30gl. Long nano

[Aaron4890]

It been a long time since I’ve made an update. Everything has been doing well in my tank. I made a floating Canopy for the lights To help reduce the glare
To help reduce the glare. Other than that not much has changed.

 

[Aaron4890]

For some reason I can’t figure out how to add some updated photos

 

[Aaron4890]

 

[samnaz]

glad to see an update for this tank! that isn't a different stand is it? it sure does look different in that photo. didn't realize the stand had casters.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Awesome! Would love to see more pics.

 

[Aaron4890]

glad to see an update for this tank! that isn't a different stand is it? it sure does look different in that photo. didn't realize the stand had casters.

Oh yes I forgot .. I did change the stand some time ago. I kept stubbing my toes on the saw horses that Stuck out. so I made some legs out of some 4x4s and put casters on it and slid the tank and top onto the new legs. Much better now

 

[Aaron4890]

 

[Natedogg559]

Very cool. I'm looking at the Tunze setup as well. Why not get a heater that fit in the Comline?

 

[SR52012]

Im really intrested to see how you attached the hood to the pipe. I was thinking of doing the same for my 75 gal.

 

[Aaron4890]

Very cool. I'm looking at the Tunze setup as well. Why not get a heater that fit in the Comline?

I would have liked to use a heater that fit in the tunze unfortunately I needed a higher watt heater and it was to big to Fit in the Tunze filter

 

[Aaron4890]

Im really intrested to see how you attached the hood to the pipe. I was thinking of doing the same for my 75 gal.

I used a Black pipe flange with some bolts fender washers and lock washers . The wood canopy doesn’t weigh much so I wasn’t too worried about it.

 

[Aidan]

I plan on doing the same I have a ten hope my 30 looks the same

 

[Aaron4890]

Well I tried my best to keep myself from getting a big aquarium. But like any addiction It starts off small and keeps growing lol.. first a 10g then a 30g.. now
I found a great deal on a 200g and just could not pass up the deal. Tomorrow I will have some friends help me bring home a 200g euro braced StarFire glass tank.
What have I done..not sure if I went to big this time or not. Only time will tell.

 

[SR52012]

I used a Black pipe flange with some bolts fender washers and lock washers . The wood canopy doesn’t weigh much so I wasn’t too worried about it.

Thanks!!! i was thinking of running mine from the back over the tank then use the u-shaped pipe holders and screw a piece of plywood on top then build the sides off that. But your idea looks just as easy

 

[Aaron4890]

Well I’ve managed to clean up my new to me 175g. Aquarium. I making some modifications to it. I want to turn it into a peninsula tank so I removed the back overflow and the paint on the back. I ordered a new overflow box that is smaller and I’m going to mounted on the end of the aquarium. In order to gain access to overflow box I had to cut out a glass section of the euro Brace. The piece The piece that I cut out will be installed on the long edge where that regional overflow box was .

 

[Aaron4890]

 

[Aaron4890]

I think I need to change the title of this thread but I’m not sure what I would call it because I still have my 10 gallon and my 30 gallon set up. Maybe should call it something like “ my obsession of collecting tanks starting from small to large “
Here’s an updated pic of my 10 gallon .

 

[RealistMiami]

Amazing tank man keep it going [emoji1374][emoji1377]

 

[Aaron4890]

I got the stand built for my 175g and moved it to living room. And yes I’m doing another sumpless tank again.

 

[Aaron4890]

Time for A long over due update. After having the 175g tank up and running for a several months and not taking any pics. I began to realize just how much of a pain in the butt it is to reach the bottom of a 30 inch tall tank. And being lazy and not wanting to get out the stepstool to do any cleaning or maintenance. I decided it was time to get rid of the big tank and go back to just a 10 gallon and 30 gallon nano. I seem to get more enjoyment With two small tanks then a large one. So I set up my two small tanks back up and just made some minor changes. I’ve changed how I mount the AI prime lights. I build a floating canopy with a diffuser that they sit in. The added diffuser eliminates the disco ball and shadowing effect that I hated about the AI prime lights. I would say that my tank looks like it’s lit by T5 bulbs now. I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. One other thing I did was add an MP 10 to the 30 gallon instead of the tunze nano pump and Aqamai pump. Oh and after having a few suicide jumpers I decided to put a D-D screen top. I also decided to do without the dosing pump I figured since I feed my fish every day it’s not much trouble for me to dose at the same time.