roo Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Well I thought it about time that I put up some pics. A quick overview: I built the stand and hood from some fence pailings i bought cheap, Tank :600h x 410w x 1300L Filtration: Eheim 2217 and AC300 Fish: 3 Clown Loaches, 2 Ps Acel ( Msuli), 6 Pulu Point Red Zebras, 7 Ps Elong. Likoma Is, 3 E-yellows, 4 very small BN, 3 Pepper Mint BN ( boarding for Beardie as his tank cracked) Substrate: Crushed Marble Rocks: Sandstone and Slate Plant: One almost dead Java Fern I realise that when all these guys grow up my tank will more than likely be overstocked , I am in the process of setting up a tank rack. Sorry But I have taken the pics down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkmuncan Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Nice Cabinet, You should try a 3d background, would make the tank look alot 'deeper' nice looking fish too, some Frontosa would add to the excitement gw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 Yeah I am not much of fan of those latex bakgrounds, they look ok, but I am just not into them. IMO I dont think my tank is big enough to be fair on a Frontosa, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkmuncan Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 really? i think 2 smaller <10cm fronty's would feel quite at home in there. When they grow up you can give them to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnatural_Selector Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The stand looks awesome... I might have to make one like that as my kitchen is built very similar, and a matching tank'd look schmick... Im gonna get a 7'er to go along the breakfast bar... ...one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious Camel Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 i like what you've done with the stand but the backgound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 I agree about the background, personally I would like to get rid of it. However the girl likes it. And well.... as they say in life there are two rules 1/ Always look after number 1 2/ In order to adhere to rule number 1 you sometimes need to look after the number 2 in your life. But I am angling to getting rid of it, any suggestions would be appreciated as to a replacement idea. BTW it could be lot worse I could have pink or some other brightly coloured substrate. I held firm on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkmuncan Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 any suggestions would be appreciated as to a replacement idea. be original, throw a poster on the background and give your fish something to strive towards... such as /cue 'eye of the tiger' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious Camel Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 What you need to do is stick a poster up on the wall in your lounge room. Something like the rocky one above would be ideal. Then when she starts to complain about it (and if she is like any girl i know, she will) you can strike a compromise: Rocky goes if the background goes. rule #3. Sometimes when looking after #1, it pays to be tricky! HTH VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeW Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Roo - Good to see some of those Ps. elongatus 'Likoma Island' are colouring up nicely!!! Nice tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Good to see some of those Ps. elongatus 'Likoma Island' are colouring up nicely!!! Yeah Dave they are doing really well, I lost a the smallest one after about the first week. But the other seven are going great great guns. I am going to get another tank to sort out the males from the females. I would like to set them up in species only thank I really like them alot, best $210 I ever spent ( For all who don,t get this joke, check out the auctions that were run to raise money for the Tsunami) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabz Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Nice tank and good looking for fish, as for the background ...... i like your fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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