wood and sand is collected from a beach nearby where I live.
As you can see, this is a dry start. The plants I am currently growing are hcs, clovers, hairgrass and st. repens and I plan to grow some red plants later on at the back (not sure which ones yet). I mixed up the location of the plants because I don't want it to look over-manicured, but I do want it to look like a landscape.
Any thoughts are welcome as usual!
The frame is designed and made from aluminium t-slots and the lights consist of leds wired onto an aluminium heatsink. Everything is assembled by hand. The stands suspending the light are plain steel pipes but I plan to switch them for t-slots as well at some point.
I am also currently making a controller/driver for the lights, pump and co2.
The soil is a mixture of mineralised potting soil (i.e. soaked in water for several weeks then dried outdoors) and amazonia soil. The wood and sand is collected from a beach nearby where I live.
As you can see, this is a dry start. The plants I am currently growing are hcs, clovers, hairgrass and st. repens and I plan to grow some red plants later on at the back (not sure which ones yet). I mixed up the location of the plants because I don't want it to look over-manicured, but I do want it to look like a landscape.
Any thoughts are welcome as usual!
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