7 Foot, 1074 Litres, 284 Gallons.

i want your bichir simon, the girlfriend is looking at a new car this afternoon so if she gets it soon i may be able to persuade her to go a bit further, do you live near cheshire oaks? i know she wants to go there and i could plan a detour lol!
knox, i didn't want oscars, i still don't! i had the pictus cats which could cause harm to rays so i had them up for sale for ages and nobody would take them, so ryan (rust) said he would swap me the 3 pictus cats and my 3 little clown loach's for the 2 wild oscars, so i did as at the moment the oscars
would be more suited to the tank. as i never planned for the oscars i won't be keeping them, they would have too much of a big impact on the tank with the planned final stocking. don't get me wrong hey are nice fish, and maybe if i had a bigger tank i would of thought about including them but with the fish i want there just isn't room.
Liam, i just took the shelf out, when i first got it i thought the shelves were like structural if you know what i meen, but when trying to figure out where to put the filter i saw they just came out, so a simple solution. only one problem now, i don't like the uneven look so will have to buy another fx5 for the other side lol

some full tank shots, not the best, but the best i can do for now!
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still can't get a decent picture of the tiger, is very shy, eats lots of food though, it hides, see's a lance fish or prawn, shoots out, grabs it and shoots back lol, will have to wait a while to get a good picture of it i think!
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just a pic of one of the delhezi's, they love it in there new home!
going to the lfs today to order a delhezi for ben (always4lora) so if the endlicheri's are on the list im going to order 2!
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just a couple of one of my favourite fish, the pink tailed characin, bit blurry but it never stops!
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and just one from above lol, don't ask why! they look like flat sided fish from the front of the tank but this fish is really chunky and a really powerful fish!
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and one of the rocket gar, also a bit blurry as it won't stay still!
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will try and get some more up today!

oh! knox, the rays are now meant to be being sent on the 2nd january!
they are coming from essex aquatics, well, 1st he said the thermostat went on the tank and the temperature went down overnight and so the rays stopped eating, it took a few days for them to start eating again so he didn't wan to send them out yet, then they are ready now but the curriers are off for 2 weeks or something so now they can't get sent until the 2nd january!
i was a bit funny but he has offered me the money back a few times! has anyone dealt with essex aquatics before?

cheers guys,
Dave
 
If he's offered you your money back a few times, would suggest to me he is telling the truth.

If you don't get them early in the new year then get ya money back.

Nice looking tank just need some doors made to cover them filters and it will be perfect congrats.
 
Awesome, what a nice feature to have in your house!! Good luck
 
cheers, it has got doors, i opened them to show the filters lol
i am wanting a couple more bichirs in the tank, just went to pick up a list of what they have at the wholesalers and it consisted of;
p. delhezi - £20
p. endlicheri - £25
p. lapradei - £30
p. ornatipinnis - £20
p. palmas - £13
p. senegalus - £5

i think im going to get 2 endlicheri's, what do you think?

Dave
 
ha ha only ten mins from cheshire oaks straight up m53 on way to tunnel on your way home

he'd love it in that big tank of yours cheap price as well!! ;lol
 
it is a good price and even after petrol cost it would be worth it, but not driving myself and relying on others is hard to say the least! if i can get there before you sell it i'd definitely take it, wish i could say a date i could be there but i don't know! i will have a word lol.
i couldn't just have one though so id either have to look out for another of similar size or just order a smaller one and grow it on!
 
it is a good price and even after petrol cost it would be worth it, but not driving myself and relying on others is hard to say the least! if i can get there before you sell it i'd definitely take it, wish i could say a date i could be there but i don't know! i will have a word lol.
i couldn't just have one though so id either have to look out for another of similar size or just order a smaller one and grow it on!
:S

Offered your money back?

wierd... Maybe he's worried about the ray's...

There very delicate apparntly.

If i signed up sooner i would of told you about the ray's in my LFS :good: Just i dont trust them that much anymore :grr:
 
Hey Dave, the Endlis would be great in your tank. I have many, they are real characters.
Also might want to think about the ornates, they look stunning as they grow.
 
yeah i want simons ornate, just cant get there to pick it up!
I like the look and size of the endlis, thats why im making them my next poly!
What dats do you keep gasmask?

Dave

I only keep the micros. They were donated to me, by choice I would have used that tank for something else.
But they are very cool fish to look at.

Yeah my Endlis are huge and it does look good.
Also, lapradei is worth looking into for size and shher awesomeness!
 
yeah i might have a look at the lapradei, just getting the 2 endli's for now and maybe in a few weeks or so, but i am interested in a polypterus collection kind of thing as they are very visually pleasing and don't take up a lot of room and fairly communal. will definitely look into them.
also want a few kinds of dats, still looking for a pulcher but none at all for sale!

Dave
 
well, ordered the 2 endlicheri's today so should have them on thursday night.
think i might get a couple more dat microlepis in a couple of weeks too!
will get pics of the endli's whe i get them in the bag as i feel i may not see them for a while once they go into the big tank!
 
ahh i want a dat now lol

err more searching now

looks good tho :good:
 
can't wait to pick up the 2 endlicheri's on thursday! going to look into getting a couple more dats in there aswel. been speaking to the guys at pier aquatics too and think im going to pick up a hypostamus luteus in the new year, that alone is £250 so looks like i will be skint again after that lol
i anyone wants a pair of wild oscars let me know as im going to have to let these guys go.
hopefully got a 6" L024 coming soon aswel, waiting on a price, will get it cheap as its the guy i sold all my snakeheads to, he said nowhere near the shop price of them so hopefully get a real good price!!
 

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