The first native tank in 2022

I got my first bottom-filtered tank in time for the Chinese New Year 2021. In retrospect, I have been playing with water for seven or eight years, and have opened seven or eight tanks one after another. “)

This time, except for the main tank, bottom filter, and the light tray, the bottom cabinet, piping and light stand are all DIY, mainly to match the minimalist style of this office renovation, the finished cabinets and related accessories on the market really don’t match the style, so I have to do it myself.

Fish tank list.
Main tank: side backpack overflow tank, size 120x60x35cm, 12mm thick
Bottom filter: three drawer wet/dry box + three compartments bottom filter tank. Size 90x45x90cm
Bottom cabinet: size 120x125x60cm, frame in 4040 aluminium profile, top in cement fibreboard
Light: magic point s, RGB tri-colour beads, 120cm
Light stand: 1515 black aluminium alloy profile
Tube: Taiwan Sanli
Heating rod: 300w Genstar heating rod x2
Water pump: Tronin inverter
Air pump: Tronin silent pump
Filter material: long bio-house + hollow quartz balls
Fluidised bed: K1+K2 packing
Note: All visible materials are blackened as far as possible

How it looks when the light is on

Details.

Two 20 upper pipes, one 40 overflow pipe, one 40 forced drain pipe, OCD, the same elevation of the opening holes, ball valve all installed into the cabinet, as far as possible to reduce the exposed pipes and fittings.
The layout of the cabinet can be seen in the B-site video inserted later in the article, which will show the detailed process of opening the tank.

In order to cut a perfect 45 degree chamfer for the splice, I bought an angle saw =. =.

The wire pendant was originally chrome plated brass, but I couldn’t find any black ones, so I had to find another way. It just so happened that for work reasons, I had the matching supplier apply a titanium nitride coating, in grey and black.
The wire rope was also replaced with a 1mm wire fishing line covered with black rubber.

The original plan was to splice it at a 45 degree angle, but the seller refused to do so (cement boards are not easy to buy, not locally, and overseas sellers refused to send less, so this time I had to add money and shipping costs to get someone to send me two large 2.4×1.2m boards, which were cut into six small 1.2×0.6m boards), but in the end it landed perfectly.
PS: Be careful with concrete boards, they can easily arch up if not fixed properly. This time, I ate the loss of the last tank, all the movable door panels were fixed with aluminium profiles as keel frame.

Fendi is a Muppet dog

We met Fendi’s poopies long before she was born.
They were the owners of the flower shop down the street from home, and would go in from time to time to tease them.

The florist was a car enthusiast and we got to know each other well.
The florist has been gone for a long time, as the epidemic has recurred.
It was just over two years ago, but looking back on it now, it’s a blur.

I had never had a serious pet as a child, and I was a stranger to cats.
I remember childhood summers on the roof of the bungalow, when the cats fought the rats.
My aunt’s yellow cat, who would slap cockroaches over in the night and line them up.
My cousin’s little grey cat, often disappearing in despair and then reappearing.

So much so that when I think back to Fendi’s parents, they were just two meow cats on a white background.
At the time, I didn’t know there were Muppets, whether sea double blue double or bobcat tortoiseshell.

Not long afterwards, the first litter was born and Fendi was chosen to come to our home.
And so began a close relationship.

The different habits and characteristics of animals and pets, and the differences in breeding, are more or less well understood.
But the more you break it down to the genus, the more subtle the differences become and many of the feelings cannot be easily obtained from words.

Fendi was my first pet and the first meow I ever had any in-depth contact with.
The next thing I mention about her is that
It may be common to meows, it may be a Muppet trait, or it may be unique to her.

But none of the above matters.
It’s the face that does it justice.

Fendi was brought up by her own parents, so she has passed on all the rules and habits. We prepared her with the same type of food, drink and equipment as her original living environment before she arrived and it was a seamless transition.

The only downside in my opinion is that Fendi is a little hairy. Not to mention the fact that it’s in every corner and crevice of the house, my 100% Cotton tshirt before I arrived has turned into 98% Cotton + 2% Cat hair since I arrived. Of course, it’s a great honour for me to be attached to my master’s wool. The other known drawback, the glass stomach, has not yet been a problem.

No matter how big the home is, Fendi will be around people no matter what you are doing with her. Yes, she greets me when I enter the house, goes into the toilet, she guards the door, watches TV, she lies on the sofa, uses the computer, she lies on the computer desk, eats, she lies by her feet, sleeps, she lies by the pillow. The level of clinginess is far beyond expectation. This is why Ragdoll is recommended for families who have people in the house most of the time and who do not restrict their meow’s movements.

Fendi gets up early every morning and after family rounds will affectionately and consistently wake us up and will climb under the covers on our chests to massage and stomp with her furry little jio until, well, she’s scooped up a small cup of cat food for breakfast. She sleeps most of the day, probably because she’s been living as a house cat since she was bred, and is a great sleeper. She also doesn’t feel capable of surviving or fighting in the wild. All in all Fendi is a good, beautiful and loving kitten who will hopefully live a good life with us.