Big Al's IQ3 FW Build :)

[Big Als Rep]

Please feel free to post your IQ3 Builds!!!

Here are some photos of our very own freshwater IQ3, currently setup in our office.

Enjoy!!!

Substrate & Driftwood Added:





Lights On:




Plants Added:





Water Added:




Top Down View & Back Chamber:

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[Morainy]

That looks great, Big Al's Rep!

My IQ3 arrived in the mail 30 minutes ago. Cleverly, BigAlsOnline packed it in a cardboard box marked "cleaning supplies" so nobody here knows how bad my Multi-Tank Syndrome is getting. :-)

I'm going to try a planted freshwater setup with just the LED light it comes with, although I notice that you're going for a row of 3.

I'm getting some small, easy plants. And, I'm going to populate it with a few baby endlers when my endlers give birth! The tank would just be their nursery; I can move them into a bigger tank as they grow.

I'm pretty excited. This is the smallest tank I've ever tried. Quite a bit smaller than my betta's home. Just perfect for my workspace!

At the moment, I don't have an interesting piece of driftwood or even a rock to put into it, so I might go for something quite simple. I'll post pics as I go along. This is fun!

[Big Als Rep]

Thank you very much.

We decided to run 3 Robot LED lights to see what we are able to keep.

At the moment for plants we are keeping:

- Japanese Fountain Grass
- Java Fern
- Pygmy Chain Sword
- Rotala Rotundifoliz
- Hemianthus or micronthemum umbrosum.

Unfortunately a couple of our endlers jumped out of the aquarium, so watch your lil finned friends.

[Morainy]

Oh! I never even considered the possibility that they'd jump! That is a very good caution. Thank you!

[Death's Sting]

Unfortunately a couple of our endlers jumped out of the aquarium, so watch your lil finned friends.

that's the only problem i see with these types of set ups. otherwise, bravo, their definitely little beauties!

[Morainy]

Hey, Big Al's Rep -- Are you heating this tank some way? If so, what are you using?

I'm wondering because the temperatures are quite mild right now but my house experiences big (15 to 20 degree) temperature swings overnight in the winter, and if there's a cold spell water freezes on our toothbrushes... I really should figure out a way to heat this by October.

[Big Als Rep]

At this time we are not heating this aquarium as our office is climate controlled.

The only heater that I would recommend is the Marineland 10W Mini Heater. Unfortunately this heater does not allow you to change the temperature as it is factory set to 78 degrees farhenheit.

You are able to place this heater in the pump chamber.

HTH

[Morainy]

Thank you, Big Als Rep.

[Morainy]

Hi Big Als Rep,

I've got substrate and plants ready to go into my IQ3, but there don't seem to be any instructions in the box. I can figure out where to put the plants and substrate but I have no idea how to work the rest of it or how deep to fill it. The filter is different from any I've used and the carbon part seems either very tightly packed or permanent. I'm not sure if I put water in all 3 parts or 1, etc. Can you help me out with a couple of tips about how to set it up?

Thank you!

Maureen