Scienceman Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Finally I have a digital camera (Panasonic FZ5) so I can show off my 14 month old community tank. Being situated as a psudo-wall between the lounge and dining room is great because it is visable from all over the house and the fish just seem to be floating in the room, but has the down side that with no background, the room behind makes it look somewhat unatural. However at night, with all house lights off it looks spectacular, and is a great feature when at the dining table. Here are some picture which shows the tank and some fish, who are still shy of the camera. I will do a few photo sessions at night and put up some more photos in the future. PS the two dwarf anubias have a protective net around them to let them recover and grow a few new leaves after a year of grazing. Two blue dolphins and a Phenochilius Red Rubin Sulfur crested lithobates Edit: Fixed link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Looking great mate! What filteration have you got on the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 Thanks. An Eheim Pro II 2028 for biological filtration and recently purchased a Fluval 404 for mechanical filtration (filled up with filter mat). The tank is 6'X 20" X 18" and ~400L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Awesome, the water looks crystal clear and the fish have some nice colour on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndoboi Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Very cool looking tank How do you go with algae growth in it?? Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Hey Would they be my maingano in there mate. Also meredith. he he he. The maingano are looking great as the tank is. Cheers Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stotto Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 They Yellows are looking great Warren . My god i do love your dolphins but there top notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Hey Yes i will second that call about the dolphins stotto. Nice pheno you got there to mate. Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefish Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Hey Great looking fish there mate.As well as the tank.Nice and big just the way i like it. Nice photos to Cheers Bluefish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted February 14, 2006 Author Share Posted February 14, 2006 Thanks for the compliments. I'm pretty pleased with the result myself. Yes Cam, the two smallest maingano (now 2X the original size) are yours, and the other 2 came from a LFS and sourced in Sydney. One of yours turned out to be female so I now have 2m & 2f. Did have a few mouthfulls 6 months ago from the original 2 and nothing since?? The dolphins came from from Ducksta, originally from Brisbane. They actually have an amazing blue shimmer and were the best Ducksta had seen. Unfortuantely this is not easy to photograph but I will keep trying. Sorry to say Ben but I lost one of the yellows a couple of months ago . Didn't notice he was missing but found a skeleton in a crevice and had to do a couple of water changes to remove the smell, fats etc from the water. The other two are happy campers. Green algae is no problem and is taken care of by 2 bristlenose. I have had a battle with brush algae and used a specific algaeside and have kept my carbonate levels high, as recommended by LFS. Disappeared over summer but now seems to be creaping back - bugger! The log on the right hand side is actually hollow with a largs split down its length. It gives the fish somewhere else to explore and is expecially liked by holding females who like to keep a low profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Lovely fish indeed! Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 very nice , i like the red rubin you rarely see them nowadays, cheers Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks Andrea and Sarah. I am a little disappointed that the Red Rubin is orange rather than red but from what I understand, this is pretty common here in Aust. I am having a go a go with some flametails which I got from Ducksta at 2cm. Two have just had mouthfulss thanks to the philandering of Mr Rubin which means that I have 1 male flame tail I am hoping will colour up well. Although I am not breeding any fish, it is much more interesting to watch paired species and watch the fry, hoping one will at least survive (none yet). At present I have the following females holding: Red Empress Red Rubin E. yellow Flametail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 What do you feed them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Very nice Pictures... What's the size of the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Sera vipan flake - 2X day Omega One - Super Colour small pellets (fish and natural pigments from salmon skin) - 1X day Brine shrimp - occassionally The tanks is 6' long X 18" wide X 20" deep = ~400L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10050460 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 whats that blue colourfish call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Nice tank Scienceman, How many fish in total? cheers glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Two blue dolphins and a Phenochilius Is this the blue fish you are talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 Its hard to be sure of the numbers because they never stay still and I have had a few losses, given a few away and new additions since I first set it up - but I think there are ~25. A few extra females (e. blues, flametail) will reduce numbers a bit in the future, when I can be bothered deconstructing the tank to catch them. Blue does seem to be the dominant colour but I have tried to find fish with different shades of blue for interest. - blue dolphin - pheno - maingano - sulfur crested lithobates - e. blue hybrid - greenface peacock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Damn... I'm kicking myself I didn't keep some dolphins I think BaZ took the remainder. Maybe when I set my tanks up again Looking good mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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