That looks wonderful!So when are you bringing it over?lol

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So I figure I dont get the jig thing(which already sounds complecated enough I will atleast need some 4" screws or should I do something like 4 1/2" for the boxed insections. And I guess I shouldnt worry about the 1/8" since I will have about 60" extra right?

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75g beasolbob tank peat moss & safe-t-sorb 5congo tetras,2bristle nose plecs, 2 German blue Rams

Yep! I used the black eco complete. This is my first time using it but so far I like it a lot

4" screws will work, make sure to pre-drill the holes so you don't split your 2x4's. You shouldn't run into any problems from the 1/8" blade loss but I was just throwing it out there for consideration

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I'd love to bring it over lol, it is so hot right now in Texas it is insane!

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Again a job well done. From the way you have put it together I would say it is very strong and better built than what you could buy in a LFS. And you can take pride when you look at it that you made it yourself.... thumbs up

Do you build things for a living?Or just a handy person?I can lay flooring,and cut tile,but woodworking is not my thing.Thats the hubbs job,lol.

Yes I agree its hot.My mom lives in OK and she said its ridiculous right now.I have heard the school busses were about 105 degrees inside.

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I am just a handy person to have around. I picked up woodworking as a hobby and have quite the collection of tools now. Most people in my neighborhood call me when something breaks haha

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Just a quick update tonight. I graduated college august 6th and started my full time career today so I have been way too busy to finish my aquarium doors yet. All the tools and materials are gathered and I plan on making them this weekend.

On a sad note, my tank was chugging along great doing the fishless cycle and was converting ammonia to nitrite just fine. Things went south though and after several days of EXTREMELY high nitrite the tank suffered a massive PH crash. I just spent several hours tonight removing all plants/driftwood, draining the water, rinsing substrate, and refilling. I'm not sure what caused the crash but it could have been the driftwood, or me stupidly adding a bunch of Seachem Neutral Regulator and pushing the water to its buffering limit then toppling it over the edge with driftwood. I had bought the neutral regulator from petco when I first got the tank and made the mistake of trusting the store employee and used it...

To give you an idea of how high my nitrite was, the tap water here has 0 nitrite. I drained the entire tank, removed nearly all the gravel, and restarted from scratch. There was no more than a cup or two of original water. After refilling with ~18 gallons I tested my nitrites and they still measure 0.35ppm. I'm going to let my tank sit and run for a while just testing the water before I start adding ammonia again.

Currently I have 0.35ppm ammonia, 0.35ppm nitrite, and 2.5ppm nitrate.

At any rate, if anyone has any suggestions for avoiding such high nitrites again please let me know. I had added ammonia up to 4 ppm to start the cycle, then monitored it and kept it around 4 until nitrites started rising. Once the ammonia started to fall off quickly I was adding ammonia 1x daily to bring the ammonia back up to 3 to 5 ppm. Below is a graph of my ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate (not including samples taken after water change):



EDIT: on the graph a nitrite reading of 5ppm means that the nitrite was higher than the API freshwater test kit could read

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Quick update: Aquarium stand door is drying right now. I will attach it tomorrow and try to post some pictures.

I'm also still impatiently hoping my fishless cycling will hurry up and complete asap. I've started seeing Nitrates rise but my Nitrites are still off the charts and I've done two major (75%+) water changes and the readings are still high. I'm going to let it run for a while more and see what happens. The water changes took my Nitrate readings down from 30ppm to ~7.5ppm so at least my Nitrates aren't super high

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